| + | Acad. 73: 147. N. 16, ’07. 80w. |
“If, after the reading is over, one still ranks them below the adventures of Sherlock Holmes, it is because the latter have greater realism and accord more closely with the conditions of actual life.” Rafford Pyke.
| + | Bookm. 25: 433. Je. ’07. 500w. | |
| + − | Nation. 84: 457. My. 16, ’07. 280w. | |
| + − | N. Y. Times. 12: 202. Ap. 6, ’07. 340w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 12: 380. Je. 15, ’07. 100w. |
“The author’s ingenuity is great, but the element of probability is not always maintained.”
| + − | Outlook. 85: 813. Ap. 6, ’07. 30w. |
Fyfe, W. T. [Edinburgh under Sir Walter Scott]; with an introd. by R. S. Rait. *$3. Dutton.
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The well known incidents of Scott’s life here afford “some guiding lines for grouping of varied details.” These details relate much that is entertaining concerning “the simple, happy social life of Edinburgh’s best society, with its curious mixture of formal manners and informal customs.” (N. Y. Times.)
“The personal element is made much of, and many pleasing character sketches, with some good anecdotes, are given. Of all books, this one should have had an index.”