* Tolstoy, Leo. Twenty-three tales from Tolstoy; selected and tr. by Louise and Aylmer Maude. *75c. Funk.
These twenty-three stories are arranged under seven heads: Tales for children, published about 1872 when Tolstoy was interested in the education of peasant children; Popular stories, including What men live by; A fairy tale, which contains Tolstoy’s indictment of militarism and commercialism; Stories written to pictures, intended to help the sale of cheap reproductions of good drawings; Folk-tales retold; Adaptations from the French; and Stories given to aid the persecuted Jews.
Tomalin, H. F. Three vagabonds in Friesland with a yacht and camera. *$3. Dutton.
“A book which is frankly described in its introduction as a ‘book of photographs, with letterpress obligato,’ records a vagabond trip through Friesland, a little frequented part of North Holland.”—Outlook.
“It will take rank amongst the best illustrated volumes of travel that have recently appeared.”
| + + | Int. Studio. 32: 251. S. ’07. 430w. |
“Charming account of a June outing in northern Holland.”
| + | Nation. 85: 263. S. 19, ’07. 690w. | |
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 386. Je. 15, ’07. 150w. |
“The photographs are remarkable both from an artistic and a technical point of view, and illustrate the life and people of one of the most picturesque districts in Europe. The ‘obligato,’ too, is rather well played.”