6–35959.
A practical book giving general information about the breeding and care of farm animals.
“A good, popular guide.”
| + | A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 106. Ap. 16, ’07. |
“It is rather an excellent compend of general information. The chapter on dairy stock is the best in the book, but every chapter is good. The illustrations have the advantage of being well related to the subject.”
| + | Nation. 83: 402. N. 8, ’06. 140w. |
Wilde, Oscar. Decorative art in America: a lecture, together with letters, reviews, and interviews; ed. with an introd. by Richard B. Glaenzer. **$1.50. Brentano’s.
6–39452.
Mr. Glaenzer in his introduction sets forth the characteristics chiefly as they pertain to art, of “the most pitiful dreamer, the wittiest cynic and the most brilliant wit of his century.” The nineteen essays or groups of letters which this volume includes strike the dominant art notes of Oscar Wilde’s nature. Among the personalities touched up by the “verbal colourist” are Mrs. Langtry, Sarah Bernhardt, Whistler, Keats, and Kipling.