Jessie Willcox Smith has happily illustrated this new edition of these exquisite and well loved verses. In her black and white text drawings and full-page colored pictures we find the same appealing charm which makes all wanderers in Stevenson’s child’s garden feel that truly
“The world is so full of a number of things,
I’m sure we should all be as happy as kings.”
| * | + | Dial. 39: 448. D. 16, ‘05. 140w. |
[*] “The whole conception of the book is in perfect good taste.”
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| * | + | Lond. Times. 4: 408. N. 24, ‘05. 150w. |
[*] “Happy the child who receives this book for a gift, as a source of instruction in taste both for poetry and for art.”
| + + | Nation. 81: 407. N. 16, ‘05. 170w. | |
| + + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 744. N. 4, ‘05. 580w. |
“It would be difficult to imagine a piece of holiday book-making which might be more complete and perfect.”
| + + + | Outlook. 81: 574. N. 4, ‘05. 90w. | |
| * | + + | Outlook. 81: 707. N. 25, ‘05. 40w. |
| * | + | R. of Rs. 32: 766. D. ‘05. 170w. |