“Mr. Jebb’s book has no small originality. His book contains not a few inconsistencies. Almost every page of it is instructive.”
| + + — | Lond. Times. 4: 166. My. 26, ‘05. 940w. |
“Everything he says is stated with a confidence that dreams not of the possibility of contradiction. This makes the book attractive.” Charles W. Thompson.
| + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 432. Jl. 1, ‘05. 2880w. |
“It is essentially a work that will be welcomed, not derided in Canada and Australasia. And that is to say no small thing of its merits, and of the success with which its author has achieved his object.”
| + + + | Spec. 94: 897. Je. 17, ‘05. 1720w. |
Jefferies, (John) Richard. [Bevis; the story of a boy.] $1.50. Button.
A new edition of a book for boys written many years ago and founded upon Mr. Jefferies’ own boy-hood idealized. Mr. E. V. Lucas states in his introduction that it is “a long and eloquent, and, I think, successful argument in favor of the wisdom of leaving boys to themselves, and allowing independence and self-reliance to oust for the time being school books and tutors.”
“‘Bevis’ is a wholesome and delightful book.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 376. Je. 10, ‘05. 530w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 10: 391. Je. 17, ‘05. 220w. |