| — | Acad. 68: 63. Ja. 21, ‘05. 320w. |
“May be judged as history or as fiction, according to the taste of the reader, and possesses high merit in either aspect. It would be possible to criticize some of Dr. Mitchell’s statements, and the conception of Washington’s mother is too harsh and even contradictory in detail to be either true or pleasing.” Worthington Chauncey Ford.
| + + — | Am. Hist. R. 10: 444. Ja. ‘05. 430w. |
“Only a Weir Mitchell or his equal could have accomplished successfully the daring feat of personating George Washington. But in this book the great George has proven a worthy son of himself, and it is hard to realize that the quaint, formal phraseology is not indeed his own. His criticisms of his family and himself are frank and delightful.”
| + + | Critic. 46: 283. Mr. ‘05. 240w. |
Mitton, G. E. The dog. $2. Macmillan.
The autobiography of Scamp, a dog of the streets, who finds a good home and a loving mistress and is trained into a first-class retriever. He is caught in a trap while hunting, comes into the hands of poachers and counterfeiters, sojourns in the London streets and the dog pound, and eventually finds his way back to his former mistress to end his days in luxury.
“The book on the dog deals too much with one particular dog and his fortunes, and might almost pass as an entirely fictional tale.”
| + — | Acad. 68: 35. Ja. 14, ‘05. 250w. |
“Attractive for the children for whom it was written. Scamp was just a dog. The author has not attempted to endow him with human or supernatural attributes.”