A reprint in popular form of the scholarly “Life” written by the great French Liberal “from the view-point of one who saw in him a great prophet, but a son of the Infinite only in the sense that the noblest and purest of earth can be termed the sons of God.” (Arena.)
“Is a volume that should be found in the libraries of all broad-minded people. This work will ever remain the loving and masterful labor of one of the bravest, ablest and most honest thinkers and scholars of the nineteenth century.” Amy C. Rich.
Repplier, Agnes.Compromises.**$1.10. Houghton.
A group of entertaining essays with pure literary merit. The subjects which Miss Repplier treats are: Luxury of conversation; The gayety of life; The point of view; Marriage in fiction; Our belief in books; The beggar’s pouch; The pilgrim’s staff; A Quaker diary; French love-songs; The spinster; The tourist; The headsman; Consecrated to crime; Allegra.
“She has always a point of view; she writes in an agreeable style; and she is well informed and has taste.”
“They are not meant for the frivolous, but for those who can appreciate good literature. She has her own ideas on the subject about which she writes, and states them without hesitation or qualification.”
“The subjects of her essays vary pleasantly and they are all written in a purely literary style. Her vivacity is not nervous, but intellectual, and the thread of her thought is so interwoven with the golden warp of older writers like Johnson, Montaigne and others that for once we have the tone of time upon the fresh tapestry of modern life. Her reflections shade back into old philosophies. All are seasoned with that pleasant gossip which a good-tempered intelligent woman has acquired from a wide knowledge of and close friendship with the best writers of the last four hundred years.”
*Repplier, Agnes.In our convent days.**$1.10. Houghton.
Charming personal reminiscences of the author’schildhood in a French-American convent school. The stories are real, they are true to human nature, true, so those who know declare, to the atmosphere of the school itself, and certainly true in that many of the little girls who lived and had adventures and murmured profound confidences inside those convent walls are prominent women to-day.
*“Is in Miss Agnes Repplier’s happiest style.”
*“She has never been more delightful than in this little volume.”
*“Delightful studies of girl nature told with humor and literary grace.”
Representative essays on the theory of style, chosen and edited by William Tenney Brewster.*$1.10. Macmillan.
These essays have been selected with the object of supplementing the technical works on methods and forms. The volume includes Literature, by John Henry Newman; Style, by Thomas de Quincey; The philosophy of style, by Herbert Spencer; The principles of success in literature, by George Henry Lewis; Style in literature—its technical elements, by Robert Louis Stevenson; Style, by Walter Pater; and Our English prose, by Frederic Harrison. Professor Brewster has included an introduction, notes and questions, and an index.
“Has performed a useful service for teachers of literature.”
“A volume likely to be of good service to academic students of literature and composition.”
“The introduction ... makes skilful use of the material which the editor has carefully selected for the body of the volume.”
“A very welcome work.”
Revival; a symposium, ed. by Rev. J. H. MacDonald.*75c. Meth. bk.
Seven addresses which were first delivered before the Chicago Preachers’ meeting. They are designed to awaken a more general interest in revival work and include sermons by Bishop McDowell, Rev. E. B. Crawford, Rev. Chas. Little, Rev. John Thompson, Rev. W. E. Tilroe, and Rev. P. H. Swift.
*“They are excellent as far as they go, but the collection as a whole lacks completeness and proportion.”
Reybaud, Henrietta Etiennette Fanny (Arnaud) (Mme. Charles Reybaud).La belle paysanne; tr. from the French by Remus F. Foster. $1. Neale.
A young French student falls in love with the pastel of a beautiful woman which he finds in his uncle’s house, and he hears her story from an old lover of hers and a priest, and learns how, as a young girl, she broke her troth to the marquis and married a handsome peasant, whom she afterwards murdered. In the end he finds in his uncle’s repulsive old housekeeper the original of his fancy.
Reynolds, Cuyler, comp. Classified quotations: compiled for general reference and also as aids in making up lists of toasts and in the preparation of the after dinner speech and occasional address; with suggestions concerning the menu and other details connected with the proper ordering of a banquet; being a reissue of “The banquet book.”**$2.50. Putnam.
“The book is a collection of quotations on all sorts of subjects, intended to help persons preparing menus for dinners. It evidently fills the place for which it was intended, for this appearance is the fifth.”—N. Y. Times.
*“The collection is a good one; more general, besides than the needs of the banquet. The index is rather meagre.”
*“Mr. Reynolds has the capacity for taking infinite pains, as all his work shows, and this collection is remarkably complete.”
Reynolds, George F.Some principles of Elizabethan staging. 50c. Univ. of Chicago press.
This study is only a part of a more comprehensive one now in preparation, discussing not only Elizabethan plays but also the actual construction of the stage itself and the properties which furnished it.
Rhoades, Cornelia Harsen (Nina Rhoades).That Preston girl.†$1.50. Wilde.
A story which depicts the loneliness and suffering of a girl who is ostracized because of her father’s dishonest means of attaining wealth. She is a refined, unselfish, loyal type of girlhood, a helpful acquaintance for any young reader.
Rhodes, James Ford.History of the United States from the compromise of 1850. Vol. 5.**$2.50. Macmillan.
“Confidence has grown with each succeeding volume that the great history of the Civil war is being written.” (Ind.) This fifth volume covers the years 1864-66. “In the beginning of this volume, Mr. Rhodes gives a brief recapitulation of the salient events of the Civil war, and follows this with a detailed account of Sherman’s Georgia campaign. Grant’s Appomattox campaign, Lee’s surrender, and the assassination of Lincoln are all treated within the limits of a single chapter. A long chapter is devoted to an account of society at the North during the war, and a similar chapter to society at the South. Another chapter is assigned to the treatment of prisoners of war. The volume closes with a fair and impartial account of reconstruction.” (R. of Rs.)
“But it would be unfair to regard Dr. Rhodes’s slips in military matters as impairing the value of his work. The present volume is a perfect storehouse of valuable facts and records. If anything, it is too full of material and not sufficiently ordered.” A. R. Ropes.
“I cannot think of another historian who so constantly produces the effect of complete candor, who is so indefatigably minded to tell all that can be reckoned of consequence, and to display unreservedly the sources of his knowledge and the grounds of his opinions.” W. G. Brown.
“As a whole it comes up fully to the high standard set in the preceding volumes. In the treatment of the controversial questions of the time Mr. Rhodes shows the same spirit of impartiality and breadth of view which has won for him the admiration of students.” James Wilford Garner.
“To the specialist, the work will appeal as authoritative until more evidence is forthcoming. The author has performed a distinct service in showing that a non-partisan account of our great Civil war need not be colorless.” David Y. Thomas.
“It is hardly possible that the theme will ever be treated with fuller detail, more skilfully wrought into a dramatic story. Concerning this, as concerning the whole work, it must be said that it will be most authoritative among those who are most familiar with the sources of information. The general reader may grow to believe fully in the author’s conclusions, but the specialist will be convinced by the unquestionable force of the testimony offered.”
*“This masterful accomplishment entitles Mr. Rhodes to the first place among American historians.”
“The writer’s method and his even narration make pleasant reading. There is the same painstaking examination of authorities, the same skilful arrangement of facts, the same balanced (sometimes hesitating) judgment, and the same desire to be eminently fair to all parties in a controversy.”
“Mr. Rhodes’s treatment of the war itself, and of the issues growing out of the war, is that of an unbiased historian, and will meet, we think, with the cordial approbation of southern as well as northern participants in that great struggle.”
“A considerable part of this volume is given to a chapter describing the conditions of society in the northern states during the war, and another chapter to society in the southern states. These are among the most important and interesting contributions to our historical literature. They are hardly entitled to be called brilliant, but they are full of good sense, of sound judgments, and of well-proportioned groupings of facts. They are likely to be read as long as any historical writings of our time. His style is not brilliant, but it is a good working style, with the fundamental merits of clearness and dignity; and his judgments are the judgments of a man of great common sense. All preceding books have at best been materials for such a history. Mr. Rhodes’s work is the best narrative of this stirring time.”
Rice, Mrs. Alice Caldwell Hegan (Mrs. Cale Young Rice).Sandy.†$1. Century.
In turning away from Mrs. Wiggs and Lovey Mary, Mrs. Rice has chosen to import the irresponsible, hot-headed, impulsive Irish boy, Sandy. All the way from stowaway on an American liner to the successful college graduate, and the hero of an ambitious romance, he runs a curious round of chance which claims him for a boot-black, newsboy, peddler, and finally drops him into the keeping of a kind-hearted old judge, who starts him along the road to fortune.
“The story is a good deal more than readable.”
“The book possesses much of the wholesome sweetness of her two earlier volumes. There is no denying Mrs. Rice’s pleasant manner of telling a story.”
“It possesses much of the wholesome sweetness of the philosophy of the Cabbage patch.”
“A simple, lifelike story full of quiet humor, pathos, and charm.”
“An interesting study of the stuff that Americans are made of, and of a variety of cleverly drawn Kentucky types.”
“Mrs. Rice’s reputation will receive a fine impetus from this delightful little story.”
“Mrs. Rice has given too much attention to the outsiders in ‘Sandy,’ and the boy and the girl who are the chief actors suffer. The story is sketchily drawn; too sketchily, the average reader will think.”
“Nothing but the dreariest herbage of sentimental commonplace.”
Richards, Ellen Henrietta Swallow (Mrs. R. H. Richards).Art of right living.*50c. Whitcomb & B.
This small volume proffers much commonsense advice on the limitations of food, the need of air, exercise, amusement and work.
Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe. Mrs.Tree’s will.†75c. Estes.
“The reader of Mrs. Richard’s series beginning with ‘Captain January’ will meet old acquaintances here. Mrs. Tree herself, though dead, seems more alive than anybody through her will, its effects, and the anecdotes her survivors narrate.”—Outlook.
*“The book is a gem in its own way.”
*“Is a worthy successor to ‘Mrs. Tree’ in affording quiet amusement for an idle hour. Mrs. Richards writes brightly, humorously, and with excellent taste.”
“There are certain touches of pleasant humor here and there in the book that almost give it a reason for existence.”
“The picturing of village life, though amusing and touching at times, lacks strength and body, seems trivial and fantastic.”
Richardson, Clifford.Modern asphalt pavement. $3. Wiley.
This book successfully covers a field hitherto but inadequately dealt with. It is “the first authoritative presentation of the subject by a representative of the asphalt paving companies, thus making public the results of long and patient investigation by them, not heretofore accessible to the municipal engineer.... Structurally, Mr. Richardson divides an asphalt pavement into three parts or courses; the base, the intermediate course and the surface course.” (Engin. N.) He treats his subject exhaustively from the selection of materials to the proper execution of the work.
“In conclusion it not too much to say that Mr. Richardson’s book should be classed with those which appear too infrequently, but whose appearance marks epochs in the industry to which they relate. Even if the dictums of the authors are not always accepted or vindicated, they set people to thinking and mark out new paths for future progress.” S. Whinery.
“The book is likely to prove of great value to municipal authorities.” T. H. B.
Richardson, Dorothy.Long day: a true story of a New York working girl as told by herself.*$1.20. Century.
A country bred girl tells of her experiences in New York city. She came friendless and unskilled with but a few dollars in her pocket, she sought honest work, and found short jobs as a box maker, a sweat-shop worker, a liner of jewel-boxes, a “shaker” in a steam laundry and at various other occupations all equally unpleasant and equally underpaid. The pictures she draws of the working girls’ home are painfully sad and realistic.
*“The book deserves a reading.”
*“Written with so much understanding and insight.”
“The woman who tells her own story is terribly in earnest about it all.”
*“A story that is nothing less than fascinating.”
Richardson, Norval.Heart of hope.†$1.50. Dodd.
“This story of the Civil war offers drama and romance in about the usual proportions, but the former of a quality quite unusual—the siege of Vicksburg being pictured with cycloramic realism.”—Outlook.
“This is an uncommonly interesting story of the Civil war. The sentimental motive is skilfully woven into the account of the siege.”
Richey, Harry Grant.Handbook for superintendents of construction, architects, builders, and building inspectors. $4. Wiley.
“The subjects which receive particularly thorough and careful treatment are: excavating, laying out foundations, testing and analysis of stone, stone and bricklaying (which is especially well illustrated), testing of soil, piling, timber specifications, steel sheet piling, building stones, etc.... A fair amount of space is devoted to cement and concrete.”—Engin. N.
“In general, the book is meritorious and well presented, almost all of the matter being of value to building inspectors or superintendents. The book compares very well with other books of its kind.” Wm. W. Ewing.
Richman, Irving Berdine.Rhode Island; a study in separatism.**$1.10. Houghton.
A volume in the “American commonwealths” series. “There can be no doubt that the distinctive characteristic of Rhode Island as a political entity has been its separatist tendencies. Founded as a protest, it has clearly demonstrated its innate individualism in every crisis of its history.... There is reason for Mr. Richman’s assertion that even to-day the influence of the old-time thought is making itself keenly felt in the political life of the state.... Mr. Richman writes with enthusiasm [and gives] concise retrospective summaries.”—Outlook.
*“Mr. Richman has made one of the most instructive and readable contributions to the ‘American commonwealths’ series.”
*“His conclusions, on the whole, show discrimination, and his treatment is adequate, developing the social and economic as well as the political and constitutional history of the state. The most serious defect—and it is serious—is an occasional obscuration of salient facts in a mass of detail.”
Richmond, Grace S.Indifference of Juliet.†$1.50. Doubleday.
An “account of Juliet’s repeated refusals of a nice, tall, broad-shouldered young man named Anthony. Anthony had been rich, but unfortunately lost all his money. Nevertheless he continued to love Juliet.... At last, goaded to desperation, he worked out a pretty little plan of arousing the lady’s jealousy, which was quite successful. With Juliet’s aid he fitted and furnished a dear little box of a house in the country, ostensibly for a lovely California girl.... After it was all ready for its new mistress Juliet permitted herself the luxury of going over it all alone one evening and crying. And there Anthony found her. But this is not the end of the story. In fact it is only the beginning, and several other romances crop up before it is finished.”—N. Y. Times.
“A pleasant little love story.”
Rickert, Edith.Reaper.†$1.50. Houghton.
A story of the primitive life of the Shetland islands where the sea is “the great fact of life.” The hero reaps his harvest of content after years spent in patient service to a widowed mother, whose fondness for drink he strives by eternal vigilance to hide from others. The call of the sea is forever in his ears, but in the end, when he is free to go, he finds that the desire is conquered and his real happiness lies at home in the love of a woman and a little child.
“The dialect is not particularly unintelligible, but there is a good deal of it.”
“It is worth reading for itself, and those who love the sea, especially, will like it because it is full of the atmosphere of the sea, of the simplicity and the mysticism and primitiveness of true sea-dwelling people.”
“A new field, and a new strong writer in that field. There is much quiet power in the story.”
“As to its intrinsic interest and picturesqueness there can be no doubt whatever.”
*Ridgeway, William.Origin and influence of the thoroughbred horse.*$3.75. Macmillan.
“Treats not only of all the chief breeds of British domestic horses known in historical times, but also takes a survey of all the other living equidae, as well as of the ancestors of the genus. He has made an attempt to treat historically the origin of the various colors found in English horses; at the same time indicating the influence exercised on the history of the chief nations of the ancient, mediaeval, and modern world by the possession of horses.... Besides all this he has ‘also tried to point out the lessons of supreme importance to the breeder.’ ... A supplementary chapter has been included considering ‘The development of equitation.’ There are also addenda and a full index, besides numerous illustrations.”—N. Y. Times.
*“He marshals evidence for you as a special pleader, and hammers it in as a violent partisan. But at the same time he does not carry his audience away. There are too many slips of fact, too many circular proofs, too many violations of logic. At the end you are interested, stimulated, but not won.”
*“Prof. Ridgeway on the other hand, has primarily attacked the problem from the point of view of the historian and the archaeologist, and it must be acknowledged that naturalists owe him a large debt of gratitude for bringing into prominence lines of evidence with which, from the very nature of the case, they are unfamiliar.” R. L.
*“It is also an encyclopedia of information on the history of the ‘Equidae’, collected from every source, from post-Pliocene deposits to modern sporting newspapers. Professor Ridgeway, when merely setting down information, is apt to flit among countries and ages with a dexterity which perplexes the reader.”
Ridley, Alice, Lady.Daughter of Jael. $1.50. Longmans.
With the spirit of a Brutus, Frances Cary, the heroine of this story, kills her niggardly and cruel grandfather in order to free her brother, the lawful heir, from a rule of terrible bondage. The act was inevitable to her philosophy of youth. The book goes on to show that retribution will not be restrained by the mitigating circumstance of unselfishness in actuating a crime. One has his fill of deep problems.
“This story deals with the shadow of a very dark deed involving a question of casuistry in morals. The book is interesting in a dismal way. The odor of chloroform pervades it and hangs heavy on every page.”
“It fairly bristles with problems. In spite of the undercurrent of gloom the story is light and even gay in some of its passages.”
Riley, James Whitcomb.Riley songs o’ cheer. $1.25. Bobbs.
Over fifty of Mr. Riley’s happiest verses have been collected into this volume which is profusely illustrated by Will Vawter. The all-golden; A Christmas carol; The first bluebird; Mister hop-toad; A passing hail; The twins; A song of the road; and While the heart beats young, are included among other old favorites.
*“There is a good deal of commonplace work in the book, but there are also bits here and there of Mr. Riley at his best.”
*“It is a great pity that Mr. James Whitcomb Riley’s publishers should persist in vulgarizing verse so fine as his by cheap and silly illustrations.”
*“Wholesome verse, it is, and tinged with a sentiment that is genuine though often commonplace.”
Riley, Theodore Myers.A memorial biography of the Very Reverend Eugene Augustus Hoffman. $5. Priv. ptd. at the Marion press, Jamaica, Queensborough, N. Y.
A biography which covers fully the facts of a life upon which the author comments as follows: “He was never primarily a theologian, or indeed primarily anything but an admirably well-balanced man, in whom the note of our common nature was always predominant.... He wrote no great books; he ventilated no schemes of sociological or of theological improvement to the world; he offered no advice to the public for the reconstitution of human society. He simply abode in the path of achievement marked out for him by his office as a priest, and by his gifts of constitution and rule.... And so he became great, because he was faithful, humble, wise, modest.”
“It is appreciative, orderly, and so full that its 795 pages of noble type leave nothing to be desired except an index.”
Riley, Thomas James.Higher life of Chicago.*75c. Univ. of Chicago press.
A study of the culture interests of Chicago has resulted in the exposition of some of the agencies that are working for the betterment of the city, including the schools, libraries and the press, civic associations and women’s clubs, social settlements, charities, etc.
“To many who think of Chicago as a great commercial centre merely, this account of the higher life will be a revelation.”
“It is a book of much value both for reference and for the further stimulation of cultural and altruistic endeavor.”
Ringwalt, Ralph Curtis.Briefs on public questions, with selected lists of references.*$1.20. Longmans.
A book which “is sure of favor with the young debating community, but is also well calculated to enlarge the understanding and settle the convictions of journalists and legislators. Its themes are logically ordered under three heads, Politics, Economics, and Sociology.” (Nation.) Twenty-five individual topics are treated, among them Naturalization, Woman suffrage, Negro suffrage, Restriction of immigration, Reciprocity with Canada, Government ownership of railways, single tax, etc.
“Great judgment and fairness have been displayed by the author, who has been able to sink personal considerations to a marked degree in his effort to impartially present a brief outline of the principal arguments on each subject discussed.”
“High-school and college students will give this book a warm welcome.”
“The scheme and the execution are to be commended, and Mr. Ringwalt has had in mind in his bibliography the resources of ordinary public libraries.”
“Within its chosen field a valuable reference book. The work has been done with much care and thoroughness, and the book is not by any means limited in its usefulness to those preparing for debates, although its peculiar adaptability to that purpose is evident.”
Riordan, William L.Plunkitt of Tammany hall.†$1. McClure.
A series of very plain talks on very practical politics, delivered by ex-senator George Washington Plunkitt, the Tammany philosopher, from his rostrum—the New York county courthouse bootblack stand—and recorded by William L. Riordan. “For more than forty years he has seen the political game played in New York city.... His has been the peculiar distinction of holding four offices at one and the same time and drawing salaries for three of them.... He is the old-fashioned type of the professional politician, even in Tammany Hall, but he has a shrewd, homely sense that is not to be learned from books and that would be invaluable in a man without the moral crookedness that afflicts this man.”—Pub. Opin.
Ripley, William Zebina, ed. Trusts, pools and corporations.*$1.80. Ginn.
This volume is “a compilation of special articles, mainly by other well-known legal writers, on the great cases which have arisen relative to the status of corporate bodies. These cases extend over a period of thirty-five years, from the Michigan salt association ... in 1868 to the recent Northern securities company and the United States shipbuilding company.”—N. Y. Times.
“Doubtless the book will prove a valuable adjunct to the equipment of the student. But a further compilation and classification of cases would have been more reassuring to the student.”
“An important and valuable contribution to economic literature.”
*“A book of very considerable value.”
“The introduction is a clear and unbiased discussion of the trust problem.”
Rishell, Charles Wesley.Child as God’s child. 75c. Meth. bk.
A discussion of “baptism and church membership and the teaching of the home and Sunday school from the point of view of one who believes in gradual growth into the religious life.” (Ind.)
Rives, Amelie.SeeTroubetzkoy, Amelie.
Rives, Hallie Ermine.SeeDickens, Charles
Roberts, Charles George Douglas.Red fox: the story of his adventurous career in the Ringwaak wilds and of his final triumph over the enemies of his kind.†$2. Page.
“The history of a hero fox of singular beauty and strength, united with rare intelligence, adaptability and foresight.... His range was the forest, rocky slopes, and backwoods farms of the Ringwaak country in eastern Canada. Here he ran the full gamut of fox-experience ... leading a joyous and adventurous life till the brightness of his renown made him a shining mark for capture. Then, taken by a trick formidable for its simplicity, he was sent to the states to make a Roman holiday for a fashionable hunt club, but escaped by almost super-vulpine sagacity and found safety in the mountains.” (Nation.) Fifty full page drawings by Charles Livingston Bull illustrate the volume.
*“Has the fascination of a real jungle story, without owing any apparent debt to Mr. Kipling.”
*“It is as charming in style as it is in atmosphere.”
*“It is intensely interesting throughout; it ends happily; the natural history is sound; and the pictures are numerous and worthy.”
“Mr. Roberts appears to tell his story chiefly for its own sake, but he impresses us quite as deeply as if he had tried to enforce it by didacticism.”
“Is a rare thing among animal biographies. The interest, at least, is quite human.”
*“Certainly the story is entertaining, and wins and keeps the sympathy of the reader for the four-footed hero.”
Reviewed by Mabel Osgood Wright.
*“Red Fox is one of the most interesting characters in all the annals of woods life.”
“The treatment is sufficiently literal to answer all that the author claims for his book, and certainly nothing is lost in charm by the insertion of what Mr. Roberts considers the animal psychology.”
Roberts, Edmund Willson.Automobile pocketbook: a compendium of the gasoline automobile. $1.50. Gas engine pub.
The object of this little book is “to place before the designer and the operator, in a brief manner, a few general notes on the design and the operation of the gasoline automobile.” “Somewhat more than one-half the book is devoted to the design of various parts, such as valve mechanisms, mufflers and axles; and detailed descriptions of the best forms now in use are given, accompanied by lettered drawings, which enable the average reader to grasp the idea at a glance.... Several chapters are devoted to the care of various parts of the automobile, how to locate troubles and how to make repairs.” (Engin. N.)
“This pocketbook fills a place in automobile literature occupied by no other book.”
Roberts, George Simon.Old Schenectady.*$4.50. Robson & Adee, Schenectady, N. Y.
A book which “carries the reader back to 1682, when the Dutch Van Curlers, the Vedders, the Tellers, and other Dutch families settled there. The author does not attempt a historical narrative, but gives a series of pictures of the quaint town in the early days: its pioneer settlers; its defenses against Indian attack; its French and Indian massacre; its Dutch heirlooms. The value of the book is much enhanced by appropriate and well-executed cuts and halftone illustrations.”—Am. Hist. R.
“Some history, more genealogy, and a modicum of biography well served by the compiler of the neatly printed volume, make an interesting story. The book bristles with anecdote, reminiscence, and tradition of the families ... whose names still count for much in the Mohawk valley.”
Roberts, Isaac Phillips.Horse.**$1.25. Macmillan.
This book “includes an account of the development of the horse from the early times and the introduction of improved breeds; a description of kinds and grades now in use; a careful study of the different gaits and paces of the horse; and many chapters dealing with the most approved and practicable methods of training, feeding, driving, breeding, and caring for horses.”—Outlook.
“Even the man who breeds horses for the market may find helpful suggestions here. Told in an entertaining way, with an enthusiasm for the subject that adds sparkle to the story.”
Reviewed by Charles Tracy Bronson.
“The book has unquestioned value, and contains in compact form but in clear language much that is valuable.”
Roberts, Morley.Lady Penelope.†$1.50. Page.
The lady Penelope Brading, orphaned daughter of an English earl and an American heiress, is a young woman of ideas, and ideals. From a host of suitors, and there are many as she possesses all things save a sense of humor, she chooses eight; a poet, a captain, a successful Jew, a young nobleman, a war correspondent, a balloonist, an artist, and an American millionaire, and puts them in training, finally announcing that she has married one of them secretly. Each pretends to be the one and the reader is thoroly mystified even when a baby arrives to further complicate the situation.
“In the present book we find neither matter nor manner.”
“‘Lady Penelope’ is the best book we have seen for the use of those newspapers which a few years ago offered prizes for guessing how the story would end.”
“It is all in its airy way an amazingly clever satire, touching upon an astonishing number of solemn and respectable matters in a manner of cheerful and spontaneous audacity, which disarms resentment.”
“This is an amusing and audacious comedy of cross purposes and dramatic situations.”
“Original, clever and amusing.”