+ Ind. 40: 929. Ap. 19, ’06. 390w.
“Mr. Gettemy’s reserved but commendable study does not probe deep, but it is truthful and scrupulous in its intent. He has not, however, over-stated his indebtedness to E. H. Goss’s previous work.”
+ – Nation. 83: 124. Ag. 9, ’06. 1300w.
Gibbon, Perceval. [Vrouw Grobelaar and her leading cases.] †$1.50. McClure.
In this new volume of tales the author “deals with the back-world of Boer superstition, the kind of story we may believe to be told round winter fires on lonely farms. The Vrouw Grobelaar, the narrator, will capture the affections of every reader with her shrewd common sense, her sharp tongue and trenchant philosophy of life.... The tales themselves range over every variety of subject, from the idyllic to the purely horrible.” (Spec.) The collection includes The king of the baboons, Piet Naude’s trek, The sacrifice, Vasco’s sweetheart, Avenger of blood. A good end, Her own story.
“His English is as plain as the English of the Bible, and the Boer men are like the men of the Old Testament.”
+ Acad. 69: 126. D. 2, ’05, 310w. + Ath. 1905, 2: 832. D. 16. 1030w.
“On the whole ‘Vrouw Grobelaar’ presents the most gripping and vision-enlarging group of stories since Kipling’s ‘Plain tales from the hills.’”
+ Lit. D. 32: 734. My. 12, ’06. 530w.