Oertel, Philipp Friedrich Wilhelm (W. D. Von Horn, pseud.). Maria Theresa; tr. from the German by George P. Upton. [*]60c. McClurg.
“Masculinity of intellect, together with a strength and wisdom, a firmness yet kindliness of disposition which but few men have manifested” are gifts which enabled Maria Theresa to take her place among the famous queens of the world. How she benefited her realm by strengthening its laws and bringing about wise reforms is sketched in a manner to interest young readers. The volume belongs to “Life stories for young people.”
O’Higgins, Harvey Jerrold. Smoke-eaters. $1.50. Century.
Thru his experience on a New York newspaper, the author learned to know and admire the men of the fire department, and in the “Smoke-eaters” he has written an epic of the city firemen, a story of danger and excitement. He follows the fortunes of a certain hook-and-ladder crew and thru the smoke and flame their actual characters reveal themselves, real and elemental. Captain Meaghan, who earns his pension by thirty-five years of gallant service, Lieutenant Gallagher, who wins a reputation and his chief’s adopted daughter, and Sergeant Pim, whose grim humor relieves many a tense moment, are as vivid as their flaming background.
“They are told with extraordinary simplicity, with no glow of rhetoric or splash of color, but they carry complete conviction.”
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“At last the American fireman has had something like justice done him in our literature.”
| + + | Dial. 38: 293. Je. 1, ‘05. 170w. |
“This is a good book for boys, altho not designed especially for young readers. It contains much healthful excitement, a mass of information, and many lessons in manliness, but no false bravado.”
| + + | Lit. D. 31: 224. Ag. 12. ‘05. 820w. |