“He has been lifted up, as a literary artist, out of pagan piety, and pretty glamour of words that have characterized his other books into a region of sterner spirituality and courage. This gives the story a gravity and power which his novels have always lacked in spite of their charm.”
+ + Ind. 61: 516. Ag. 30, ’06. 1060w. + Ind. 61: 1161. N. 15, ’06. 120w.
“Sufficiently well written to be very pleasant reading.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 355. Je. 2, ’06. 490w. + N. Y. Times. 11: 388. Je. 16, ’06. 150w.
“A graceful, pleasantly written story.”
+ Outlook. 83: 766. Jl. 28, ’06. 70w.
“On the whole, the effect of the book is to bring out the merits of Mr. Andrew Lang’s historical novel of the same period.”
– Sat. R. 101: 662. My. 26, ’06. 240w.
McCarthy, Justin Huntly. Illustrious O’Hagen. †$1.50. Harper.
Pure romance, with a proper alloy of adventure is found in this story of the two O’Hagens, the twin brothers whose swords were always ready to defend their honor and fair ladies. Dorothea, the unhappy wife of a dissolute prince of an eighteenth century German principality, has as a child played at love in a garden with one of the brothers and this old memory calls them both to her side where amid court intrigue and the clash of swords one wins happiness and the other dies a good death.