[*] Learned, Arthur G. Eve’s daughters: epigrams about women from world-wide sources. Compiled by a mere man and portrayed by A. G. Learned. $1.75. Estes.
“These epigrams, made by men concerning women and compiled by ‘a mere man,’ include wise and witty sayings from the works of such men as Goethe, Hugo, Cervantes, Tolstoy, Emerson, Shakespeare, Euripides, Thackeray, Ruskin, Byron, Bourget, Maupassant, and many others ... about the widow, the coquette, the flirt, the debutante, the prude, the summer girl, and the best and highest type of womanhood as well. The work is designed as a gift-book, and is beautifully illustrated by Mr. A. G. Learned with delicate marginal line drawings, and more elaborate full-page designs.”—N. Y. Times.
[*] “The epigrams contained herein are famous; the numerous illustrations are not.”
| + — | Critic. 47: 572. D. ‘05. 10w. |
[*] “The volume belongs to the large class of pretty and amusing gift-books which are intended not for systematic reading, but for pleasant companionship in an idle hour.”
| + | Dial. 39: 448. D. 16, ‘05. 140w. |
[*] “The epigrams have been chosen with considerable judgment.”
| + | Ind. 59: 1384. D. 14, ‘05. 50w. | |
| * | + | Int. Studio. 27: sup. 29. D. ‘05. 80w. |
[*] “The selection of the quotations has been carefully made.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 823. D. 2, ‘05. 150w. |