“The essays are most excellently chosen.”
+ R. of Rs. 33: 120. Ja. ’06. 100w.
Reynolds, Mrs. Baillie-. Thalassa. †$1.50. Brentano’s.
At the death of her father a young girl leaves her artistic and literary set in Florence with its Bohemian culture and goes to live with her guardian in England. Orme with his shaggy strength first repels than attracts Aldyth, eventually he plays the Rochester rôle and she that of Jane Eyre.
“Once the characters are staged—and this process is somewhat long drawn out—the dénouement is inevitable to those who know their ‘Jane Eyre.’ We cannot bestow higher praise than to say that this does not detract from our sustained interest in the characters and their story.”
+ + – Ath. 1906. 2: 125. Ag. 4. 90w.
“We have read few recent novels with greater pleasure.”
+ Nation. 83: 513. D. 13, ’06. 430w.
Reynolds, John Schreiner. Reconstruction in South Carolina, 1865–77. $2. State co., Columbia, S. C.