Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“For orthodox Sunday-school teachers and workers we know of no work of equal value.”
| + + | Arena. 35: 445. Ap. ’06. 190w. |
“The teacher who has not access to large library facilities, or time and training for wide personal study will find in Miss Tarbell’s ‘Guide’ a veritable treasure house.” Henry T. Fowler.
| + | Bib. World. 29: 70. Ja. ’07. 810w. |
Tarkington, Booth. His own people. il. **90c. Doubleday.
7–30869.
An Indiana hero in realizing his dream of a European tour succumbs to the wiles of a bogus countess who shows him a good deal of Europe and then cheats him out of his last dollar at cards.
“One may criticise it with downright hostility, rail at its staleness, and deplore its triviality. But always it is impossible to ignore the fact that it is the work of a writer who, ever and always, at his worst as at his best, possesses the rare and absolutely indescribable gift of charm.” Arthur Bartlett Maurice.