“Mr. Lewis shies at the notion of the foot in English. If [he] could take this one logical step, he might give us a book which would reveal to all who care to penetrate it, the whole heart of the mystery of English verse-rhythms.”
| + + − | Nation. 83: 420. N. 15, ’06. 950w. |
“Compact and easily read volume.”
| + + | Outlook. 85: 526. Mr. 2, ’07. 100w. |
Lewis, Elizabeth. Lorenzo of Sarzana. $1.50. Badger, R: G.
7–20618.
In Genoa, just before the plague descends upon her, is set this story of a group of artists, studying under the old Italian Maestro in his attic studio. A three stranded love motive tangles the plot into which is woven a double thread of mystery in the persons of a white swathed figure which haunts a young American art student and a demented painter who destroys her canvases as soon as she finishes them. All this throws a glamour over an otherwise modern romance in which a match-making mother and a dowry hunting Italian figure conspicuously.
Lewis, Emily Westwood. Next door Morelands. †$1.50. Little.
7–30990.
A story for girls from twelve to sixteen which tells of the coming of Corinne, an orphan, from France to the home of an American uncle. The Morelands are five rollicking children, who initiate Corinne into the mysteries of their mirth-loving circle.