Carmen and Mr.Dryasdust
Carmen and Mr.Dryasdust
By Humfrey JordanAuthor of “The Joyous Wayfarer,” “Patchwork Comedy,” etc.12o. $1.35Carmen has smouldering in the depths of her dark eyes much Southern fire, and her heart holds, in addition to its warmth, not a little of feminine guile. It is this latter possession, as well as her saner view of life, which gives her the mastery over Mr. Dryasdust, whose academic career has been devoted with rare singleness of purpose to a study of the habits, physical peculiarities, and occasional vices of the common fly. How Carmen comes to have her way, how Mr. Dryasdust comes to surrender the ambition of a lifetime, and how Carmen’s feelings undergo a change from tolerant affection to love that seeks a place, a real place, in the life of the man with whom her own life is linked, is told with many excellent touches of satire and not a little sly fun.
By Humfrey Jordan
Author of “The Joyous Wayfarer,” “Patchwork Comedy,” etc.
12o. $1.35
Carmen has smouldering in the depths of her dark eyes much Southern fire, and her heart holds, in addition to its warmth, not a little of feminine guile. It is this latter possession, as well as her saner view of life, which gives her the mastery over Mr. Dryasdust, whose academic career has been devoted with rare singleness of purpose to a study of the habits, physical peculiarities, and occasional vices of the common fly. How Carmen comes to have her way, how Mr. Dryasdust comes to surrender the ambition of a lifetime, and how Carmen’s feelings undergo a change from tolerant affection to love that seeks a place, a real place, in the life of the man with whom her own life is linked, is told with many excellent touches of satire and not a little sly fun.