A man forgotten — who 50 years ago was constantly on the battlefields of religion, philosophy, social science, politics, his weapons a trenchant pen and a ready flow of oratory. He was a stormy petrel — his range was astonishing — he was eternally restless due to unabating search for truth. New England — raised with the idea of going into the ministry — sidetracked into teaching — always seeking his place in the spiritual world, and ending up as a Roman Catholic. He founded the Boston Quarterly Review for the sake of disseminating his views. In addition to religion, his interests extended themselves to social questions, philosophy, etc., and was a vital part of the intellectual awakening of The Flowering of New England. In politics he was equally a chameleon, — a radical but against abolition, a democrat, later a conservative. For thirty years his review covered the whole intellectual field. But his influence waned rapidly. The book is very specialized, and has a limited appeal. It is objectively written, but contains many rather abstract disquisitions.
Pub Date: April 20, 1939
ISBN: 1179814150
Page Count: 338
Publisher: Little, Brown
Review Posted Online: May 22, 2012
Kirkus Reviews Issue: April 1, 1939
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Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 ("disinterested" means impartial — period), Strunk is in the last analysis...
Privately published by Strunk of Cornell in 1918 and revised by his student E. B. White in 1959, that "little book" is back again with more White updatings.
Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 ("disinterested" means impartial — period), Strunk is in the last analysis (whoops — "A bankrupt expression") a unique guide (which means "without like or equal").Pub Date: May 15, 1972
ISBN: 0205632645
Page Count: 105
Publisher: Macmillan
Review Posted Online: Oct. 28, 2011
Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 1, 1972
This is not the Nutcracker sweet, as passed on by Tchaikovsky and Marius Petipa. No, this is the original Hoffmann tale of 1816, in which the froth of Christmas revelry occasionally parts to let the dark underside of childhood fantasies and fears peek through. The boundaries between dream and reality fade, just as Godfather Drosselmeier, the Nutcracker's creator, is seen as alternately sinister and jolly. And Italian artist Roberto Innocenti gives an errily realistic air to Marie's dreams, in richly detailed illustrations touched by a mysterious light. A beautiful version of this classic tale, which will captivate adults and children alike. (Nutcracker; $35.00; Oct. 28, 1996; 136 pp.; 0-15-100227-4)
Pub Date: Oct. 28, 1996
ISBN: 0-15-100227-4
Page Count: 136
Publisher: Harcourt
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 1996
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