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“The ‘rock’ is used as a prison by those supposed monsters of iniquity the Russian Grand Dukes, and there, in process of time, two enthusiastic seekers for trouble, one a young Englishman and the other a titled Russian, are incarcerated. Finally they are taken away on a yacht, on which two American girls are conveniently placed.”—Ind.


“This is a commonplace book written in a commonplace way about commonplace people.”

Acad. 72: 274. Mr. 16, ’07. 110w.

“It is not often that the elusive grace and humor of modern girlhood are so well reproduced as they are in these pages.”

+ −Ath. 1907, 1: 436. Ap. 13. 230w.

“Reads as if it had been written against time.”

Ind. 62: 386. F. 14, ’07. 70w.

Barrett, Howard. Management of children. *$2. Dutton.