“While not a masterpiece, the tale is strong in its appeal to the two elemental human passions, war and love, viewed through the magic mirror of imagination and set in the enchanted land of Long Ago.”
| + | Lit. D. 31 :666. N. 4, ‘05. 240w. |
“This is not, perhaps, one of his best, but it goes with the gait of the ‘true romance’ ... and is good to read.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 435. Jl. 1, ‘05. 440w. | |
| + | Outlook. 80: 445. Je. 17, ‘05. 150w. |
“Liberties are taken with history, and there are a hundred flagrant anachronisms of style and matter; but the real blemish is that the whole atmosphere is sham antique, and aggressively false.”
| + — | Spec. 95: 196. Ag. 5, ‘05. 1100w. |
Crockett, Samuel Rutherford. Raiderland: all about Grey Galloway, its stories, traditions, characters, humors. [**]$2. Dodd.
“A sort of literary guide-book to that part of Galloway which is the locale of the bulk of his fiction. The result is a pleasant medley of facts and fiction, of descriptive touches and old legends, of character sketches and those intuitions which a land gray with history is certain to arouse.” (Pub. Opin.) Of his purpose, the author says: “It is my desire not so much to write a new book about Galloway as to focus and concentrate what I have already written for the use of Galloway lovers and Galloway travelers.”
“A collection of more or less doubtful history but of excellent literary material. The drawings of Mr. Joseph Pennell are, as always, delightful.” Wallace Rice.
| + | Dial. 38: 89. F. 1, ‘05. 150w. |