“Characteristic of E. Nesbit are skillful delineation of childish individuality and facility in charging the most impossible situation with a current of sweet reasonableness, and these features distinguish ‘The story of the amulet.’”
| + | Ath. 1906, 2: 653. N. 24. 70w. |
“Very delightful book which is interesting for old as well as young.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 618. O. 12, ’07. 130w. |
“A fascinating narrative, and one which has beneath the surface a gentle satire and also a kindly human sympathy.”
| + | Outlook. 86: 256. Je. 1, ’07. 180w. | |
| + | Sat. R. 102: sup. 8. D. 8, ’06. 70w. |
“The general result is a very clever extravaganza, which an intelligent young person will hardly be able to read without acquiring, unconsciously, or even against his or her will, a certain amount of knowledge.”
| + | Spec. 97: sup. 658. N. 3, ’06. 200w. |
Bland, Hubert. Letters to a daughter. *$1.25. Kennerley.
“A staid book of imaginary letters” in which the writer “instructs a young woman in that mysterious art, in which all that is subtle, all that is beautiful, all that is morbid, all that is delicate, all the all of all, can be expressed—the art of being a woman.” (Acad.)