Paternoster, George Sidney. Cruise of the Conqueror: being the further adventures of the motor pirate; with a front. by Frank T. Merrill. $1.50. Page.
A sequel to “The motor pirate,” whose hero, it will be remembered, after bringing repeated terror to England shot over the edge of a precipice to certain death. How he comes to life and is in the present story the “same truculent hero in an eight-foot, gold-coated motor boat, capable of something over forty knots an hour at sea.” (Ath.) suggests exciting possibilities for the present tale of adventure. Nor does Mr. Paternoster make sure of his elusive hero at the end of the present story, the evasion suggests another reappearance.
“It is not strong in characterization or literary style; but it has go and vigour.”
+ – Ath. 1906, 1: 43. Ja. 13. 200w.
“Aside from the glamourless love interest, the further adventures of the motor pirate form, as they should, exciting reading.” Stephen Chalmers.
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 181. Mr. 24, ’06. 560w. + N. Y. Times. 11: 388. Je. 16, ’06. 140w.
“The author contrives that his melodrama shall be to a certain extent convincing.”
+ Spec. 96: 345. Mr. 3, ’06. 120w.
Paterson, Arthur, and Allingham, Helen (Mrs. W. Allingham). Homes of Tennyson. **$2. Macmillan.