| — | Nation. 80: 523. Je. 29, ‘05. 470w. | |
| + | Outlook. 80: 696. Jl. 15, ‘05. 50w. |
Belloc, Hilaire. Emmanuel Burden, [†]$1.50. Scribner.
The days of Butler and his memorial “Hudibras” are suggested thruout Mr. Belloc’s brilliant satire with its exaggerated gravity. It satirizes the speculative methods developed by the modern imperialistic movement in England. “No small part of the humor of his satire lies in its travesty of many contemporary biographies, in which the values of small incidents is greatly exaggerated, uninteresting details of family are furnished, and insignificant pedigrees traced back as if they led to royal sources.” (Outlook).
“Mr. Belloc has drawn his characters with a delicate irony.”
| + + + | Cath. World. 81: 407. Je. ‘05. 310w. |
“No piece of social and political satire was ever more elaborately worked out in each incident, reference and detail, even to the titles of the amusing pencil sketches.”
| + + + | Ind. 58: 1191. My. 25, ‘05. 100w. |
“A brilliantly written satire. An Englishman would appreciate the satire much more than an American, because of more intimate knowledge of the conditions with which it deals; but the story is sufficiently distinct in its satirical outlines to make the purpose of the author clear to an American reader and to give the story, for an American, interest.”
| + | Outlook. 79: 94. Ja. 7, ‘05. 120w. |
Bennet, Robert Ames. [For the white Christ; a story of the days of Charlemagne.] $1.50. McClurg.