Locke, William John. [Beloved vagabond.] †$1.50. Lane.
Who he is and what manner of vagabond he is may be gleaned from the following: “One who though a gentleman and a scholar, has become a peripatetic philosopher, a roadside humorist, and the delight of cafés of the Latin quarter.” (Outlook.) He picks up a little boy out of the gutter, adopts him, wanders with him all over Europe for the sake of the child’s education. This is the record of their pilgrimage told by the boy years afterward.
“The book is a little masterpiece, possessed of that exquisite charm and refined simplicity which are connected with French writers of the best period.”
+ + Acad. 71: 445. N. 3, ’06. 250w.
Reviewed by Amy C. Rich.
Arena. 36: 687. D. ’06. 330w.
“Mr. Locke’s new novel is less a novel than a study in temperament. The tale is picaresque in character, and is maintained with great spirit and gusto.”
+ Ath. 1906. 2: 613. N. 17. 270w.
“Mr. Locke should not be judged by his ‘Beloved vagabond’ alone.”