“The conditions of women in Turkey, Arabia, Persia, Northern Africa, India, and Southeastern Asia are described forcibly and clearly.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 666. O. 19, ’07. 20w. | |
| + | Outlook. 86: 301. Je. 8, ’07. 320w. | |
| Spec. 99: 205. Ag. 10, ’07. 200w. |
Van Vorst, Bessie. Letters to women in love. †$1.50. Appleton.
6–36049.
Four groups of advisory letters written to four American women “occupying quite different places in the historical development of love.” Mrs. Van Vorst “thinks that the thing which counts about a woman more than anything else, from beginning to end, is her age.” She spends half her life “not being old enough and the rest in being too old.” And she tempers her advice accordingly. For example, “if a woman is over thirty-eight she must have patience in dealing with the man she loves; if she is less than twenty-five she may risk defiance in order to bring him to terms.” (Ind.)
“Few women will like the book, it is so pertinent, but most of them over thirty years of age could profit by Mrs. Van Vorst’s suggestions without injuring society.”
| + − | Ind. 62: 101. Ja. 10, ’07. 280w. |
“There was abundant material here for the making of an interesting book. Mrs. Van Vorst has done little with it beyond discovering its possibilities. The cases she presents are not lacking in human interest, but the deeper note is lacking.”
| + − | Nation. 83: 375. N. 1, ’06. 290w. |