| + + — | Spec. 94: 88. Ja. 21, ‘05. 1870w. |
Heywood, William. Palio and Ponte. Methuen, London.
This “account of the sports of central Italy from the age of Dante to the XXth century” dwells upon a phase of Italian history almost unknown to literature. The Italian idea of sports was closely allied to the Greek idea of games, and they often grew out of rivalry in neighboring communities or celebrated some historic or civic event. Mr. Heywood shows their importance in the life of the mediæval Italian city, and pictures Lorenzo de’Medici, Sodoma, the painter, and Caesar Borgia racing their horses at Sienese pali.
“The style throughout is clear and simple,—in general not of marked quality, but occasionally showing such vigor and even beauty that one is tempted to wish for more such pages even at the sacrifice of some of the by-paths of erudition.” Ellen Giles.
| + + | Dial. 39: 107. S. 1, ‘05. 1490w. |
“Mr. Heywood has undertaken his study of these sports in the spirit of a true historian, and his researches have revealed a new side of Italy to English readers. But our author is more than a student of archives. He has bursts of eloquence in his style. He has interwoven a vast amount of local history, especially Sienese, since no Anglican, save perhaps Mr. Langton Douglas, knows his Siena better. Mr. Heywood tastes what he describes. He has gone to sources not merely in his facts, but in his inspiration. He has not compiled a book, but has written one for which all lovers of Italy can only be grateful.”
| + + | Nation. 80: 119. F. 9, ‘05. 940w. |
“Without a real love of Italy, and an unusually deep understanding of Italian character, this book could not have been written.”
| + + | Spec. 94: 19. Ja. 7, ‘05. 1970w. |
Hibben, John Grier. Logic, deductive and inductive. $1.40. Scribner.