The heroine is an Irish girl who spends two years with wealthy relatives in London. The Fitzpatricks belong to the gentry but are very poor and gladly accept the offer that means two years of education for Rachel. At the end of the two years she goes to Germany. The war finds her there alone with her aunt’s German husband, who takes advantage of the situation to make love to her. She runs away and after many difficulties reaches Ireland. The course of the war and the Irish attitude are touched upon and the story ends with Rachel’s marriage to her sailor lover.
“The authoress’s naive Irish heroine is skilfully and naturally drawn.”
+ Ath p386 Mr 19 ’20 100w
“If there is a fault to be found with this story, it is that enough is not made of the big scenes in the life of the charming heroine. Yet, this does not, somehow, detract from the pleasure of the book, which is charmingly written in a style that is too rapidly passing. A good part of the pleasure derived from the story is due to its clever characterizations.”
+ − N Y Times 25:27 Jl 25 ’20 550w + Outlook 125:615 Ag 4 ’20 30w
“A novel which is neither better nor worse than hundreds of others.”
+ − Sat R 129:455 My 15 ’20 140w
“What is perhaps the chief merit of quite a readable story is the pictures of Irish life and character, of which the author has an intimate knowledge.”
+ The Times [London] Lit Sup p189 Mr 18 ’20 150w