20–819
Mystery and adventure story centering about a man who disappears as if by magic the night before his proposed wedding to a beautiful young heiress. All efforts to find him prove for weeks in vain. Some think him spirited away by ghosts. Elsie, the heiress, is implored by her relatives to marry some one else, for if she does not marry soon, by the conditions of the will, she loses her fortune. But for her there is no one but Webb. Finally after desperate efforts, and dreadful adventures, the mystery is solved at last. Webb is brought back in time to save the fortune, and the “master mind” who has spirited the bridegroom away and kept him basely hid is one least expected.
“The characters are the mere sketches which pass in most latter-day mystery fiction. The style is slipshod, the dialogue barren, the action forced. Mr Wright has a new idea, cleverly developed in its essential details. With this he stops short.” C. H.
− + Boston Transcript p9 Mr 20 ’20 320w
“A somewhat new idea is used as vehicle, showing that modern mystery fiction can be based on a single unsolved point. But the supporting material is inferior, in comparison, and causes the story to prove somewhat disappointing.”
+ − Springf’d Republican p11a My 16 ’20 220w
WYATT, EDWIN M.[[2]] Blue print reading. il $1 Bruce pub. co. 744
20–16615
“This book is the result of several years teaching of blueprint reading in night schools and several years teaching of drafting preceding it.... Essentially it is a tried text, one that has been used to teach the reading of drawings to one class of mixed trades, one class of ship carpenters, two classes of house carpenters, and one class of machinists. It has been designed to suit as wide a range of trades as possible. Usually each new principle is illustrated by both a machine and an architectural example.” (Preface) The book is illustrated with twenty-nine plates, and questions and problems follow the chapters.