“This striking book presents in vivid contrast the methods of the Slav and the Anglo-Saxon in Middle Asia.”
+ Spec. 97: sup. 469. O. 6, ’06. 760w.
Vance, Louis Joseph. Private war: being the truth about Gordon Traill; his personal statement. †$1.50. Appleton.
“In this somber tale the brave and resourceful American lover, the astute English friend, and the wily German fortune-hunter circle about a lovely American widow of an English baronet. It is but an incident to be expected that Nihilists, Russian torpedo destroyers, and brilliant naval encounters enliven the progress of the love-story. In spite of, or because of, several violent deaths the lovers are united—in the end. The awful tragedy of a young mulatto girl awakens the schoolmaster to action, and moved by powerful moral conviction, he sacrifices his chances as a political leader to his convictions. In this way he incurs the hatred of his political opponents, and suffers for his courage.”—Outlook.
“The melodrama goes with a careless swing; probability is properly ignored, and there is enough blood to satisfy the thirstiest.”
– + Acad. 71: 311. S. 29, ’06. 90w.
“A rattling good story of sensation and adventure.”
+ – Ath. 1906, 2: 363. S. 29. 250w.
“Is one of those novels that just escape the category of ‘shockers’ by virtue of a certain neatness of plot and a bare touch of stylistic virtue.” Wm. M. Payne.