“This story is not bad reading.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 389. Je. 16, ’06. 160w.
“The absence of plot and incident seems to indicate that it was intended to be a psychological novel; but the absence of any real psychological analysis leaves it doubtful just where to place it.”
– Outlook. 82: 857. Ap. 14, ’06. 50w. + R. of Rs. 33: 758. Je. ’06. 60w.
Boyd, James E. Differential equations. 60c. James E. Boyd, Columbus, O.
“The merit of the book consists in a large number of mechanical and electrical problems that are given. These ought to do much to stimulate the interests of the students for whom the author writes.” William Benjamin Fite.
+ + – Phys. R. 22: 62. Ja. ’06. 140w.
Boyd, Mary Stuart. Misses Make-Believe. †$1.50. Holt.
The Misses Make-Believe occupy a dilapidated London house, drive a victoria, jobbed for the London season on the most moderate terms, give “ghastly” receptions, the eve of which function finds them in the kitchen making half a dozen packets of table jelly and a bag of flour and a dozen shop eggs into supper for fifty. The guardian of these ambitious sisters at length persuades them to leave their stifling atmosphere and take up their abode in the country. The story really begins at this point, for when Belle and Eileen learn to live natural lives, their most coveted desires are within reach,—happiness, friends, and even husbands.