| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 590. S. 9, ‘05. 860w. |
“Fine in spirit and thoroughly readable also as a story of character and incident. It is not a novel of purpose in the sense that argument is substituted for entertainment.”
| + + | Outlook. 81: 135. S. 16, ‘05. 200w. |
[*] “Miss French seems to us to have done as good work in this truly American novel as in her many admirable short stories.”
| + | Outlook. 81: 110. N. 25, ‘05. 150w. |
[That reminds me: a collection of tales worth telling.] [**]75c. Jacobs.
A collection of jests, anecdotes, and repartee culled from the “Tales worth telling” column of the Philadelphia public ledger.
Thatcher, Oliver Joseph, and McNeal, Edgar H. [Source book for mediaeval history]: selected documents: illustrating the history of Europe in the middle ages. [*]$1.85. Scribner.
“The documents include ... the charter of the Ministerials of the Archbishop of Cologne, 1154, ... the charter granted by the bishop of Hamburg to the colonists, ‘the Hollanders,’ in 1106; the privilege of Frederick I, ... for the Jews of the Worms, in 1157; the charter given to the Jews of Speyer by the bishop of that city, 1084; a few market charters issued at the time of the freedom of the cities of Germany, several documents illustrating the rebellion of these cities against the lords who governed them, and their acquisition of municipal rights, &c. There are also the important charter of Magdeburg, and some documents concerning the origin of the Rhine league and the early history of the Hanseatic league. An explanatory note, and the names of authorities consulted, precede each document. Following is the charter given to the Jews by the bishop of Speyer.”—N. Y. Times.
| N. Y. Times. 10: 221. Ap. 8, ‘05. 430w. (Survey of contents.) |