| — | Critic. 47: 578. D. ‘05. 30w. |
[*] “The translations given of the sadness and splendor of married love, the whimsical veracity of the whole conception, shows this to be the author’s best work in fiction so far.”
| + + | Ind. 59: 1228. N. 23, ‘05. 210w. |
[*] “If they are occasionally innocently coarse they are yet very truly and forcibly moral in intention.”
| + — | Outlook. 81: 528. O. 28, ‘05. 100w. |
Harbottle, Thomas Benfield. Dictionary of battles from the earliest date to the present time. [*]$2. Dutton.
This book is a companion volume to “Dictionary of historical allusions.” The author, who has compiled several excellent dictionaries of quotations, died while this work was going to press, so the proof-reading and indexing was done by Colonel P. H. Dalbiac, who had collaborated with him in earlier works. The book is brought close to date—there are five entries under the heading Russo-Japanese war.
“The more modern battles are more efficiently dealt with than the ancient, and we look in vain for any mention of the wars of the ancient Egyptians, Assyrians, and Israelites. With this exception the book is adequate.”
| + + | Acad. 68: 35. Ja. 14, ‘05. 140w. |
“It is a handy compendium, but must be used with caution. Too many details are given to insure freedom from error.”