| + + — | Am. Hist. R. 10: 610. Ap. ‘05. 990w. |
“By a curious fatality the portions of an historian’s work upon which he was least fitted to write are chosen as bits of mosaic suited for those particular parts of the history. One part of the work of the editor he has done with remarkable skill and that is the fitting of the parts so closely and skilfully that the reader rarely feels that there is any break. Also he has very fairly judged the amount of space properly assigned to each country and age. Taken as a whole, it is a magnificent undertaking and serves a great and useful purpose.”
| + + — | Ind. 58: 555. Mr. 9, ‘05. 810w. |
[*] “Tho the choice of materials shows a greater sense for literary than historical merit, yet, for popular use, that is more essential.”
| + + — | Ind. 59: 1155. N. 16, ‘05. 50w. |
| N. Y. Times. 10: 100. P. 18. ‘05. 880w. (Survey of contents of vols. XIX-XXIII.) | ||
| + + + | Outlook. 79: 750. Mr. 25, ‘05. 2980w. |
Hobart, George Vere. [Silly cyclopedia; containing copious etymological derivations and other useless things], by Noah Lott (an ex-relative of Noah Webster); embellished with numerous and distracting cuts and diagrams by L: F. Grants. 75c. Dillingham.
This little volume declares itself to be “a terrible thing in the form of a literary torpedo which is launched for hilarious purposes only” and is “inaccurate in every particular.” It is a collection of jocose epigrams cast in dictionary form, and if taken in small doses may prove amusing.
“It is full of the sort of stuff indolent, good-humored folks like to retail on the piazzas of country hotels. It is all harmless.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 462. Jl. 15, ‘05. 530w. |