“A noteworthy addition to the subject of Americana in its largest sense.”
| + + | R. of Rs. 35: 637. My. ’07. 110w. |
“This volume is of definite historical importance in the literature of geographical biography, and a handsome tribute to the memory of a great Englishman.”
| + | Spec. 99: 205. Ag. 10, ’07. 440w. |
Mears, Mary M. Breath of the runners; a novel. †$1.50. Stokes.
6–37599.
One of the runners is a large-souled, unselfish girl, the other a jealous, narrow-minded, self-constituted rival. Beulah Marcel’s art career from the lowly rounds of a cameo-cutter’s apprentice to the point of distinction as a sculptor is unselfishly subordinated to that of Enid Rahfield spares no effort, good or evil, to win much-coveted fame. The scene shifts from New York to Paris, and at every pause of the runners, the love interest creeps in, and with it, misunderstandings which are fully accounted for at the mention of “artistic temperament.”
| + − | A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 17. Ja. ’07. |
“There is much knowledge of the art world, much keen insight into the hearts of men and women, and no small amount of healthful philosophy of life in this unpretentious story.” Frederic Taber Cooper.