“‘The Italian twins’ is a wholesome stimulating book for children between eight and thirteen to read and own.” E. R. Burt
+ Pub W 98:1201 O 16 ’20 300w + Springf’d Republican p8 N 18 ’20 200w
PERKINS, LUCY (FITCH) (MRS DWIGHT HEALD PERKINS). Scotch twins. il *$1.50 Houghton
19–18221
Jock and Jean are the hero and heroine of this story, with its scenes laid in Scotland. The pictures as in other books of the series are from drawings by the author.
“A good picture of national life and customs with a rather more dramatic plot than that of former volumes of the series.”
+ Booklist 16:176 F ’20 Boston Transcript p9 D 20 ’19 300w
“Jock and Jean have, perhaps, the most exciting and amusing adventures of any of the twins, but, as a small boy critic said, ‘They have an absent-minded way of using occasional Scottish words and then relapsing into plain American talk.’”
+ − Nation 109:780 D 13 ’19 140w + Outlook 124:29 Ja 7 ’20 40w