“In a way, Mr. Shaler was the Crabbe of the battlefield. He saw the sordid, tragic commonplaces of war with an undeluded eye, and portrayed them with a firm and vivid pen.”
| + + − | Nation. 84: 34. Ja. 10, ’07. 290w. | |
| R. of Rs. 35: 253. F. ’07. 60w. |
Shaler, Mrs. Sophia Penn Page. Masters of fate; the power of the will. **$1.50. Duffield.
6–32864.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
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Shand, Alexander Innes. Soldiers of fortune in camp and court. **$3. Dutton.
Phases of history “as it was built up by personal gallantry.” The author begins with the mediaeval Condottieri and ends with the Indian adventurers, the modern representatives of the Condottieri.
“We have said that this is an interesting book, and apparently Mr. Shand, to judge by his reticence in the matter of dates and stern exclusion of references, does not mean it to be more than simply interesting. That, however, should not preclude a little care in the writing. The style, on the whole, is not unattractive, but it is sometimes careless.”