“In the regal portfolio of forty engravings, which forms part of her work, [Mrs. Frankau] gives most of her plates to William Ward, who reproduced paintings like Hoppner’s famous Miranda in noble fashion, when he was not designing and stippling dainty circular or oval portraits of feminine types. But in the octavo which contains her text, she fills much of her space with a biographical sketch of James Ward, who valued his gifts as a painter.... The thirty photogravures from his works, which she scatters through her text, are important to the student.”—Atlan.
Reviewed by Royal Cortissoz.
| + + | Atlan. 95:274. F. ‘05. 530w. |
Franklin, Benjamin. Selections from the writings of Benjamin Franklin; ed. by U. Waldo Cutler. 35c. Crowell.
One of the thirteen new titles lately added to the “Handy volume classics.” There is an introduction, which sketches the life of Franklin, and notes by the editor.
“The selections in the book are well chosen.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10:730. O. 28, ‘05. 120w. |
Franklin, Benjamin. [Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin]; printed from the full and authentic text, ed. by William MacDonald. [*]$1.25. Dutton.
The editor has made this book a complete biography by providing a biographical preface and an account of Franklin’s later life and his relation to the history of his time.
| Am. Hist. R. 10: 947. Jl. ‘05. 30w. | ||
| + + | Dial. 38: 423. Je. 16, ‘05. 50w. |