+Ind. 59: 815. O. 5, ‘05. 240w.

“The book, then, will hold its own as a collection of attractive and instructive pictures, while the text is found to be just such a collection of fantastical, pathetic, and half-humorous stories as tradition associates with the monasteries of France.”

+Nation. 81: 299. O. 12, ‘05. 250w.

“She tells fourteen stories.... All are picturesque and are told with ingenuity and with a certain fidelity to the atmosphere and spirit of the times to which they relate.”

+ +N. Y. Times. 10: 654. O. 7, ‘05. 320w.

[*] “The combination of Mrs. Champney’s art with history and romance is beyond measure taking; the book is irresistible.”

+ +N. Y. Times. 10: 820. D. 2, ‘05. 100w.
*+Pub. Opin. 39: 732. D. 2, ‘05. 150w.

[*] “Mrs. Champney writes pleasantly and has a good subject—though sometimes she is tiresome, especially in her treatment of legends in the picturesque style.”

+ —Sat. R. 100: sup. 14. D. 9, ‘05. 200w.

Chancellor, William E. Our schools. $1.50. Heath.