Condivi, Ascanio. Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti, tr. by Herbert P. Horne. [*]$7.50. Updike.
“Condivi wrote a great biography, tho no longer than a Plutarch. It puts Michael Angelo before us a genius yet a man. It is rich in choice anecdote, it describes the rivalries and reverses, the successes and triumphs incident to one of power and resource and ambition, and over all its style and treatment give the time as Castiglione describes it. The work itself and Addington Symond’s praise should have before this prompted a popular English edition. Mr. Horne’s translation is close and con amore, but the book is published in a very limited edition.”—Ind.
“Altogether, the volume is one in which the bibliophile no less than the art student will rejoice.”
| + + | Dial. 38: 51. Ja. 16, ‘05. 290w. |
“The format is less notable than the biography of the translation. Mr. Horne designed the type which is here first used. It is chaste and clearly cut, yet the page is not clear.”
| + — | Ind. 58: 569. Mr. 9, ‘05. 490w. |
“Condivi’s narrative is always delightful, it is so unaffected and sincere. The present translation is pleasant to read, having plenty of character.”
| + | Spec. 94: 114. Ja. 28, ‘05. 110w. |
Conley, John Wesley. Bible in modern light: a course of lectures before the Bible department of the Woman’s club, Omaha. [**]75c. Griffith & R.
In this series of lectures the author “treats the character and composition of the Bible, manuscripts, translations, light from the monuments; and deals with such problems as the relation of the Bible to science, art, ethics, woman, education, progress.” (Am. J. of Theol.)