“They display diligence and zeal. It is perhaps ungracious to object to their literary baldness and disjointedness; but none of the essays shows a facile pen.” Charles Upson Clark.
| + + — | Am. Hist. R. 10: 621. Ap. ‘05. 500w. |
Sandys, Edwyn. Sporting sketches [**]$1.75. Macmillan.
Mr. Sandys, author, artist, naturalist, and sportsman, has brought together here “picturesque accounts of shooting and fishing, pleasant descriptions of out-of-door experiences, practical information for the camper, fisher, and hunter.” (Outlook.)
“Mr. Sandys stands between the genuinely literary sportsman, such as Henry Van Dyke, and the mere spinner of wildly improbable yarns. There is a swagger in his style that seems unduly artificial now and then.”
| + + — | Nation. 81: 259. S. 28, ‘05. 360w. |
“The only trouble with the stuff is its essential artificiality.”
| + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 726. O. 28, ‘05. 240w. |
“Rarely are sporting sketches found of interest to so wide an audience as this book will attract.”
| + + | Outlook. 81: 336. O. 7, ‘05. 90w. | |
| [*] + | R. of Rs. 32: 754. D. ‘05. 40w. |