“Her school life near Paris, her trips to other lands, and her fine love story form a superior kind of story for older girls.”
+ Outlook 127:110 Ja 19 ’21 60w
ADAMS, SAMUEL HOPKINS. Wanted: a husband. il *$1.75 (4c) Houghton
20–7140
This story falls into two parts. The first tells of the transformation of Darcy Cole from a peevish, spoiled, unhealthy, unhappy girl into a radiant and captivating bit of womanhood. Physical culture plus grit does the trick. In the old days Darcy had been so unattractive that she had had to invent a fiancé and the second part of the story is taken up with the adventures into which this mythical person leads her. He is a certain Sir Montrose Veyze, selected from Burke’s Peerage. Fortunately he never appears in person and the attractive American lover who acts as his substitute proves perfectly satisfactory as a permanent feature.
Booklist 16:311 Je ’20
Reviewed by H. W. Boynton
+ − Bookm 51:585 Jl ’20 110w
“Of course he does the thing well, but it hardly seems worth the doing when the author is capable of so much better things.”