+ + N. Y. Times. 11: 843. D. 1, ’06. 340w.
Hale, Louise Closser. Motor car divorce. †$1.50. Dodd.
Peggy Ward fostering notions from her club that preaches “liberty of thought,” “wider horizon,” and “freedom after ten years from the tyrant man,” has a whim for divorce and is humored in it by her husband. “Hence ‘A motor car divorce.’ It was in this clever way the author found a peg on which to hang the description of a tour in Europe.” (N. Y. Times.)
“Lacks coherence as a piece of fiction.”
+ – Critic. 48: 572. Je. ’06. 60w.
“The chief ingredients thereof are modern slang, trivial humor, frothy sentiment, and pickings of a guide-book information.” Wm. M. Payne.
– Dial. 40: 366. Je. 1, ’06. 110w.
“Her work is filled with a kind of wit that is delightful because it is real humor, and more because it is really womanly.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 239. Ap. 14, ’06. 510w. + N. Y. Times. 11: 383. Je. 16, ’06. 130w.