“It is her complacency, and the apparent conviction that she is conveying the truest and best in life to her twenty-five thousand readers that make Miss Carey’s books irritating.”
– Sat. R. 102: sup. 8. O. 13, ’06. 140w.
Carey, Wymond. “No. 101.” †$1.50. Putnam.
“No. 101” is a spy of the time of Louis XV, who betrays the secrets of the French ruler to the British. The identity of this spy is a mystery, and anyone so unfortunate as to discover the secret perishes within twenty-four hours. An English captain, a French nobleman, Louis XV, and Mme. de Pompadour figure prominently in the story.
“Few of the figures have the indefinable quality of vitality, but perusal brings the not altogether unsatisfactory sensation of having assisted at a well-staged historical drama while still enjoying the comforts of the domestic hearth.”
+ – Ath. 1906, 1: 226. F. 24. 110w.
“He has allowed himself considerable liberties with the facts of history. But in view of the capital tale he has produced, the reviewer can not but readily forgive him.”
+ Lit. D. 32: 454. Mr. 24, ’06. 550w.
“Taken by and large it is a good deal better (merely as an excuse for passing superfluous time away) than most of its kind.”