| Bookm. 21: 527. Jl. ‘05. 250w. |
“This seems to us the first really satisfactory account of his career and his influence on the military power of England that has been given in compact and popular form.”
| + + | Critic. 46: 380. Ap. ‘05. 70w. |
“Mr. Davis remarks in the concluding sentence that ‘the judge’s conclusions, although they have been challenged by some high authorities, deserve the attention due to acute independent study of the original sources of information’; a statement which will probably be indorsed by most readers of the book.”
| + + | Dial. 38: 93. F. 1, ‘05. 290w. |
“But on the whole, those who like a résumé of a period will find in this book more than a good example of its kind.”
| + | Nation. 80: 76. Ja. 26, ‘05. 1050w. |
Morrison, Arthur. Green diamond. [†]$1.50. Page.
The pursuit of a lost diamond, which is stolen from the Rajah of Goona and sent to England in a magnum of Tokay wine; an American buys the wine, and not suspecting its value, sells it. Adventures thrilling and blood-curdling follow thick and fast until at last the breathless author and reader give up the chase.
“Arthur Morrison is entitled to rank among the better writers of mystery or detective-stories of the present time. ‘The green diamond’ is, we think, the best of Mr. Morrison’s mystery-stories. It is one of the best mystery tales of the present year.” Amy C. Rich.