[*] “In fact, so far as the public is concerned, the translation is far better than the letters themselves.”
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Havell, E. B. [Handbook to Agra and the Taj, Sikandra, Fatehpur-Sikri, and the neighborhood.] [*]$1.50. Longmans.
The object of this volume is “to assist those who visit, or have visited, Agra to an intelligent understanding of one of the greatest epochs of Indian art.” The author, who is the principal of the government school of art at Calcutta, gives a brief historical introduction followed by a detailed treatment of the buildings and tombs at and about Agra. There are 14 illustrations in half-tone from photographs, four plans, an index and footnotes.
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| N. Y. Times. 10: 9. Ja. 7, ‘05. 240w. |
“The book appears to be at least as good as most books of its kind and better than many.”
Hawkins, Anthony Hope (Anthony Hope, pseud.). [Servant of the public.] [†]$1.50. Stokes.
A story not of the stage, but of an actress: a character study of Ora Pinsent, a creature of whim and folly, and ever behind the failure she makes of living and the cloud her attractive, clinging, and uncertain personality casts over those who cross her path, is the glory of her triumph behind the footlights. There is slight reference to her public career, but its success seems measured by the detailed failure of her private life.
“We cannot regard ‘A servant of the public’ as other than a failure. It is sufficiently interesting to wile away an hour or two, but not so interesting as to fulfil the promise to which the early career of its author gave rise.”
| — + | Acad. 68: 1025. O. 7, ‘05. 820w. |