+ Dial. 41: 241. O. 16, ’06. 340w.
“In our opinion, his book—lacking any moral idea or the forcible enunciation of any moral idea—is by no means suitable for mixed reading, and should be kept strictly to adults.”
– Lond. Times. 4: 421. D. 1, 05. 560w.
“All through the book there is somehow a sense of strain, of tension, as if the author were trying to materialise some inspiration that kept ever evading him. Some of the descriptions are excellent and the book abounds in happy phrases. But the final impression is disappointment.”
– + Sat. R. 101: 22. Ja. 6, ’06. 1000w.
Young, Egerton Ryerson. Hector my dog. $1.50. Wilde.
“Is that rare thing, a book about dogs with which even those who love and understand dog nature will find no fault.”
+ + N. Y. Times. 11: 17. Ja. 13, ’06. 630w.
Yulee, C. Wickliffe. Awakening: a Washington novel. $1.25. Neale.
Here is a picture of Washington projected on a screen, with the city,—its ideals, its types, and its institutions,—as a background. Well to the fore are the intrigues, political and social, which are intended to prevent the Honorable Arthur Montresor from securing a charming American wife whose “character had that froufrou which is inevitable with gay vivacity or fashion, but about which there was nothing tawdry—it was as graceful and refined as some exquisite lace.”