Tosi, Pier Francesco. [Observations on the florid song; or, Sentiments on the ancient and modern singers]; written in Italian; tr. into English by Mr. Galliard. *$1.75. Scribner.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Tosi, like most of the men of his day, is witty and garrulous even when he is most earnest about his subject, and in the very racy contemporary translation he makes capital reading.”
| + | Lond. Times. 6: 22. Ja. 18, ’07. 590w. |
Tout, Thomas Frederick. Advanced history of Great Britain from the earliest times to the death of Queen Victoria. *$1.50. Longmans.
W 7–13.
A book which “serves a double purpose. It belongs to a series designed for school use.... But it is also a most convenient volume of easy reference.... The maps are abundant and simple, and there are a number of genealogical and other tables, including a list of ministers and governments since 1689.”—Nation.
“He weighs and sifts his evidence with the aim of writing history, not a pleasant mixture of facts and fancies; and he never lets his enthusiasm get the better of his judgment. As a history for students who are within a year or so of leaving school we do not hesitate to say that Professor Tout’s is the best obtainable at the present day.”
| + | Acad. 72: 65. Ja. 19, ’07. 220w. |