“The work is clear and explicit in the manner of handling the subject, and it should give any careful reader an excellent idea of the principles and application of the Walschaert gear, together with much important relative information of practical value to the engineman and master mechanic.” Arthur M. Waitt.
| + + | Engin. N. 57: 307. Mr. 14, ’07. 440w. |
* Woodberry, George Edward. Great writers. **$1.20. McClure.
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Essays of a critical nature upon three prose writers and three poets: Cervantes, Scott, Montaigne; Virgil, Milton and Shakespeare.
“The peculiar critical genius of G. E. Woodberry is seen to exceptional advantage. He approaches high matters with a subtle simplicity that lends a dignity to the texture of his prose, and reinforces his humane imagination with a singularly concrete and vivid sense of the individuality of historical periods. The essays upon the prose writers are perhaps a little more interesting and satisfactory than those upon the poets.”
| + + − | Nation. 85: 498. N. 28, ’07. 550w. |
“Carefully wrought and singularly beautiful, Mr. Woodberry is so much of a poet in temperament that his prose sometimes exchanges simplicity and clear definition for a vagueness which gives the atmosphere of the critic’s mind rather than the fullness of his ideas.”