The chivalry of the Indian warrior and the womanliness of the Indian woman are subjects which Mr. Eastman sets forth with authority and sentiment. In an idealized sense his tales become more “than mere narrations of savage exploits and records of the legends and traditions, beliefs and practices, of a primitive people.” (Outlook.)
| N. Y. Times. 12: 656. O. 19, ’07. 20w. |
“We feel personally grateful for the refreshment afforded by more than one exquisitely idyllic tale among the dozen, or so in his volume.”
| + | Outlook. 87: 744. N. 30, ’07. 120w. |
* Eckstorm, Mrs. Fannie (Hardy). David Libbey, Penobscot woodsman and river-driver. *60c. Am. Unitar.
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Another figure for the galaxy of “true American types.” David Libbey is a Maine woodsman who “met all the demands of son, husband, father, brother, friend, citizen and soldier, and yet had time for self-education, for æsthetic culture, and for the exercise of a talent by no means meagre.”
Eddy, Arthur Jerome. Tales of a small town by one who lived there. †$1.50. Lippincott.
7–30989.