“His book is a noteworthy contribution to literary memorabilia.”
+ + R. of Rs. 33: 118. Ja. ’06. 260w.
Lucas, Edward Verrall. Listener’s lure: a Kensington comedy. †$1.50. Macmillan.
The story of “how Lynn Haberton was in love with his ward and secretary, Edith Graham, but thought he was too old and dry for her; how he sent her to London as companion to a charming old lady surrounded with cranks; how every man she met proposed to her, and in the end how she married her guardian” (Acad.) is told by means of a general correspondence among a group of people attached to the chief characters.
“You can turn back again and open where you will, sure of finding something amusing or interesting, some clever touch of character or some shrewd piece of wisdom.”
+ + Acad. 71: 286. S. 22, ’06. 160w.
“Mr. Lucas seems to have been afraid to trust to his own design, and to have borrowed the sentiment of his book from conventions. He is, however, full of wit and wisdom.”
+ – Ath. 1906, 2: 473. O. 20. 330w. + + Lond. Times. 5: 329. S. 28, ’06. 580w.
“A bit of good comedy.”