“The conclusion is carefully manipulated.”
“Mr. Brace has the gift of imagination in a most frantic form.”
− =N. Y. Times.= 11: 831. D. 1, ’06. 390w.
=Bradby, Godfrey Fox.= Great days of Versailles; studies from court life in the later years of Louis XIV. il. $1.75. Scribner.
Based chiefly upon the memoirs of Saint-Simon, the letters of Mme. de Maintenon and of Madame the Princess Palatine, Mr. Bradby’s picture serves as “an introduction to the period for those who wish to pursue a more extensive study of eighteenth century memoirs, and will also be sufficiently complete and vivid to be of interest and value to those who have not the time and opportunity for more detailed reading.” (N. Y. Times.)
“Mr. Bradby presents a sombre picture of this distinguished formal period, without any brilliance but with too much care to be at all disappointing, though at times we wish for the lightness and gaiety of style which were the feature of his charming story ‘Dick’ and his flippant farce ‘The Marquis’s eye.’”
“Mr. Bradby’s book gives a fair account of phases of life and thought which are now as extinct, and seem almost as remote, as the ways and usages of the Pharaohs, and in the study of them one can find much interest and some profit.” James Breck Perkins.
+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 883. Jl. ’07. 760w.
“On the whole, however, Mr. Bradby’s book is a scholarly and agreeable piece of light historical reading.”
“Mr. Bradby has overcome the vast difficulties of the subject, and written a book that makes for learning as well as for amusement—a fine thing to be able to say, when we consider how very amusing it is! He has—or he has acquired—the priceless gift of proportion.”
+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 5. Ja. 4, ’07. 850w.
“The value of his work would have been enhanced, perhaps, especially for those who wish to carry their studies further, if he had more frequently footnoted his authorities.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 67. F. 2, ’07. 580w.
“The last few years have seen a great outpouring of books about history, but it is not often easy to find among them one that is written in decent English and is evidently a well-arranged epitome of wide reading as this is.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 104: 178. Ag. 10, ’07. 290w.
=Bradley, Ernest.= Seven steps to the cross, being seven meditations suitable for Lent, and more particularly for Good Friday. **60c. Whittaker.