“No one could call this story dull or badly written; but, recognizing what will inevitably be called its strength, one must regret the novelist’s use of her real power in the working out of such obnoxious phases of life—if it is life—in Chicago.”
| + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 173. Mr. 18, ‘05. 860w. |
“‘The fire of spring’ belongs to the very best in the season’s American fiction.”
| + + | R. of Rs. 31: 759. Je. ‘05. 160w. |
[*] Potter, Mary Knight. Art of the Venice academy, containing a brief history of the building and its collection of paintings as well as descriptions and criticism of many of the principal pictures and their artists. [**]$2. Page.
In this volume the author has treated each room in the Royal gallery of fine arts in Venice separately, and in her own chosen order. The greater pictures she has given in detail while some of the lesser ones she has merely outlined, reserving as much space as possible for comments upon the artists themselves. The book is well illustrated.
| * | + | Ind. 59: 1376. D. 14, ‘05. 110w. |
| * | Int. Studio. 27: sup. 31. D. ‘05. 80w. |
[*] “This particular volume is well enough for its class.”
| + | Nation. 81: 509. D. 21, ‘05. 150w. |
[*] “Evidently designed as much to decorate ‘the center table’ as to illuminate the mind.”