+ Spec 124:88 Jl 17 ’20 90w
“Apart from its utility as an indispensable book of reference for the man of affairs, ‘Who was who’ will remain as a permanent store house of information about the personalities of one of the most important and critical epochs of British history.”
+ The Times [London] Lit Sup p458 Jl 15 ’20 220w
WIDDEMER, MARGARET (MRS ROBERT HAVEN SCHAUFFLER). Boardwalk. *$1.60 (3½c) Harcourt
20–773
Omitting all the rose-garden atmosphere of her novels, Margaret Widdemer has written a series of short stories about boys and girls of high school age. The scene is one of the summer resort towns along the Atlantic coast during the months of the year when the boardwalk belongs to the young people who live there the year round. The titles are: Changeling; Rosabel Paradise; Don Andrews’ girl; Black magic; The congregation; The fairyland heart; Good times; Oh, Mr Dreamman; Devil’s hall.
“Clear cut, interesting little sketches into which the same people step again and again until one knows quite the whole village.”
+ Booklist 16:173 F ’20
“We must admit of them all that they piece together with their small tragedies and happinesses into what seems a very truthful representation of an American town. Whether or not these stories meet with the immediate popularity of ‘The rose garden husband,’ it must be conceded that Miss Widdemer has done a more difficult thing and revealed a more mature and a surer art.” D. L. M.