Stevenson, Robert Louis Balfour. [Works.] per v. $1. Scribner.
A biographical edition of Stevenson which is published in handy volume form, in cloth or limp leather, with thin paper, and clear type. The literary feature of the edition is the series of introductions written by Mrs. Stevenson, each of which gives an intimate account of the circumstances under which the book was written, and throws new light on Stevenson’s life and work.
| Dial. 38: 423. Je. 16, ‘05. 130w. |
[*] “The text is of course complete and authoritative, and the general form of the volumes makes them much more convenient for actual reading purposes than either of the two expensive subscription editions.”
| + + + | Dial. 39: 391. D. 1, ‘05. 100w. |
“Good taste and a sense of what is interesting have co-operated in the prefaces with which Mrs. Stevenson has furnished the several volumes. There is nothing which one can reasonably wish had been omitted.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 436. Jl. 1, ‘05. 560w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 10: 500. Jl. 29. ‘05. 140w. | ||
| Outlook. 80: 447. Je. 17, ‘05. 20w. |
“One wishes that the biographical prefaces were fuller and more like those furnished by Mrs. Ritchie to the Biographical edition of Thackeray.”
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| Outlook. 81: 335. O. 7, ‘05. 30w. |
Stevenson, Robert Louis Balfour. [Child’s garden of verses.] $2.50. Scribner.