“Trustworthy in its general physiographic statements and so rich in maps, sketches, and diagrams, and all well indexed.”
+ + Critic. 48: 287. Mr. ’06. 180w.
Little, Frances. [Lady of the decoration.] †$1. Century.
With an unhappy married life behind her, a young Kentucky widow who had never missed a Derby since she was old enough to know a bay from a sorrel suddenly accepts an offer to go to Japan and teach in a mission school. Her letters home make the story, whose chief interest centers in a romance that grows out of her love for the man who she had supposed was lost to her. There are bits of Japanese life given with sprightly touches.
“Contains an odd mixture of fact, fun, opinions, vivid impressions, and sentiment. Unfortunately the sentiment is very much overdone, but the book is fresh and unconventional and well worth reading.”
+ – Acad. 70: 480. My. 19, ’06. 260w.
“The descriptive portions of the book produce on the whole a strong effect of reality.”
+ Ath. 1906, 1: 510. Ap. 28. 130w.
Reviewed by Frederic Taber Cooper.