7–35216.

Bawn is a young Irish girl whose love affairs form the sum total of her life affairs. For a time it looks as tho she might be forced into an undesirable marriage to keep the family skeleton well closeted, but the sacrifice is not exacted. A trusty red setter and faithful Irish servants deserve some share of credit in bringing the tale to a happy close.


Acad. 71: 374. O. 13, ’06. 150w.

“Not remarkable in any way, but diverting.”

+A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 135. My. ’07. ✠

“Is in Mrs. Hinkson’s familiar Irish vein, pleasant, easy, flowing over the surface of life. We notice that the use of ‘shall’ and ‘will’ is still a difficulty, if not with the author, at least with her characters.”

+ −Ath. 1906, 2: 578. N. 10. 160w.

“A good book for those readers who like their novels to be chronicles of the heart rather than of soul problems, finance, machinery, or economics.”

+Nation. 84: 342. Ap. 11, ’07. 100w.