“An unusual character study.”
+ Booklist 16:349 Jl ’20
“The merits of ‘Mrs Craddock’ as a story are no less than its high qualities as a character study, and it should have been offered to American readers long ago.” E. F. E.
+ Boston Transcript p6 Je 16 ’20 1000w
“It has some subtlety, but moves rather heavily and joylessly.”
+ − Outlook 125:507 Jl 14 ’20 20w
MAULE, MARY KATHERINE (FINIGAN) (MRS JOHN P. MAULE). Prairie-schooner princess. il *$1.75 (2c) Lothrop
20–15508
A story of the crossing of the plains and the settlement of Nebraska. The Peniman family, Quakers from Ohio, are going west in a prairie schooner when fate throws little Nina Carroll into their hands. Her father has been killed by an Indian arrow but there is reason to believe that it was a white man not an Indian who was responsible. Valuable papers relating to the little girl are stolen and nothing can be learned of her family connections. She is adopted by the Penimans, altho they know that she has enemies who for some reason wish to gain possession of her. Because of their Quaker principles they treat the Indians with kindness and justice and at several crises in the story they are rewarded by the timely aid of their Indian friends. The children grow up, the boys take part in the Civil war, the mystery in Nina’s story is cleared away and Nina and Joe Peniman and two other pairs of young people set up new homes in the prairie state.