The mythical kingdom of Valeria becomes very real to the reader who follows the fortunes of the young American army officer who becomes a grand duke and a suitor for the hand of his new found cousin, the beautiful princess royal. The story is full of love and intrigue, of court life, masques and duels and one meets a king, a villain, an adventuress, a dashing prince, a very human princess and many other people both brave and clever in the course of the well devised plot.
“While the book is not without exaggeration and incongruity it at least keeps above the level of the ‘opera bouffe.’” Frederic Taber Cooper.
– + Bookm. 24: 51. S. ’06. 510w.
“The story is a capital one of its kind.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ Dial. 41: 116. S. 1, ’06. 310w. Lit. D. 33: 284. S. 1, ’06. 240w.
“Those with a taste for love, sword, and mystery in liberal mixture will find this volume a pleasant toothful.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 386. Je. 16, ’06. 110w.
Scott, Robert H. Voyage of the Discovery. 2v. **$10. Scribner.
“Captain Scott’s account of the voyage of the ‘Discovery’ is the most important narrative of adventure and investigation in the Antarctic regions that has been produced in the last half century.” Albert White Vorse.