| + | Ind. 62: 1357. Je. 6, ’07. 70w. | |
| R. of Rs. 36: 126. Jl. ’07. 40w. |
Williams, Henry Llewellyn, jr., comp. Lincoln story book. **$1.50. Dillingham.
7–8232.
It is the story-telling Lincoln shorn of platform oratory who is revealed in this generous collection of anecdotes. There are over four hundred of them and in the retelling nothing of the humor, or of the tone of the classics has been sacrificed.
Williams, Hugh Noel. Madame Recamier and her friends. *$2. Scribner.
The details of the long salon-reign of Mme. Récamier are carefully set forth here. “With no commanding ability such as in itself might draw a group about her, yet, in wealth and in poverty, in court favor and banishment, in youth and in age, Mme. Récamier was ever the center of a great circle, and ever herself simple, contented, generous, unspoiled by attention from all the famous people of her time.” (Ind.)
“Granting the ‘raison d’etre’ of the biography, it may be said that the author has conscientiously studied the life of his heroine, together with those of her friends as they affected hers, and presents the results in a pleasant, easy manner, which makes the book an entertaining one.”
| + | Dial. 43: 44. Jl. 16, ’07. 260w. |
“A most satisfactory story of an extraordinary career.”