Furness, Horace Howard, ed. See Shakespeare, Wm. New variorum edition of Love’s labour’s lost.
Fyvie, John. Women of wit and beauty of the time of George IV. [**]$3. Pott.
The lives of eight famous women are dealt with in this volume: Mrs. Fitzherbert; Lady Hamilton; Mrs. Montagu; Lady Blessington; Mrs. Lennox; Mrs. Grote; Mrs. Norton; and Lady Eastlake. Excellent portraits add much to the interest of this collection of biographies.
“We must be grateful, however, for Mr. Fyvie’s addition to our materials, although we still await the wizard who shall transform them into flesh and blood.”
| + — | Acad. 68: 871. Ag. 26, ‘05. 1130w. |
[*] “As a whole, Mr. Fyvie’s sketches are agreeably and discreetly written, but they contain little evidence of original research.”
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“The biographies are told con amore, the women placed before us with firm strokes and careful shading; and the result is wholly pleasing.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 672. O. 14, ‘05. 230w. |
[*] “In all, Mr. Fyvie, who is indefatigable in research and clever in arranging his ‘finds,’ makes the best of his theme.”