6–38553.

The hero, who is something of a cad, proposes to three girls in one evening and is refused by each in turn. A fourth proposal, one which promises an acceptance, he does not make. The explanation of all this forms the story.


“The book is a slight rollicking comedy of English life, told with much vivacity and considerable skill in the invention of incident.”

+ −N. Y. Times. 11: 888. D. 22, ’06. 290w.

“Apart from its holiday make-up, the novelette has little to commend it.”

Outlook. 84: 893. D. 8, ’06. 30w.

Hutton, Edward. Cities of Spain. *$2. Macmillan.

W 7–52.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.