French, Anne Warner (Mrs. Charles Ellis French) (Anne Warner, pseud.). Seeing France with Uncle John. †$1.50. Century.
France as seen with Uncle John is a veritable scenic railway, for the lively and loquacious old gentleman drags his two nieces over the entire map of that interesting country at a rate which makes not only their sightseeing, but the conduct of their love affairs, of which he disapproves, a difficult proposition. His running comment upon the places and things visited is most amusing and forms a clever satire upon the Uncle John type of American. There is much wit, and under the wit wisdom, and the traveler may profitably read it not only for entertainment but as an example of how not to see France.
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 796. D. 1, ’06. 170w.
“Falls so far below what she has taught her readers to expect that even her enemies, if she has any, must be sorry that she has published it. The book provides merely a mild sort of entertainment.”
+ – N. Y. Times. 11: 846. D. 8, ’06. 320w.
“It is quite impossible to read this little satire by Anne Warner without laughter.”
+ Outlook. 84: 676. N. 17, ’06. 180w.
French, Anne Warner (Mrs. Charles Ellis French). Susan Clegg and her neighbors’ affairs, †$1. Little.
Susan Clegg once more—nor has she forgotten the little matter of occupying the gossip-stage’s center, and doing the principal bit of talking herself. Mrs. Lathrop is as cheerful a listener as ever, and readily susceptible to Susan’s versions of neighborhood happenings.