| + | Sat. R. 104: 426. O. 5, ’07. 260w. |
Tegner, Esias. Frithiof saga; tr. from the German of Ferdinand Schmidt, by George P. Upton. (Life stories for young people.) **60c. McClurg.
7–31176.
The Frithiof saga which narrates the stirring adventures of Frithiof, a hero of the Northland and viking of its seas, is “noble, heroic, and free from exaggerated description or overwrought sentiment.... The central motives of the saga are his love for King Bele’s daughter, Ingeborg; the refusal of her brothers to sanction their marriage because the hero is not of royal birth; her unwilling marriage to the old King Ring; Frithiof’s exile and final union with Ingeborg.”
Teller, Charlotte. The cage. †$1.50. Appleton.
7–9551.
A novel built up along the lines of socialism, with its setting in the lumber-yard districts of Chicago. A preacher of the gospel whose point of view is “We must teach these working people to respect the laws of the land,” a young Austrian socialist whose opinion is, “We must change the laws so that they can be respected,” an “egotistical philanthropic employer” and a group of women, subordinating their ideas to the men whose opinions they respect, occupy the stage of the drama.
“Aside from [one] rather irritating feature, which savours of trick-work, the book is a good piece of work, painting in certain aspects of labour troubles with broad, comprehensive brush strokes.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
| + − | Bookm. 25: 184. Ap. ’07. 300w. |