“If she had not attempted to prove too much, to dwell too strongly on the importance to Savoy of its connection with the Stuarts, her book would have been more convincing.”
| + + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 533. Ag. 12, ‘05. 1050w. |
“She has been an industrious worker, and has unearthed from the papers put at her disposition some interesting things relative to a picturesque period in Italian history. She has also, however, unearthed some things of rather doubtful permanent worth, and the printing of these at times clouds the clearness of her narrative.”
| + + — | Outlook. 80: 984. Ag. 19, ‘05. 280w. |
Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred. Emile Zola, novelist and reformer. [**]$3.50. Lane.
A life of Zola by his authorized translator, the son of one of his first publishers. Zola’s school days at Aix, his youth in Paris, his position with the publisher Hachette, his connection with the Dreyfus episode, and the history of his writings, particularly the long Rougon-Manquart cycle, are given in full. There is much of his contracts with publishers and theatrical managers, and the business detail incident to his work.
“Not one of the five hundred and fifty pages that make up this life is out of place.”
| + + | Critic. 46: 188. F. ‘05. 120w. |
“In some respects Mr. Vizetelly’s ‘Zola’ is a satisfactory, and is likely to remain for some time a definitive work. With regard to the facts of Zola’s career there is probably no one capable of speaking with more authority than Mr. Vizetelly. The book is unnecessarily crowded with ‘shop.’”
| + + — | Ind. 58: 266. F. 2, ‘05. 700w. |