Ward, Mary Augusta Arnold (Mrs. Thomas Humphry Ward). Marriage of William Ashe. †$1.50. Harper.
Reviewed by Mary Moss.
+ Atlan. 97: 55. Ja. ’06. 230w.
Warden, Florence, pseud. (Mrs Florence Alice Price James). House by the river. $1. Ogilvie.
+ Pub. Opin. 40: 153. F. 3, ’06. 150w.
“The lovers of sensational fiction ... no doubt will not be troubled by the utter improbability of the incidents and characters, nor annoyed by vulgarities of style, and crudities of description, and will be quite satisfied with the fare supplied by the ingenious author.”
– Sat. R. 100: 345. S. 9. ’05. 130w.
Wardman, Ervin. Princess Olga, †$1.50. Harper.
The invincible hero of Mr. Wardman’s story is an American who had received his hardy training in a Mexican mining district. He is sent by his New York company to further its interest in the Italian kingdom of Crevonia where plots and counterplots, conspiracies and assassinations, mark the riotous settlement of a disputed succession. Among the spies is Princess Olga whose charms the defiant American cannot resist. Her sense of duty to kingdom and her love for a bold man fight for mastery, with the world-old result that can eliminate the importance of kingdoms and courts.