| + + | Lond. Times. 4: 213. Jl. 7, ‘05. 1600w. | |
| + + | Nation. 81: 80. Jl. 27, ‘05. 1570w. | |
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 444. Jl. 1, ‘05. 670w. |
“The quaintness of the original has been preserved, and it would be difficult, indeed, to imagine anything exceeding this work in precisely that quality.”
| + + | Outlook. 80: 138. My. 13, ‘05. 350w. |
“Those who go through these hundred pages of the ‘Crudities’ do penance indeed.”
| — + | Sat. R. 99: 816 Je. 17, ‘05. 130w. |
Couch, Arthur Thomas Quiller- (“Q,” pseud.). [Mayor of Troy.] [†]$1.50. Scribner.
“A quaint tale of the Cornish coast. The setting is historical, being that of the threatened Napoleonic invasion.... The mayor of Troy, who is also major of the volunteer artillery ... is ... snatched by ruthless fate from the scenes of his glory, seized by a press-gang ... and carried off to become an ornament of the British navy. The ship which bears him is blown up.... He is rescued by the enemy, and languishes ten years in a remote military prison. Meanwhile ... he is given up for dead, his wealth is distributed according to the terms of his will, and Troy does him all sorts of posthumous honors. When he returns—but we will not reveal what happens, remarking only that it is the unexpected.”—Dial.
[*] “The book presents us with one humorous situation after another, crowned by an invention so extraordinary that the author may fairly be said to have surpassed his own best previous efforts.” Wm. M. Payne.
| + + | Dial. 39: 309. N. 16, ‘05. 200w. |
[*] “Taken all in all, we should say that Mr. Quiller-Couch has never done much better work than in his ‘Mayor of Troy,’ and that is to praise it highly.”