| + | Outlook. 81: 834. D. 2, ‘05. 70w. |
[*] Masterman, Charles Frederick Gurney. In peril of change: essays written in time of tranquility. [*]$1.50. Huebsch.
“Mr. Masterman ... attempts to describe the tendencies of English civilization, to estimate the nature of its dominant ideals, and to point out recent changes which have occurred in these, the nature of the foundation upon which they rest, and the likelihood of catastrophes in the future. That he is also filled with a passionate sense of the injustice of the system which both creates and evangelizes the slums, and with a hatred for the idols of the marketplace, is evident on every page and lends pathos to much of his writing.”—Ath.
[*] “A good deal of it is mere journalism. With the modern journalist’s eye for effect and instinct for phrasing, Mr. Masterman has also a good deal of his love of sweeping statements. It is just this lack of balance, this emotionalism, which we think injures the writer’s style. His rhetoric is too monotonous, and his pathos too recurrent, to be effective. In our opinion, then, the book is clever, interesting, and useful, but hardly great. At the same time we welcome its appearance.”
| + — | Ath. 1905, 2: 38. Jl. 8. 1430w. |
[*] “He has studied the life of the poor closely, and has pleaded their cause with passionate conviction. He has moreover all the gifts of a very persuasive writer, and his style, always easy and attractive, rises sometimes to heights of a real eloquence. Mr. Masterman’s defects are the defects of his qualities.”
| + + — | Sat. R. 100: 376. S. 16, ‘05. 1480w. |
[*] “Nobility of temper; catholicity of personal; literary, and religious, though hardly of political appreciation; and frequently a striking felicity of phrase are among the notes of Mr. Masterman’s essays.”
| + + | Spec. 95: 355. S. 9, ‘05. 1260w. |
Matarazzo, Francisco. Chronicles of the city of Perugia, 1492-1503, tr. by Edward S. Morgan. [*]$1.25. Dutton.