7–36092.
The shores of New Brunswick and Maine furnish the setting of a story in which are brought together a girl reared by Yankee gypsies, a lad, hungry for things of life, the recluse grandfather who keeps a lighthouse, an Italian sailor, and a Chinaman whose portion of the tale is one of mystery. The sea-change of the heroine into something rich and strange which breathes sacrifice is the absorbing part of the story.
Rideout, Henry Milner. Beached keels. †$1.50. Houghton.
6–38551.
Three stories of the sea and shorefolk. The first is a “strange tale of curious people in an unusual setting; the second, a tragic, pathetic tale of two brothers; the third, humorous.” (A. L. A. Bkl.)
“All are striking, and more than usually well told.”
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“Mr. Rideout’s construction is faulty; his stories short as they are, seem to ramble needlessly. But he has the gift of vividness and a rare sense of the value of little things; he can paint the crest of a wave or a trait of character with an admirable terseness.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
| + − | Bookm. 24: 691. F. ’07. 330w. |