Ind. 62: 674. Mr. 21, ’07. 50w.
Nation. 84: 292. Mr. 28, ’07. 170w.

“In the beginning it reads like the real thing in piratical literature. Afterwards it hangs fire and trails its colors a bit—but taken as a whole there are worse stories of the brand.”

+ −N. Y. Times. 12: 119. F. 23, ’07. 410w.

“All put down in serious style, quite unrelieved by vivacity, but wholly consistent with the gravity of his day.”

+Outlook. 85: 718. Mr. 23, ’07. 100w.

Smith, Ruel Perley. [Rival campers ashore; or, The mystery of the mill.] $1.50. Page.

7–30991.

This third volume in the “Rival campers series” is full of interesting things for half-grown readers. The rival campers encounter many new adventures, and make many new friends, while old Colonel Witham loses his ill-gotten gains to the kind hearted Ellisons when the old mill, in a spring freshet, yields up its secret.


N. Y. Times. 12: 749. N. 23, ’07. 80w.