| + + | Cath. World. 81: 128. Ap. ‘05. 230w. |
“Her work is not merely authentic, and founded, as history must always be founded, on the original documents, but it is vivified by the touch of an artist.” Lawrence J. Burpee.
| + + + | Dial. 38: 353. My. 16, ‘05. 1260w. | |
| Nation. 80: 318. Ap. 20, ‘05. 1120w. |
“Asks us to readjust our notions of the early history of the western United States. Miss Laut is doing a work which deserves well of historians in following up to their sources the stories and traditions of the Western history of our country and retelling the stories in her characteristically clear style.”
| + + | R. of Rs. 31: 248. F. ‘05. 160w. |
Lawson, Publius Virgilius. Bravest of the brave. Captain Charles de Langlade. $1.50. Log cabin inn, Menasha, Wis.
Altho the hero of this sketch fought upon the other side in the French and Indian war and the Revolutionary war, he compels the interest of Americans as a great French-Canadian pioneer. The account of some of the “ninety-nine battles, skirmishes and border affrays” in which he took part is stirring.
| Pub. Opin. 38: 135. Ja. 26, ‘05. 410w. |
“From materials in the possession of the Wisconsin historical society, and from other sources, Mr. Lawson has constructed a most interesting sketch of this ardent pioneer and fighter.”
| + | R. of Rs. 31: 249. F. ‘05. 110w. |