“The story is without background; it is a collection of sketches and notes, giving the impression that the writer has never quite made up her mind as to what she is aiming at.”
| — | Lond. Times, 4: 193. Je. 16, ‘05. 450w. |
[*] “In the present story we miss the clever epigrams and the brilliant dialogue which characterized much of her previous work, and there is nothing to take their place.”
| — + | Outlook. 81: 681. N. 18, ‘05. 50w. |
“It is as a psychologist that she would make her appeal. But psychology is not her strong point. Her methods are those of the dilettante.”
| + — | Sat. R. 99: 847. Je. 24, ‘05. 1070w. |
Craik, Dinah Maria (Miss Mulock, pseud.). [John Halifax, gentleman.] $1.25. Crowell.
All friends of John Halifax will be pleased to see it as one of the attractive “Thin paper classics” series.
Cram, Ralph Adams. Impressions of Japanese architecture and the allied arts. [**]$2. Baker.
Ten papers which show the development of Japanese art and help the Western mind to a better understanding of it makes up “this series of impressions of the esthetic voicing of Japanese civilization.” Beginning with The genius of Japanese art, the author covers the early and later architecture of Japan; Temples and shrines; Temple gardens; and Domestic interiors. There are also chapters upon The minor arts; A color print of Yeizan; A note on Japanese sculpture; and the Future of Japanese art. The volume is illustrated with some original plans and many unusual pictures.