“A delightful book. It is characterized by a limpid felicity of style, a quiet power of objective presentment, complete sympathy with its subject, and a serene impartiality which, however—a great gift this—takes none of the fire and life out of the book. Of the Baroness von Hugel’s translation we can say that it is eminently readable and writ in passable English. But it bristles in inaccuracies, and the translator’s fear of being fettered by the original causes her at times to take undue liberties with the text.”
| + + − | Sat. R. 102: 402. S. 29, ’06. 380w. | |
| + | Spec. 97: 24. Jl. 7, ’06. 280w. |
Thurston, Ernest Temple. Katherine. †$1.50. Harper.
7–11213.
Katherine Crichton marries a big-hearted, broad-minded man whose work principles she does not understand, and therefore nurses unhappiness as a result of fancied neglect. An accident results in a physical state that promises her only two years of life, and she determines to give herself up to happiness and the romance which had been denied her. How her husband spares her the ignominy of dishonor and restores her to her home is handled with keen perception and an understanding of genuine nobility of heart.
“Men and women do not speak and think as Mr. Thurston writes. Of the evolution of Katherine we see nothing; what we see of the evolution of Mr. Thurston does not inspire us with any confidence as to his future. His characters bear much the same relation to life as do the emerald woods in a penny shooting-gallery.”
| − | Acad. 72: 273. Mr. 16, ’07. 340w. |
“Mr. Thurston continues to display a familiarity with feminine psychology which is unusual in English fiction. Will no doubt soon shed his Meredithian manner. At present he has a bad attack.”
| + − | Ath. 1907, 1: 317. Mr. 16. 300w. |