| + + | Lond. Times. 4: 314. S. 29, ‘05. 560w. |
“These and all cognate topics are dealt with by M. Dionne with both sympathy and information.”
| + + | Nation. 81: 145. Ag. 17, ‘05. 490w. | |
| * | Spec. 95: 822. N. 18, ‘05. 200w. |
Ditchfield, Peter Hampson. Picturesque English cottages. [**]$2. Winston.
To “Old cottages and domestic architecture in southwest Surrey,” and “The old cottages, farm houses and other stone buildings of the Cotswold district” “must now be added Mr. Ditchfield’s ‘Picturesque English cottages,’ less technical than the others, equally well illustrated, and covering the field more broadly.... The text, covering as it does such subjects as methods of construction, influence of material, the evolution of the cottage, foreign influence upon it, the cottage garden and its flowers, is entertaining, and by no means too technical for the uninstructed reader.” (Nation.)
“Were it not for its binding, the book would be wholly without blemish. So tasteless, so utterly inappropriate a cover.”
| + + | Nation. 81: 267. S. 28, ‘05. 910w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 10: 636. S. 30, ‘05. 240w. |
Dix, Beulah Marie. Fair maid of Graystones. [†]$1.50. Macmillan.
Graystones is a great country house in Suffolkshire, and the action takes place in the time of Cromwell after the surrender of the Cavalier stronghold of Colchester to the Parliamentary forces. The story opens upon a group of Cavalier prisoners. “The hero, Jack Hetherington, prisoner, is fighting a big Roundhead for kicking a dying Cavalier.... All through the brilliantly told tale, Jack fights his way against great odds. He weds the Fair Maid, a neglected orphan, dependent of a great family, and the two young things go out penniless to seek a home.” (Outlook.)
[*] “The plot, which hinges on a case of mistaken identity, is ingenious, if scarcely probable, and the interest fresh and well sustained.”