[*] Nesbit, Wilbur Dick. [Alphabet of history.] [**]75c. Elder.
“A thin little book done in brown tones and with a flexible cover.... It is printed in old art style and bound in Rhinos boards.... Taking history alphabetically, the book goes from Alexander to Zenobia, and includes such prominent people as Lucullus, Raleigh, William Tell, and James Watt.... The illustrations show without overmuch seriousness the eminent individuals whose life stories are told.”—N. Y. Times.
[*] “Twenty-six historical personages ... are portrayed with accuracy, completeness, and much cleverness.”
| + | Dial. 39: 384. D. 1, ‘05. 70w. | |
| * | + | N. Y. Times. 10: 776. N. 18, ‘05. 90w. |
Neville, James J. Letters of a self-made president. $1. Ogilvie.
The apparent object of these letters is to ridicule Roosevelt, his friends, and his official and unofficial acts. Altho names are transposed and facts perverted, there is no real attempt to disguise the identity of the executive who entertains Booker at dinner for the sake of the negro vote, and assembles the navy at Clam bay for the edification of a few visiting friends.
“Now and then the malice has a spice of wit, but generally speaking the letters of a self-made president are rather heavy.”
| — + | N. Y. Times. 10: 543. Ag. 19, ‘05. 220w. |
Nevinson, Henry W. Books and personalities. [*]$1.50. Lane.
“The reviews and criticisms of which this book is composed deal with a varied company of literary personalities. The net is spread very wide. Great and small—Mr. Belloc and Browning, Goethe and Aubrey Beardsley, Æschylus and Mr. Yeats, Dolling and De Wet, Carlyle, Heine, and Mr. Le Gallienne, and many others—are gathered in. And in dealing with them all Mr. Nevinson either has his point of view, or manages to reflect, brightly enough, the general tendency of educated opinion.”—Ath.