“The illustrations, indeed, can hardly be matched, so effective is their representation of the volcanic phenomena.”
| + + | Spec. 94: 223. F. 11, ‘05. 170w. |
[*] Helm, W. H. Aspects of Balzac. [**]$1. Pott.
“The greater part of the book is reprinted from the ‘Empire review.’ ... Two articles run through the women and men of Balzac, and another deals with Balzac’s idea of the English and his admiration for various English authors. In ‘Balzac and Dickens’ essential differences between the French realist and the ‘respectable English author’ are well indicated.... In ‘Literary references in Balzac’ ... the influence of Sterne and Richardson is rightly pointed out.”—Ath.
[*] “He gossips freely and with abundance of humour (which seems occasionally introduced for the purpose of mollifying the general reader) concerning the characters in Balzac’s immense world, and sets down the main conclusions about the novelist which most expert readers have reached.”
| + | Ath. 1905, 1: 493. Ap. 15. 260w. |
[*] “It contains entertaining information about the novelist and his novels, presented in a clear, direct, offhand manner, which agreeably does not exact too much patience from the reader.”
| + | Lit. D. 31: 838. D. 2. ‘05. 530w. |
Henderson, Charles Hanford. Children of good fortune: an essay in morals. [**]$1.30. Houghton.
The philosophy that preaches salvation thru good fortune is set forth under the headings: The problem; Human conduct; Right and wrong; Efficiency; Worth; The moral person; Individual morality; The cardinal virtues; The doctrine of automatic goodness; Social welfare; The morality of the four institutions; Occupations; Immediacy; The moral outlook.