+ +Sat. R. 99: 710. My. 27, ‘05. 340w.

“Mr. Whelpley’s ideas are worthy of respect, and the materials which he has provided should be invaluable to the political student.”

+ + —Spec. 95: 434. S. 23, ‘05. 510w.

[*] Where the road led and other stories. $1.25. Benziger.

Twenty-eight Roman Catholic stories written by fourteen Roman Catholic authors. The stories are love stories, but some are of filial love, some of maternal love, and some of the love of religion. The authors include Anna T. Sadlier; Mary T. Waggaman; Magdalen G. Rock; Mary E. Mannix; and Mary G. Bonesteel.

Whibley, Charles. Literary portraits. [*]$2.50. Scribner.

Essays on Rabelais, Phillippe de Comines, Philemon, Holland, Montaigne, The library of an old scholar (the poet William Drummond), Robert Burton, and Jacques Casanova.

“The appreciation is clear and just, and the author is to be congratulated on the decision and delicacy of his touch and the simplicity of his style. The average of the volume is fully up to that high standard of culture which is evident in all Mr. Whibley’s published works.” Frank Schloesser.

+ +Acad. 68: 13. Ja. 7, ‘05. 600w.

“The level of performance here is singularly even and singularly high.”