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“These essays bear his stamp. They are not written solely for scholars. They are easily understandable, readable, while his ‘sane idealism’ shines through them all.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 749. N. 4, ‘05. 520w. | |
| Outlook. 81: 628. N. 11, ‘05. 40w. |
Van Dyke, Henry. [Fisherman’s luck, and some other uncertain things.] [†]$1.50. Scribner.
“The thirteenth edition of a well-known series of essays arranged in the form of a holiday book illustrated with most agreeable drawings by F. Walter Taylor.” (Critic.) The volume contains beside the title essay: The thrilling moment; Talkability; A wild strawberry; Lovers and landscape; A fatal success; Fishing in books; A Norwegian honeymoon; Who owns the mountains? A lazy, idle book; The open fire; A slumber song.
| * | + | Critic. 47: 583. D. ‘05. 30w. |
| * | + | Dial. 39: 449. D. 16, ‘05. 80w. |
| * | + | Nation. 81: 299. O. 12, ‘05. 40w. |
| * | Outlook. 81: 381. O. 14, ‘05. 30w. |
Van Dyke, Henry, ed. Little masterpieces of English poetry, by British and American authors; ed. by Henry van Dyke, assisted by Hardin Craig. 6v. ea. [**]75c; set, [**]$4.50. Doubleday.
“A companion to the ‘Science,’ ‘Fiction’ and ‘Humor’ series.... For the many ... such a collection as this, wisely selected, and adapted to the limits of both time and purse of the average reader, is of real and not inconsiderable value.” (Outlook.) “In the first of the six little volumes we find ballads old and new, in the second, idyls and stories in verse, and in the four remaining volumes lyrics, odes, sonnets and epigrams; descriptive and reflective verse; and elegies and hymns. Each of these major divisions is subdivided according to subjects. Living poets are excluded.” (Critic.)
[*] “The principle of arrangement followed in this new one is as excellent as it is novel. As a rule, admirable judgment has been shown in combining these handy volumes, the most remarkable defect being the omission of Shelley’s ‘Adonais.’”
| + + — | Critic. 47: 584. D. ‘05. 120w. |