| + — | Educ. R. 29: 198. F. ‘05. 340w. |
Browning, Robert. [Pied piper of Hamelin.] $1.25. Wessels.
Browning’s poem made attractive for children by numerous ingenious colored illustrations, the work of Van Dyck.
| * | + | Critic. 47: 576. D. ‘05. 30w. |
Brudno, Ezra Selig. Little conscript. [†]$1.50. Doubleday.
The little conscript is a Jew pledged to the synagogue whose life is devoted against his will to the service of the czar. A truthful picture of Russia of to-day is presented, including military and peasant life. There is sidelight information on the methods of force and fraud employed in organizing and maintaining the army.
“Throughout his book, Mr. Brudno’s style is deliberately simple at times to the verge of crudeness. It would have been improved by a certain amount of relentless pruning.”
| + — | Bookm. 22: 37. S. ‘05. 280w. | |
| Ind. 59: 581. S. 7, ‘05. 90w. |
“He is a Russian who has much English yet to learn. Is not a novel, though it may contain some ugly chapters of Russian history.”
| + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 444. Jl. 1, ‘05. 660w. |