HALE, LOUISE (CLOSSER) (MRS WALTER HALE). American’s London. il *$2 (1½c) Harper 914.21
20–26752
An American actress goes to London for a season and talks wittily and ramblingly about her experiences on and off the stage. She gives many a glimpse of the aftermath of the war in London streets, in London houses, and in London heads in the form of opinions and judgments. The book is illustrated.
“Pleasing, spontaneously humorous, keen often, and clever, though the author’s self-consciousness will seem to some to be intrusive.”
+ − Booklist 17:111 D ’20
“From her first page to her last, Mrs Hale is distinctly entertaining. Her philosophy of life is a genial one and her style of presenting it agreeably light and pleasantly tinged with humor.” F. A. G.
+ Boston Transcript p4 D 29 ’20 870w
“Mrs Hale has a very pleasant style, a nice discrimination in the incidents she relates, and a gently humorous way of recording her experiences that makes her book delightful reading.”
+ Lit D p94 N 20 ’20 1550w