– Bookm. 23: 641. Ag. ’06. 470w.
“The characters are vividly drawn; the plot ‘marches’; the color is laid on freely and not without sureness.”
+ Critic. 49: 285. S. ’06. 110w.
“Extremely interesting well-written and artistically framed romance, which has not had many equals in the action of recent years.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ + Dial. 41: 240. O. 16, ’06. 360w.
“Marked by—clear style and a simplicity of diction. It is an engaging story, full of entertainment for those who ask no more of a novelist than that he should entertain.”
+ Lond. Times. 5: 234. Je. 29, ’06. 360w. N. Y. Times. 11: 454. Jl. 14, ’06. 400w.
Deland, Ellen Douglas. Little son of sunshine, a story for boys and girls. †$1.25. Harper.
Sunny little Christopher, an orphan with only one leg and a pair of crutches upon which to begin his walk thru life, limps straights into the hearts of a kindly farmer and his childless wife who have taken the little waif into their home for a summer’s outing. At the end of his holiday, which is made merry by his escapades with Betty who with her aunt has come to board at the farm, he finds that two homes are open to him and later discovers that General Keith, the rich, lonely old man whose stern nature has melted before the sunshine of Christopher’s nature, is really his own grandfather.