| + — | R. of Rs. 31: 758. Je. ‘05. 90w. |
“With the exception of the first episode the execution is hardly up to the level of the conception. The book, in fine, gives one the impression rather of a series of brilliant improvisations than of a finished work of art.”
| + — | Spec. 94: 597. Ap. 22, ‘05. 1000w. |
Chesterton, Gilbert Keith. [Heretics.] [*]$1.50. Lane.
Mr. Chesterton “has described nearly every strong man of our day,” and in these essays “he is calling out from the housetops to happier uncontemplative men, to come out and be sad, like himself, in thinking of supreme happiness.... He praises an abstract Chestertonian man of whom he is hopelessly and continually in pursuit. That everything he recommends is right, we indeed believe; but he cries in the wilderness, and with no human voice, no trace of suffering or experience at all, but only an anchorite’s imagining.” (Acad.)
| + — | Acad. 68: 655. Je. 24, ‘05. 930w. |
[*] “‘Heretics’ goes farther than any of its forerunners toward convincing us that the humorist really has something worth saying and worth understanding. The trouble with his method is that while it is infallible for getting the attention, it is not well calculated to keep it.” H. W. Boynton.
| + — | Atlan. 96: 848. D. ‘05. 500w. |
“With all his daring, he succeeds in keeping to windward of sheer silliness and mere sensationalism.” H. W. Boynton.
| + | Bookm. 22: 165. O. ‘05. 1580w. |