Review:This book arrived in perfect time, perfect condition, and perfect content. Everything as it should be. The only issue is a two inch wide one inch tall addition to the cover proclaiming it earth friendly and printed on recycled paper. While I'm all in favor of this project, especially for this book, it's not a sticker, so it cannot be removed. It very much detracts from the classic cover of a wonderful book. Read more

Review:I got this book before my baby was born and I've been reading it to her since then and she loves it. She gets attracted by all the colors and textures! Right now she's 2 months and I can't wait until she's older and she can enjoy it moreasy thoroughly. Read more

Review:This book reminds me of an abbreviated "Book of Bartlett's Quotations" my parent's had when I was growing up. Made me want to go out & seek the original.

You'll get tuned into books you never knew existed -- & YES you will seek them out & wind up buying them! Read more

Review:The book came very quickly and was as stated. While it was short, it was just the right length for a parent to read aloud. The rhythm of the phrasing was 'catchy', and incorporated many of the other stories by this author. I recommend it as a little gift for a pregnant Mom. Read more

Review:This is a nice edition, worthy of gift-giving. There is only one Sonnet per page, so you can choose one and bookmark it for a friend. The paper is quality and the binding and overall look is very good. Read more

Review:Other ratings said that there was definitions of some of the old world words at the bottom of the pages which is why I bought this particular version. There is not, the defintions are in the back of the book which make it harder to read for someone not versed in old English. Otherwise I would have given it 5 stars. Read more

Review:This has the funniest poems, incredibly charming, very clever. Our test reader is nine, and this is definitely a new favorite. Will be fun to read a!one, or with a group. If gets a place on the favorites shelf. While it is hard to pick, two winners are the lazy alphabet one, and the island where everyone is named Toby. Read more

Review:The book was in OK condition.. But it was a gift from someone....with a message from the giver...so I will never think of the book as mine because it has someone else name in it..shame on the person for selling their gift. Read more

Review:This is not a review of Boccaccio, just this translation that originated in 1886. The 19th century English literature is fantastic. There is no reason that a translation of the bawdy Boccaccio should not reflect the wit of Austin, the 3 dimensions of Dickens or the wonder of Melville and so many others.

I am sorry to say that this translation, unless you like the faux archaic touch such as, "Thou doth protest, prithily, my lady," just plainly sucks. To call it prim and proper is not enoug... Read more

Review:I have been a student of the classics since I was young. Naturally, I had been exposed to the Aeneid early on in the fashion that most students are: with the revered Robert Fitzgerald translation. Through the years many translations, both good and bad, have been published: Humphries, Lombardo (probably one of the best), and Mandelbaum to name a few of the most popular.

My adoration of the Ruden translation started in the most modest way. I was browsing through volumes in a used book st... Read more