“One of the best books of school music ever issued, and occupies a place of its own.”
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“Mr. Loomis’s accompaniments show imagination and much technical skill, though in some instances one might question whether he has not elaborated his treatment more than is in keeping with the ruggedly simple nature of the melodies. On the whole, this book is a long step in advance in the literature of school music.”
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Farrer, James Anson. Literary forgeries; with an introd. by Andrew Lang. $2.25. Longmans.
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With the avowed purpose of giving some idea of the large space which literary forgery occupies in the history and development of the race the author discusses forgeries of ancient books like the “Letters of Phalaris” and the “Consolatio” of Cicero, the works of C. J. Bertram, Psalmanazar, the Eikon Basiliké, Chatterton’s Rowley poems, Launder’s attempts to discredit the originality of Milton, the Shakespeareana of Ireland, and other forgeries.
“Mr. Farrer has written an excellent book on a most interesting subject. It is Mr. Farrer’s worst fault that he has included some ingenious persons in his book, who are grievously out of place. Forgery is far too strong a word, for instance, to apply to Chatterton.”