| + + | Cath. World. 84: 564. Ja. ’07. 330w. |
“A vigorous and interesting book.” St. George Stock.
| + − | Hibbert J. 5: 704. Ap. ’07. 1330w. |
Rickert, (Martha) Edith. Golden hawk. †$1.50. Baker.
7–15544.
“A modern romance in the picaresque style, steeped in the sunshine of Provence.... Trillon, the hero, has a lordly disdain for commercialism.... We meet him ... fascinating the daughter of the inn-keeper by his audacious flattery, and after a courtship conducted with lightning rapidity in the teeth of every sort of opposition, going off to seek his fortune, while his betrothed is left to the untender mercies of her parents and the priest.... She enters a nunnery. But the irrepressible Trillon returns from the sea, abducts his betrothed ... sets himself to perform a labour of Hercules imposed by the priest as the condition of his consent to the marriage,—the conversion of a rocky wilderness known as the Pit of Artaban into a farm. Trillon’s exploits as a farmer ... make a most entertaining recital; and the final scene, in which he plays the part of a Provençal Lochinvar, brings a fantastic story to an appropriate close.”—Spec.
“The only fault we have to find in her work is that it needs pruning.”
| + − | Acad. 72: 216. Mr. 2, ’07. 230w. |
“The sort of thing that could easily be turned into operetta.” Harry James Smith.