Gates, Eleanor (Mrs. Richard Walton Tully). [Plow-woman.] †$1.50. McClure.
“Two girls with their crippled father come up from Texas to settle on a ‘section’ in Dakota. One, the plow-woman has to be the man of the family, and her strong body and brave, steadfast spirit carry her nobly through many hardships. The evil intrigues of the man who asserted a prior claim to their section, the dangerous outbreak of Indian captives from the near-by fort, the menace of disorderly ‘Shanty town’ filled with camp followers, all combine to prevent anything like monotony in the active lives of three Lancasters.”—Outlook.
“Ingenuity is one of the author’s conspicuous endowments. Situation after situation keeps interest expectant up to the last. No less is her skill in definition of character, although here and there a bit may be judged out of drawing.”
+ + – Nation. 83: 374, N. 1, ’06. 450w. N. Y. Times. 11: 674. O. 13, ’06. 150w. N. Y. Times. 11: 797. D. 1, ’06. 180w.
“Altogether the varied group of men and women, the graphic descriptions of scenery and conditions in the West, indicate the unusual powers of the author, and her wisdom in writing about what she knows so well.”
+ + Outlook. 84: 583. N. 3, ’06. 210w.
Gates, Errett. Disciples of Christ. **$1. Baker.
“This is the first adequate statement of the history of the Disciples of Christ since the Memoirs of Alexander Campbell, published in 1868. Will be counted a distinct contribution, not merely to the understanding of the Disciples of Christ, but of the religious life of America as well.” E. S. Ames.
+ + Am. J. Theol. 10: 361. Ap. ’06. 330w.