Thaw, Alexander Blair. Inaugural ode. [*]50c. Brentano’s.
“[This] ode written for the inaugural of President Roosevelt ... breathes the same spirit of desire that the American republic should fulfill its destiny as that destiny has been conceived by the best and finest of its citizens.”—N. Y. Times.
| + | Nation. 80: 294. Ap. 13, ‘05. 30w. |
“It is agreeable to find in a poem for such an occasion an abstract idea conveyed with dignity and free from silly optimism.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 264. Ap. 22, ‘05. 190w. |
Thayer, William Roscoe. Short history of Venice. [**]$1.50. Macmillan.
In this one volume the history of Venice is given from the origin of the city in 452 to its fall in 1797. It sets forth the growth of the republic, the greatness of the Venetians and compares Venice and her contemporaries.
“The first chapters of this history leave much to be desired but the final portion of the book is, on the whole, just, admirable and inspiring.”
| + + — | Am. Hist. R. 11: 132. O. ‘05. 1930w. |
“It is readable and interesting.”