A young American while on a balloon-trip meets with an accident which leaves him on an unknown island among an unheard-of race of black creature whom he dubs “missing links.” His battles with ourangs, his tiger hunt with poisoned arrows of his own manufacture, his discovery of “the goddess,” and the perils incident to his fleeing with her back to civilization can satiate a large adventure appetite.
“This is a glorified dime novel of the blood-and-thunder genre. Will prove none the less interesting to the audience which the book aims to reach.”
– + Lit. D. 33: 430. S. 29, ’06. 250w.
“An exciting tale of ingenious fashioning.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 579. S. 22, ’06. 320w.
“Will prove decidedly entertaining to the average boy.”
+ Outlook. 84: 429. O. 20, ’06. 90w.
Mighels, Philip Verrill. Dunny: a mountain romance. †$1.25. Harper.
Sylvia Weaver, to pay a debt of gratitude to a mountaineer who had been a benefactor to her and her brother Dunny, crosses the continent from the east to the Sierras to wed the man. Her only picture of him is constructed from an almost ancient photograph and a package of letters. This story tells of her heart struggles to render justice to Jerry Kirk and to crush her love for his rival. It tells also of Jerry’s big-hearted renunciation and heroism; while Dunny with child-like buoyancy is the central spirit and peacemaker.