“Of more than ordinary merit. It is to Mr. Trevelyan’s credit that there are no purple patches.”
| + + | Ath. 1905, 1: 620. My. 20. 850w. |
“Mr. Trevelyan has used, to his own loss, the dramatic form for a poem that is never dramatic. The poem as a whole will disappoint those who know Mr. Trevelyan’s earlier work.”
| — | Lond. Times. 4: 145. My. 5, ‘05. 410w. |
[*] “If it does not rise to any great heights, at least is free from the faults of much of the blank verse put forth at the present time.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 798. N. 25. ‘05. 120w. |
Treves, Sir Frederick. Other side of the lantern: an account of a commonplace tour around the world. $5. Cassell.
The other side of the lantern, as seen by the king’s physician, is not bright. His story is tinged by the sadness of the scenes he saw by sick beds and in hospitals, but what he saw, he saw clearly and describes with color, charm and reality. He tells of Gibraltar, Crete, Port Said, India, Burma, China and Japan, and gives a few words to America, which he visited on his way home.
“Written throughout with an animation obviously unforced.” J. B. G.
| + + | Critic. 47: 91. Jl. ‘05. 460w. |