“The personal touches and impressions—interesting incidents well told—make an unusually attractive account of a traveler’s experiences. Here and there an occasional careless statement threatens to shatter the reader’s faith in the accuracy of the book as a whole. On the whole the book is worth reading. Its story is pleasantly told, with many interesting items well worth remembering.”
| + − | Ann. Am. Acad. 29: 412. Mr. ’07. 230w. |
“Commonplace in many respects.”
| + − | Dial. 42: 82. F. 1, ’07. 390w. |
“A simple, straightforward account.”
| + | Outlook. 85: 576. Mr. 9, ’07. 810w. |
Eeden, Frederik van. [Quest.] $1.50. Luce, J. W.
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The symbolism which abounds in this book reminds one of Ibsen. A little boy seeks diligently from fairy guides a solution to the riddle of the universe and its manifold manifestations. As he grows older his desire for understanding is no less keen but for the fairy thoughts of imagination are substituted the troll-ideas of grotesque human realities. Finally among the sordid commonplaces he falls in with a companion who is a “modern reincarnation of the Christ.” There is a very human love tale, the romance of the imaginative Johannes and Marjon, a little circus girl.