“The only blot on his book is the colloquialism, not to say the ‘slang,’ which mars many passages.”
| + + − | Ath. 1907, 2: 66. Jl. 20. 490w. |
“To Mr. Goldwin Smith alone, in his history of England, can we compare Mr. Fletcher for his gift of luminous succinctness. He has also the invaluable power of keeping the thread—the artist’s eye for what is salient. He gives us the bones that we ask for, but he does not forget to clothe them with life.”
| + + − | Lond. Times. 6: 256. Ag. 23, ’07. 1990w. |
“Mr. Fletcher’s work has but two defects. He hates therefore to waste words, but he must sedulously avoid the temptation to make use of allusive compression. In the next place, there exists a possibility that our author may fail, as most of us do, to see exactly where his own strength lies.”
| + + − | Nation. 85: 210. S. 5, ’07. 1680w. |
“The book is full of independent yet well-reasoned and generally reasonable opinion, and is illuminated by many excellent phrases.”
| + + − | Spec. 98: 902. Je. 8, ’07. 1850w. |
Fletcher, Stevenson W. Soils, how to handle and improve them. (Farm lib.) **$2. Doubleday.
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