“It is perfectly safe to predict a large reading for this book among American schoolboys.”
+ Outlook. 84: 530. O. 27, ’06. 80w.
Barbour, Ralph Henry. Maid in Arcady. †$2. Lippincott.
An aimless Vertumnus drifts into Arcady and beholds Clytie, a daughter of the gods. He gazes spellbound. So begins a tale of love which has the stamp of Olympia upon it, but which in reality is very modern after all, and, true to the adage, does not run smoothly. Believing that she is Laura Devereaux the girl whom his friend loves, he takes himself miserably away striving to forget that he had ever stumbled into Arcady. After a long and weary waiting he discovers his mistake and a happy ending ensues.
“The new story is longer and somewhat more substantial than its predecessors, but equally graceful and amusing.”
+ Dial. 41: 397. D. 1, ’06. 170w.
“The story is graceful and more spirited than one would expect from the emphasis given to its externals.”
+ Nation. 83: 539. D. 20, ’06. 100w. + N. Y. Times. 11: 799. D. 1, ’06. 130w.
Bard, Emile. Chinese life in town and country. **$1.20. Putnam.