“The book may not interest the serious student; to the beginner it should be a kind of Bodley book in art.”
+ – Outlook. 84: 706. N. 24, ’06. 100w.
Hinkson, Mrs. Katharine Tynan (Mrs. H. A. Hinkson). Dick Pentreath. †$1.25. McClurg.
Dick Pentreath, plain gentleman, pursues his way among the commonplaces of life buoyantly enough until on the eve of his marriage a foolish drinking bout changes the course of true love. Dorothea scorns him, and in his anger he rushes headlong into a union with an ill-bred woman who brings him shame and humiliation. Had Dick but yielded even to the instinct of his dog Sancho who estimated Susan unerringly, the mistake would have been averted. His burden is lightened now and then by the kindly encouragement of his sister confessor Lady Stella, and by the ready devotion of faithful Sancho. The journey which “bleached Dick Pentreath white” does finally end in lovers meeting.
“A story of more substance and a wider range of interest than we remember in any of this author’s previous novels, and much better written.”
+ Acad. 69: 1201. N. 18, ’05. 330w.
“The author can do better than this.”
– Ath. 1905, 2: 829. D. 16. 90w.
“Everything about the novel is slip-shod.”