Hocking, Joseph. [Coming of the king.] [†]$1.50. Little.
The search for a black box in which lay a marriage contract between Charles Stuart and a Welsh girl, Lucy Walters, whose son, if the contract were found, would be heir to the English throne, provides the series of adventures which make up this story. The time is that of the restoration, the scenes are of court and country. The dashing young hero fails to find the paper, but finds instead beautiful Constance Leslie with a price upon her head and marries her.
“A tedious novel of the swashbuckling type.”
| — — | Outlook. 80: 642. Jl. 8, ‘05. 70w. | |
| Pub. Opin. 39: 158. Jl. 29, ‘05. 120w. |
Hodgson, John Evan, and Eaton, Frederick A. Royal academy and its members, 1768-1830. [*]$5. Scribner.
A somewhat pompous history of the Royal academy from the time of its founding by King George III. in 1768. Its growth, management and prestige are given and the volume is fully illustrated.
“It is not a glorious record, this of Messrs. Hodgson and Eaton, but as though to atone for its meagre episodes it is composed in a proud and vaunting style.”
| — + | Acad. 68: 511. My. 13, ‘05. 1120w. |
“Of the work as a whole it may be said that it has a full measure of that serenity in face of criticism which is eminently characteristic of official histories.”
| + — | Ath. 1905, 1: 696. Je. 3. 2840w. | |
| * | Critic. 47: 474. N. ‘05. 250w. |