Reviewed by Wallace Rice.
| Dial. 38: 90. F. 1, ‘05. 310w. | ||
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 38. Ja. 21, ‘05. 450w. |
“Mr. Geere writes in a pleasant, lucid style, which rises almost into eloquence when he describes the evening at Mohammerah when the charms of the East first stole upon him.”
| + | Spec. 94: 119. Ja. 28. ‘05. 430w. |
Geffroy, Gustave. National gallery (London); with an introd. by Sir Walter Armstrong. ¼ vel. [*]$10. Warne.
“The author has treated his subject by subdivision into schools corresponding to the arrangement of the pictures on the walls (an arrangement quite unsurpassed in excellence in any public gallery). The English, Italian, Flemish, Dutch, German, Spanish, and French schools are all covered both in the charmingly written text, and the profuse illustrations.”—Int. Studio.
[*] “One of the most elaborate, as well as one of the most authoritative, art books of the season. His style is often brilliant, and always clear and definite.”
| + + + | Dial. 39: 442. D. 16, ‘05. 420w. |
“M. Gustave Geffroy’s essays are one and all marked by the keen insight into peculiarities of the style that distinguish him; and they have about them a freshness and originality that is, alas, daily becoming more rare.”
| + + — | Int. Studio. 25: 81. Mr. ‘05. 120w. |