Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
| Ind. 61: 759. S. 27, ’06. 70w. |
Root, Edward Clary. Unseen jury: a novel; with il. by Phillipps Ward. †$1.50. Stokes.
7–9546.
The father of a girl with two lovers is found dead in a stream. All evidence points to the guilt of the dissipated lover whose suit had been repeatedly rejected by the father. When conviction seems imminent, the other lover, a lawyer, takes up the defense, wins the case and the free man goes back to the girl only to learn that his rival is her choice.
“Detective stories involving murder mysteries do not seem likely to offer anything agreeably new. But in this respect a pleasant surprise awaits the reader of ‘The unseen jury.’” Frederic Taber Cooper.
| + | Bookm. 25: 286. My. ’07. 440w. |
“The theme is an interesting one, and the author has handled his plot fairly well. Mr. Root could also have improved the story not a little by judicious condensation. And the manuscript has been edited with shocking carelessness.”
| + − | N. Y. Times. 12: 303. My. 11, ’07. 310w. |