| + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 773. N. 18, ‘05. 970w. |
[*] “His book is a frank discussion of municipal problems as they are actually encountered in the more typical of our American cities. The prevailing note is one of optimism.”
| + | R. of Rs. 32: 637. N. ‘05. 230w. |
Howe, Maude. See Elliott, Mrs. Maude Howe.
Howells, William Dean. [London films.] [*] [**]$2.25. Harper.
The volume is made up of Mr. Howells’ characteristic talks about London weather, London streets, London noises, churches, parks, buses, slums, children, and bobbies—often with humorous comparison with the corresponding phenomena in New York. He tells, too, about society out of doors in Rotten Row and Piccadilly. Some of the matter has already appeared in some of the magazines. The book is provided with sixteen full-page illustrations and is bound to match the author’s “Literary friends and acquaintances.”
[*] “These films do not amount to so comprehensive or extensive a survey as Emerson achieved. But they are very fascinating, and are written with the clarity and richness of style which constitute Mr. Howells one of our foremost writers of English to-day.”
| + + | Ath. 1905, 2: 717. N. 25. 1740w. |
[*] “Its ‘films’ are far more interesting and significant than some that Mr. Howells has shown; they are indeed in his happiest analytic vein.”
| + + | Dial. 39: 381. D. 1, ‘05. 270w. |