“Her memoirs are bright and full of good stories of the doings of two and a half centuries ago.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 745. N. 4, ‘05. 760w. |
“The editing might have been done with greater skill and energy than Miss Marshall has brought to her task.”
| + — | Spec. 95: 189. Ag. 5, ‘05. 1380w. |
Farmer, James Eugene. Versailles and the court under Louis XIV. [*]$3.50. Century.
A beautiful book profusely illustrated. The sketch is a four-fold one including The palace, The park, The king and The court, each of which divisions presents the subject inductively and so prepares the way for the next. Beginning with the plans for the palace and the laying out of the grounds the author leads up to the finished work. With this for a back-ground, the king is presented and viewed from the standpoint of his daily life, methods of work, personal appearance and character, and the intricacies of court etiquette. Then the stage throngs with the gay and the wicked courtiers who were as perfect in manners as corrupt in morals.
[*] “Our author has given us a volume of real value as an admirable pen-picture of the court.”
| + | Arena. 34: 659. D. ‘05. 600w. |
[*] “An interesting subject is interestingly handled.”
| + | Critic. 47: 580. D. ‘05. 130w. | |
| * | + + | Int. Studio. 27: sup. 34. D. ‘05. 180w. |