“Those who have studied Captain Scott’s weighty volumes may skim with some amusement and interest Lieutenant Armitage’s lighter pages.”
+ Lond. Times. 4: 440. D. 15, ’05. 390w.
“He is a good narrator and carries the reader along with a warmth that is surprising in such a chilly subject.” Stephen Chalmers.
+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 922. D. 30, ’05. 1210w.
“Mr. Armitage supplies some points of detail which supplement Captain Scott’s narrative.”
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Armour, John P. Edenindia: a tale of adventure. †$1.50. Dillingham.
Edenindia is a Utopian realm into which an airship drops the hero of this tale, Victor Bonnivard. Jilted by a heartless maiden, and weary of life at best, it touches his vanity to be called to join the king’s counsellors and family of state. Edenindia is a socialistic kingdom whose inhabitants have been kept in ignorance of any other people. Ennui finally compels young Victor to elope with the king’s daughter.
“His imagination, if bold, is rather heavy and lumbering in its gait.”