| + | Sat. R. 103: 429. Ap. 6, ’07. 1590w. |
Butler, Ellis Parker. [Confessions of a daddy]; illustrated by Fanny Y. Cory. 75c. Century.
7–18096.
The “daddy,” “a rank amateur in the baby business” confesses the heart-breaking blow of the first glance at the wrinkled, red little thing that the nurse brings for his proud expressions of joy. He further records the agony of the first “spank” administered after the “98 per cent of sweetness” grown to twenty-two months, cries all day for “laim,” and the grief that follows when the discovery is made that the baby only wanted to say “Now I lay me.” It is the common experience of all parents told simply and to the point with Mr. Butler’s inimitable humor that makes the book worth reading.
“There is a certain suspicion of obvious humour here and there; and some notes, which seem taken from child-life, may please. But the book is a disappointment.”
| − + | Ath. 1907, 2: 403. O. 5. 100w. |
“If, as a whole, the volume is not as overwhelmingly funny as his ‘Pigs is pigs,’ it is still a delightful bit of humor.”
| + | Nation. 85: 122. Ag. 8, ’07. 70w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 12: 378. Je. 15, ’07. 140w. | ||
| + | Outlook. 86: 477. Je. 29, ’07. 60w. |
Butler, John Wesley. Mexico coming into light. *35c. West. Meth. bk.