Kramer, Harold M. Hearts and the cross. †$1.50. Lothrop.
A young minister of many creeds wanders into a Hoosier community, is befriended by a good old Indiana family, and assumes the double role of farm hand and minister. He becomes involved in political and neighborhood feuds and it develops that he is a pardoned convict and that long ago in Florida he bound an elder daughter of the house by what was supposed to be a mock marriage to the dissolute wretch who deserted her. However the untangled plot clears his character, the weakness of the past is forgotten in the strength of the present, and he wins the love of a younger daughter whom he has all along confused with the elder sister and wins also the respect of the community.
“‘Wholesome’ is the adjective that best expresses the quality of the book; and that quality is its chief charm. Talent it surely displays, but as yet it is the talent of the amateur, crude in spots, and more or less immature.”
+ – N. Y. Times. 11: 656. O. 6, ’06. 130w.
“A dramatic story with a mystery in it which keeps the interest alive to the very last.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 798. D. 1, ’06. 90w.
“A thoroughly commonplace story.”
– Outlook. 84: 892. D. 8, ’06. 4w.
Kuhn, Franz. Barbarossa, tr. from the German, by George P. Upton. *60c. McClurg.