R. of Rs. 33: 764. Je. ’06. 70w.
Liljencrantz, Ottilie Adelina. Randvar, the songsmith: a romance of Norumbega. †$1.50. Harper.
In the days when the Norsemen held their fabled sway in the new world, Randvar, the songsmith, son of Rolf the Viking and Freya, King Hildebrand’s daughter, came to love the proud sister of the jarl with the blood red hair. The story of his love is a story of arms and adventure and thru it runs the mystic legend of the were-wolf. In the end the old round tower, which Randvar’s father built for Freya, claims another royal bride thru whom, and his own valor, Freya’s son comes to his own estate.
“Is not appreciably better or worse than the same author’s earlier volumes.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ Bookm. 23: 285. My. ’06. 160w.
“It is a pretty story that Miss Liljencrantz has told, and it has many elements of popularity.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ Dial. 40: 366. Je. 1, ’06. 220w. + Harper’s Weekly. 50: 417. Mr. 24, ’06. 680w.
“Miss Liljencrantz lacks the skill and the power to weave these things into a compelling story, as she lacks also the power to breathe life into the words of her puppets. ‘Randvar the songsmith’ is an unrealized ambition.”