+ + −Dial. 42: 139. Mr. 1, ’07. 1620w.
+Lit. D. 33: 914. D. 15, ’06. 280w.

“The book is too long ... but when we lay it down we feel as if we had been at a pleasant gathering, where no evil was spoken, and every one had a moderate old-fashioned enjoyment of life.”

+ −Lond. Times. 6: 83. Mr. 15, ’07. 1220w.

“Possessing no special charm in themselves, they will be often resorted to for color by other writers. The editorial work is competently done by Gaillard Hunt. His candor in preserving the simplified spelling of the writer, and certain even more simplified grammatical constructions, contributes to the impressions of essential veracity.”

+Nation. 84: 315. Ap. 4, ’07. 600w.
+ +N. Y. Times. 11: 799. D. 1, ’06. 270w.

“This collection of letters ... is a distinct and valuable contribution to the completeness of the historical pictures of life in the highest political circles in the first half century of the American republic.”

+ +N. Y. Times. 11: 870. D. 15. ’06. 1740w.
+Outlook. 84: 939. D. 15, ’06. 340w.

Reviewed by John Spencer Bassett.

+Putnam’s. 2: 255. My. ’07. 100w.
+R. of Rs. 35: 110. Ja. ’07. 140w.

Smith, Marion Couthouy. Electric spirit, and other poems. $1.25. Badger. R. G.