Austin, Mrs. Mary Hunter. The flock; il. by E. Boyd Smith. **$2. Houghton.
6–35583.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“There is hardly a page without its incident, information, or picturesque descriptions; to turn a leaf too hastily is to miss some interesting fact or vivid picture.”
| + | Acad. 71: 638. D. 22, ’06. 140w. | |
| + − | Ath. 1907, 1: 202. F. 16. 60w. |
“The narrative is picturesque and full of color, and the pictures and sketches really illustrate the text.”
| + | Lit. D. 34: 105. Ja. 19, ’07. 130w. |
“‘The flock’ is a book which the driven scientific man may read for recreation and information at once. There is much keen observation, much shrewd suggestion, and no end of delight in ‘The flock.’ And trained in the scientific method or not, Mrs. Austin is honest and truthful as one may be. That is, she tells only what to her eye and ear and mind comes with the seeming of truth.” Vernon L. Kellogg.
| + + | Science, n.s. 25: 179. F. 1, ’07. 2030w. |
“There is a smack of R. L. Stevenson about the book, though rather in the subject than in the style, which leans towards the pretentious. But as a literary work it is vivid.”