“A brave, bright story is ‘Dimbie and I,’ and one that is well worth the reading.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 181. Mr. 23, ’07. 470w. |
Gruyer, Paul. Napoleon, king of Elba; tr. from the French. *$3.50. Lippincott.
7–19481.
“In the present work the search-light of history is turned full upon the little island and its great occupant. The smallest details of the Emperor’s life in his little kingdom are narrated and much new light is thrown upon his character. Interesting portraits are also given of the sharers of his exile: Madame Mère, Pauline his sister, the devoted Bertrand, Drouot and the old watch-dog Cambronne.”—Lit. D.
“A pleasing volume, which will introduce British readers to an island with which few persons are acquainted, and to one of the less known episodes of the Emperor’s career. The rendering is at times faulty.”
| + − | Ath. 1906, 2: 616. N. 17. 160w. |
“Paul Gruyer is not the only writer who has chosen this theme. But nowhere before the appearance of the book under review had a complete picture of the surroundings and the central figure been presented with the necessary completeness. Now nothing remains to be known. As to the translator’s task, it has been fairly done, as far as turning the French into readable English. But in other respects the performance is one of which it is impossible to write with too great severity. The translator is totally ignorant of everything French, except to a certain extent the French language, and of the history of the period.” Adolphe Cohn.
| + + − | Bookm. 24: 592. F. ’07. 1210w. |