+ +Sat. R. 100: 528. O. 21, ‘05. 810w.

“Mr. Firth’s account of him is an excellent performance.”

+ +Spec. 95: 360. S. 9, ‘05. 460w.

“Is an interesting biography and an excellent study of an important phase in the earlier history of Europe.”

+ + +Yale R. 14: 230. Ag. ‘05. 90w.

Firth, John Benjamin. Highways and byways in Derbyshire. $2. Macmillan.

“Mr. Firth remarks that his book is of ‘narration rather than description.’ He tells the reader where he may profitably go, and what he may expect to see ... [and] takes occasion to mention the literary and historical associations of the places which he visits.”—Spec.

“Mr. Firth’s ‘Derbyshire’ is to the full as thorough and as companionable as any of its predecessors.”

+Acad. 68: 609. Je. 10, ‘05. 1040w.

“Mr. Firth, has, beyond doubt, produced some five hundred pages of attractive and interesting reading.”