“The descriptions are graphic, and there is a wise avoidance of the geographical details.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 11: 899. D. 22, ’06. 360w. |
“Mr. Shoemaker writes with sympathy, although his pages might well have been more picturesque and luminous considering his subject matter.”
| + − | Outlook. 84: 1083. D. 29, ’06. 230w. |
“A good bit of descriptive travel writing.”
| + | R. of Rs. 35: 109. Ja. ’07. 50w. |
“It is a succession of rapid impressions, which seems to require eyes and a brain especially made for the purpose, if any fixed recollection is to be carried away. Yet these impressions are clear, in spite of their quickness and slightness.”
| + | Spec. 98: 1013. Je. 29, ’07. 360w. |
Shorter, Dora Sigerson. Through wintry terrors. $1.50. Cassell.
“A struggling clerk and his silly young wife, a vicious little poet, an old maid, and a few of the submerged—these are the characters in ‘Through wintry terrors.’” (Lond. Times.) The tragedy of a hasty marriage is enacted in which misunderstandings lead to separation, and this, for the wife, to the sober trouble of London’s darker side. “The simple story moves straight to its end through troubles very real and affecting, shaped by the hand of an artist and touched with the spirit of a poet.” (Lond. Times.)