+ +N. Y. Times. 10: 839. D. 2, ‘05. 780w.

Couch, Arthur Thomas Quiller-. Shakespeare’s Christmas and other stories. [†]$1.50. Longmans.

“A collection of ripe and forcible stories, of which the least successful is the one which gives its name to the book.” (Lond. Times.) They “range in date from the sixteenth to the beginning of the nineteenth century, and range in characters from Shakespeare and Wellington to the fishwives of Saltash and the highwaymen of Tregarrick.” (Ind.)

+ +Acad. 68: 925. S. 9, ‘05. 710w.

“We note the usual flavour of distinction in the writing, the scholarly attention to details, the little touches of observation which show how thoroughly the writer has identified himself with the beings of his invention.”

+ +Ath. 1905, 2: 368. S. 16. 250w.

“His abundant knowledge of archeology and local color is effectively used without being made unduly conspicuous.”

+ +Ind. 59: 580. S. 7, ‘05. 90w.

“In most of these stories he does himself justice, and that is high praise.”

+ +Lond. Times. 4: 279. S. 1, ‘05. 480w.