| + — | Acad. 68: 1193. N. 18, ‘05. 630w. |
[*] “It is with honest regret that a reviewer is forced to record his opinion that this biography of Mr. Trollope’s is not worthy of its theme, and that the biographer has been unable to rise to the height of his subject. So far as the mere compilation of the facts is concerned, it is possible to praise the book, although not without many reservations in matters of detail. But he has not succeeded in casting any new light on the facts, and he has failed totally to evoke the noble figure of Molière himself and to make us realize the real achievements of the greatest of comic dramatists.” Brander Matthews.
| + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 816. D. 2, ‘05. 2310w. |
Troubetzkoy, Amelie (Rives) Chanler, princess. Selene. [**]$1.20. Harper.
A dramatic poem in blank verse which gives a version of the story of Endymion and the moon goddess.
“There seems, to us, in the choice of theme and in its treatment, a true revival of essential poesy, opulent, free, unclouded by psychological problem or symbol-compelling obscurity.” Edith M. Thomas.
| + + | Critic. 46: 561. Je. ‘05. 850w. |
“Through the major part of the long piece the princess has written admirable blank verse.”
| + | Nation. 81: 18. Jl. 6, ‘05. 480w. |
“There is no demand upon intense sympathies, the story is well and swiftly told, and the poetry fulfills at least two-thirds of Milton’s requirement.”