“An industrious and careful volume.”
| + + — | Sat. R. 100: 183. Ag. 5, ‘05. 1080w. |
“A series of interesting and attractive historical studies.”
| + + + | Spec. 94: 896. Je. 17, ‘05. 2090w. |
Sidgwick, Mrs. Alfred. Professor’s legacy. [†]$1.50. Holt.
A German professor bequeaths his work on corals and his only daughter to his favorite pupil, a young Englishman. The completing and publishing of the unfinished work prove a simple task in comparison with the undertaking to win a girl’s heart. To be sure this scholarly individual pursues one steady course instead of resorting to many devices, and it is due to a fault of method rather than purpose that the end desired is deferred so long.
“Is one of the most interesting and well-told novels of the season, and it should be one of the most popular.”
| + + | Acad. 68: 1130. O. 28, ‘05. 370w. | |
| * | + | Lond. Times. 4: 383. N. 10, ‘05. 460w. |
[*] “The tale as a whole is quite as entertaining as any of the earlier romances of the same type.”
| + | Nation. 81: 448. N. 30, ‘05. 320w. |