Powell, Frances. Prisoner of Ornith farm. †$1.50. Scribner.
“The startling abduction of Hope Carmichael from her own wealthy family and luxurious surroundings to the mysterious farm in Connecticut where she is held a prisoner in a barred room on the plea of insanity, her numberless wild and futile attempts at escape and the power over every one with whom he comes in contact of the villainous counterfeiter Lannion—these things combine to make a more than thrilling narrative.” (N. Y. Times.)
“Is melodrama of the baldest sort.”
– Critic. 48: 573. Je. ’06. 70w.
“Miss Powell has the story teller’s art of awakening interest in plot and characters, which is unsatisfied until the denouement is reached.”
+ – Ind. 40: 931. Ap. 19, ’06. 160w.
“There is no doubt this is sensationalism of a successful sort. It is exciting enough to make one forget even the toothache.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 185. Mr. 24, ’06. 230w.
“[Has] vividness and suspense and [shows] considerable ingenuity in sustaining the reader’s attention in the main situation by the dramatic way in which the successive incidents are managed ... weak as to the motive for action.”