"A Link Among the Days" is an engaging biography of the life and times of the Reverend Doctor W.A.R. Goodwin, the father of Colonial Williamsburg. Dennis Montgomery tells how Goodwin, "the restless rector of an antique Episcopal church," and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller formed a respectful parnership in the 1920s to create a "full-scale restoration of 18-century Williamsburg, Virginia." Montgomery's writing is at once precise, engrossing, and anecdotal. Both historians and lovers of Colonial Williamsburg will certainly enjoy this fiine book.

As a huge L M Montgomery fan, Lucy Maud and the Cavendish Cat was such a joy to pour over. The book is told from the point of view of Maud's beloved cat, Daffy, as he watches the author find literary success, then marry and move from her home in Prince Edward Island.

While the subject might not be of great interest to the very young aundience it's geared toward, it will delight anyone who knows and loves Maud's works. The author tells the story very accuarately, using quotes from Maud's Journals, indicating the great ammount of research both author and illustator must have put into creating this book. The accuracy is especially telling in Janet Wilson's beautiful impressionist illustrations. It's fun to spot different LMM treaures in the pictures, like Maud's crazy quilt and the first edition cover of Anne of Green Gables. It's a book well worth buying.

It is a very good book, it is not very long but is never the less very comprehensive. The only problem is that it took me a bit too long to read because it is in Swedish.

As someone whose grandmother and great grandparents were a part of the Barr Colony I was very interested to find out exactly what life was like for them when they came from England to Canada in 1903. The book answered all my questions and gave great insight into the conditions experienced by my grandmother and her family as they travelled across Canada and tried to make a home in the Barr Colony. At times I was a little overwhelmed by the amount of detail in the book, but overall I found it very interesting. It is particularly suitable for those who have a particular interest inthe Barr Colony.

W. Montgomery Watt wrote Muhammad at Mecca in response to his perceived need for a new look at the life of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) set in a fuller historical context. He states that part of this need arose from the broader desire of twentieth century historians to see historical events in relation to the economic, social, and political background prevalent at that particular time. The author asserts that the special feature of this biography of Muhammad is thus not that it combs available sources more minutely than others have done previously, but that it pays fuller attention to these material factors, and attempts to answer many questions that have hardly been raised in the past. When this work is juxtaposed with Watt's other work Muhammad at Medina, the two together constitute a comprehensive history of the life of Muhammad and the origins of the Islamic community. The author declares in the introduction of this work that it is first and foremost written for the historian. He warns though that there is inherently the human inclination of 'tendential shaping' by early historians to make allowances for distortions or even to make it more acceptable within the shadow of other religions such as Christianity or Judaism. Though many bibliographic sources used for this work are based on earlier primary sources, one must remember that there are no known written sources other than the Qur'an about the life of the Prophet written prior to about 150 years after his death.

MURDER AT LOW TIDE is well-written with characters and plot tantalizingly unfolding as the reader progresses through the story. Family and financial concerns underlie the basic 'who done it?' plot. Police procedures and financial trusts seem to have been well-researched. I stayed up one night to finish reading the book, and for me, who normally retires early, that is saying something.

"My Dear Mr. M" is a collection of letters L. M. Montgomery wrote to Mr. G. B. MacMillan, a fellow writer. In the letters, the reader gets glimpses of how Montgomery felt about her own work, as well as mentions of contemporary reviews. Very interesting, for books that went on to become classics. Likewise, we get Montgomery's (somewhat brief) opinions on WWI, WWII, and other events that changed the century. A must-read for fans of Montgomery.

If you are a "fan" of the fantasy books by Tolkien, C.S.Lewis, Charles Williams or Chesterton, then this is a book worth reading. It is a collection of essays by various authorities in literature, myth and theology. A couple of the contributors were acquainted with either Tolkien or Lewis. The central thesis running through this collection of essays is that mythic symbols found in folk-tales and religious rituals, all express a common, fundamental human yearning for healing and a return to a "lost paradise". The essayists draw on insights from religious phenomenology, Jungian analysis, Christian theology and literary interpretation to tease out the potent mythic symbols found in the writings of Tolkien, Lewis, Chesterton and Williams. Lewis, Williams and Tolkien were associated with one another as drinking partners in an informal literary club known as The Inklings. The essayists "test" their thesis about the power of myth to reveal our search for meaning through the novels of the Inklings. The essayists take us a step further to consider the Christian world-view that informed and shaped the writings of Tolkien, Lewis, Williams and Chesterton. Although a couple of the essays are slightly "dated", any one interested in fantasy literature would find the thesis very absorbing. It should be useful not merely to students of english literature but also to the general reader who might like to know more about the backdrop to The Lord of the Rings, Narnia, etc. Certainly a book to add to your list for reading if you enjoyed the novels!

I bought this reprint because of the James Montgomery Flagg illustrations, but I enjoyed the story a great deal. Emma is a "drummer" in her mid-30s, an agent to retail stores throughout the Midwest of the T. A. Buck Featherloom Petticoat Company. She's a woman in what was, before the Great War, decidedly a man's world, but she beats most of them at it all hollow. She's claimed to be the first businesswoman in American literature and she serves as a mouthpiece for Ferber's feminist politics and her Progressive attitude toward the commercial world. This was the first of three collections (all made up of stories serialized in magazines) and they were immensely popular in their day -- especially with women, though Theodore Roosevelt was a fan. too. In fact, Emma was Ferber's first real hit and paved the way for her prolific later career. The style, of course, tends somewhat to effusive overwriting, but you get the same in almost any popular literature written at the turn of the century. Good stuff!