In this cleverly slangy book of verses
“Statesman, lawyer, business man
Rob-as-rob-will or catch-as-catch-can,
At the jolly old sign of the Dollar.”
The topics are strictly American and up to date, and the verses in their own satirical way point a few morals. Niagara be damned, Frenzied finance, To the pure all food is pure, To an Indian skull, and Fall styles in faces, are fair samples.
| * | + | Critic. 47: 584. D. ‘05. 30w. |
[*] “It is humorous, fresh and glib.”
| + | Pub. Opin. 39: 700. N. 25, ‘05. 50w. |
[*] Isham, Samuel. History of American painting. [*]$5. Macmillan.
In this volume the development of art in this country is traced from its beginning and the conditions which influence it, the social aspects of art, and the personality of the artists are discussed. Much space is given to the lives of some of the earlier painters, the rise and development of the National academy of design is described, also early institutions now dead and forgotten. There are twelve full-page photogravures and 100 text illustrations.