Dent, Edward J. Alessandro Scarlatti: his life and works. [*]$3.50. Longmans.
“An ambitious work dealing with the Neapolitan composer.... Without blind adoration of his hero, he has brought himself into thorough sympathy with Scarlatti’s personality, and has studied all his circumstances and his relations to Italian art.”—Acad.
“Appreciation of Mr. Dent’s adventurous excursion into a new path is called for by the attempt as such, and the result of his labours is a handsome volume which should find a place in every music-lover’s library. Accuracy, not elegance of style, has been aimed at, yet there are occasional sentences where Mr. Dent has endeavoured to impart interest to the manner as well as the matter.”
| + + — | Acad. 68: 147. F. 18, ‘05. 1470w. | |
| + + | Ath. 1905, 1: 538. Ap. 29. 470w. |
[*] “A work of high importance, which must be accepted as the standard authority on the life and writings of the Verdi of his time.” W. J. Henderson.
| + + + | Atlan. 96: 852. D. ‘05. 240w. |
“An exhaustive study at first hand from original documents and scores.” Richard Aldrich.
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 308. My. 13, ‘05. 780w. |
De Pue, Edward Spence. Dr. Nicholas Stone. [†]$1.50. Dillingham.
An exciting detective story in which Dr. Stone and the Pacific coast manager of a great life insurance company discover that several policy holders have been skilfully murdered. Their investigations bring them thrilling adventures in the Chinese quarter, Dr. Stone narrowly escapes cremation; but they relentlessly follow the strange evidence of strange drugs until they discover the criminal, a wealthy and respected old man, who devises unusual methods of murder for the mere joy of achievement without detection, letting the life insurance money go to an accomplice. There is also a love interest.