“Unfortunately the text is carelessly handled and misstatements in the writers quoted are allowed to go uncorrected. The proof-reading, too, is inexcusably careless. The book is not a credit either to editor or publisher.”
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| N. Y. Times. 11: 787. N. 24, ’06. 120w. |
“Miss Singleton makes an interesting and picturesque choice as to authors.”
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* Singleton, Esther. White House. 2v. **$5. McClure.
Here are brought together things of interest concerning the social life, relics, and traditions of the White House from the days of John and Abigail Adams to those of Theodore Roosevelt.
| Dial. 43: 431. D. 16, ’07. 140w. | ||
| + | Lit. D. 35: 918. D. 14, ’07. 90w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 12: 666. O. 19, ’07. 30w. | ||
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Sismondi, Jean Charles Leonard Simonde de. History of the Italian republic in the middle ages. Entirely recast and supplemented in the light of subsequent historical research, with a memoir of the author, by William Boulting. $2. Dutton.
Mr. Boulting has brought this work up to date, and has divided it into eight parts each representing a period of Italian history. These parts are in turn subdivided, dealing separately with the separate republics; Rome, Milan, Venice, Pisa, Genoa, Florence, and Siena.