+ + R. of Rs. 34: 256. Ag. ’06. 450w. + + Sat. R. 102: 305. S. 8, ’06. 220w. + + – Spec. 97: 300. S. 1, ’06. 1030w.
Churchill, Winston. Title-mart. **75c. Macmillan.
In this little three-act comedy Mr. Churchill satirizes the American custom of bartering off comely heiresses in the title-market. The scene is laid in a millionaire’s New England “camp,” the principal actors are a practical father, an ambitious stepmother, an athletic daughter devoted to jiu-jitsu, and an English lord who for the amusement of the moment trades his title for the plain Reginald Burking, M. P. of the friend accompanying him. The situations growing out of the exchange of identity are humorously farcical.
“The whole, though a trifle extravagant, is written with remarkable spirit and humour.”
+ – Ath. 1906, 1: 743. Je. 16. 150w.
“It is smartly written and reads well. The contrast of the rustic mind with metropolitan swiftness is humorously set forth.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 164. Mr. 17, ’06. 100w. + Outlook. 82: 718. Mr. 24, ’06. 50w.
“The play is extremely light, however, and depends for its substance upon a confusion in identities.”
+ – Pub. Opin. 40: 443. Ap. 7, ’06. 200w.