Col. Streamer adds to his already imposing list of misrepresentative men the names of Robert Burns, William Waldorf Astor, Henry VIII., Alton B. Parker, Euclid, J. M. Barrie, Omar Khayyam, Andrew Carnegie, King Cophetus, Joseph F. Smith and Sherlock Holmes. The volume is humorously illustrated, and is made unique by the author’s foreword which makes bold to claim that visions of the almighty dollar have power to awaken his muse, and the publishers answer which pampers him in his whim for substantial reward.
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“Shows no exhaustion of his satiric vein.”
| + | Nation. 81: 340. O. 26, ‘05. 80w. |
“We are willing to swear that these verses are as good as any the author has written.”
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[*] Street, George Edward. Mount Desert: a history; ed. by S: A. Eliot; with a memorial introd. by Wilbert L. Anderson. [**]$2.50. Houghton.
“Many who have visited the interesting island of Mount Desert, have wondered what the early history of that region might be.... The first colony in Mount Desert was established by the Jesuit priests at Somesville, in 1613, but was destroyed next year by the English. A century and a half passed before the first permanent settlers came from Massachusetts.... In recent years the island has become one of the favorite summer resorts on our Atlantic coast. The book is well illustrated with views of the island and contains also an excellent map.”—Ind.
[*] “Is the only history of the island ever written.”
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| * | + | Outlook. 81: 528. O. 28, ‘05. 15w. |