| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 43. Ja. 21, ‘05. 610w. |
“Cleverly written story. It is a story that will delight boys and girls, touching older hearts as well.”
| + | Outlook. 79: 349. F. 4, ‘05. 60w. |
[*] Mitton, G. E. [Jane Austen and her times.] [*]$2.75. Putnam.
Not only Jane Austen herself but the society that she drew so skillfully is pictured in this volume. Miss Mitton considers Jane Austen “more wonderful as a product of her times than considered as an isolated figure.” She has therefore aimed “to sketch the men and women to whom she was accustomed, the habits and manners of her class, and the England with which she was familiar.”
[*] “In short, it is a richly human book, for which we owe all the praise (except what is due to the reproductions from Reynolds, Morland, Hoppner, Bunbury, Romney, and others), and little of the blame, to the author.”
| + + | Acad. 68: 1170. N. 11, ‘05. 980w. |
[*] “Is the next best thing to reading one of Miss Austen’s own stories.”
| + | Critic. 47: 574. D. ‘05. 80w. |
[*] “A prose and pedestrian piece of book-making, which nevertheless has something of the interest that attaches to an interesting subject.”