+ Outlook. 84: 431. O. 20, ’06. 120w.
“The characters are nicely differentiated, the expression fresh.”
+ R. of Rs. 34: 768. D. ’06. 40w.
Bailey, Mrs. Alice Ward (A. B. Ward, pseud.). Sage brush parson. †$1.50. Little.
The sage brush wastes of Nevada furnish the general setting of Mr. Ward’s story while the particular interest centers in one of the little towns filled with rough miners. Among these carousing groups there appears one day an Englishman of deep religious zeal and culture bent upon the mission of saving souls. The reader’s sympathy is readily won for the lonely figure, whose apparent asceticism is not bred in the bone, but the outgrowth of a bitter heart load. The melodramatic touches are thoroughly in keeping with the locale of the story-drama.
“This is one of the strongest and most human stories we have read in months.”
+ Arena. 35: 557. My. ’06. 640w.
“It is a good example of how much weakness in a plot and in style may be pardoned, if the central characters win our affection and hold our interest.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ – Bookm. 23: 29. Mr. ’06. 480w.