| * | + | Ath. 1905, 2: 652. N. 11. 1180w. |
[*] “Mr. Boulton has written a most useful handbook, entirely trustworthy and keen on the elaboration of what others have suggested. Of a wealth of material he has also made splendid and always proportionate use.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 796. N. 25, ‘05. 180w. |
[*] “In saying that the present volume is less interesting than Sir Walter’s we do not say that it is less valuable. More people probably will agree with Mr. Boulton’s critical estimate of the great president of the Royal academy than with Sir Walter Armstrong’s estimate. Sir Walter’s book is only the more interesting of the two because it is less conventional and more original.”
| + + — | Outlook. 81: 892. D. 9, ‘05. 170w. |
Bourget, Paul (Charles Joseph). Divorce. $1.50. Scribner.
“The scenes of this novel are laid in France. It concerns Gabrielle, a woman divorced from her husband, whose remarriage to another man is one of highest ideals. Owing to religious fervor, however, Gabrielle becomes estranged from her second husband. The other thread in the story deals with the love affair of the heroine’s son, who has been as thoroughly educated and cared for by his mother’s second husband as by an own father.”—Bookm.
“M. Bourget has constructed a diagram to illustrate his view of the sacredness of marriage, and has called it a novel.”
| — | Critic. 46: 380. Ap. ‘05. 110w. |
“M. Bourget sketches his characters and states their opinions with great fairness.”