“She has the delightful, but uncommon, quality of an entertaining style wedded to a real knowledge of how to tell a story.”
| + | R. of Rs. 31: 381. Mr. ‘05. 70w. |
“A brighter and more lively book of travel we have seldom read.”
| + + | Spec. 94: 618. Ap. 29, ‘05. 560w. |
Twigg, Lizzie. Songs and poems. 60c. Longmans.
“Miss Twigg’s ... muse belongs frankly to Ireland. The hills, the sea, the bogs, the sunset and the dawn, she celebrates in verse that is sincere and frequently moving. She ... sings only the earthly charms of the green island. The sky and the soil breathe beatitudes for her, and she beholds the flowers and cliffs and fields through an atmosphere of golden sentiment.”—N. Y. Times.
| + | Acad. 68: 678. Jl. 1, ‘05. 90w. |
“It takes a well-nigh perfect ear for music to write such verse as this. We may well be glad that it is so spontaneous and unaffected, so free from bookishness and imitative endeavors.” Wm. M. Payne.
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| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 406. Je. 17, ‘05. 500w. |
Tybout, Ella Middleton. Wife of the secretary of state. [†]$1.50. Lippincott.