+ N Y Times 25:326 Je 20 ’20 700w
“An exciting, old-fashioned tale of the western cattle country.”
+ Springf’d Republican p7a N 21 ’20 100w
RAINSFORD, W. H.[[2]] That girl March. *$1.50 (*8s 6d) (1c) Lane
20–20431
Curiosity draws Philip Gray to Blaisham. Some thirty years before, his mother, falling in love with the chapel minister, had defied her family, run away with her lover and been disowned in consequence. And now, father and mother dead, the son had returned to look on her old home. He does not reveal his identity and does not learn that his aunt, Lady Delwyn, has set her lawyers on his track, bent on reconciliation. In the meantime he meets and falls in love with Edith March, niece of one of the neighborhood farmers. The reconciliation with the aunt takes place, but in his new position Philip finds that his wooing does not proceed smoothly. However he has some of his mother’s spirit and “that girl March” stands in no awe of Lady Delweyn and it ends well.
“If this tale is representative of Mr Lane’s selection of first novels, that selection must be astonishingly excellent, for Mr Rainsford, or possibly Miss Rainsford, spins an enchanting yarn. The only fault of the novel is its length. Here and there, it drags a trifle.”
+ − Boston Transcript p7 D 4 ’20 240w
“This book is not cheap or unsuccessful in an ordinary sense. It is simply 366 pages with the book not there. One constantly apprehends cleverness, vividness—but gets not one clear visualization in much description.”