* Wells, Carolyn. Rainy day diversions. *$1. Moffat.
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The “diversions” are grouped as follows: Uncle Bob’s astonishing tricks, consisting of tricks, puzzles and games, told in story form; Holiday amusements, full of suggestions for holiday celebrations; Children’s plays, giving two Christmas plays.
| A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 210. N. ’07. | ||
| Ind. 63: 1007. O. 24, ’07. 60w. |
“Offers too much mental exercise, and too little actual entertainment.”
| − | Nation. 85: 519. D. 5, ’07. 40w. |
Wells, David Dwight. [Parlous times.] $1.50. Holt.
Love and diplomacy play at cross purposes in Mr. Wells’ story. The trend of the logic of the book would tend to prove the triteness of the saying that “everything is fair in love and war;” the sense of justice, however, rules, and the woman, married to one man, but playing a desperate diplomatic game while attempting to win the love of another is no more harshly dealt with than to be brought to an understanding of right and of her sense of duty.
Wells, Edward L. Hampton and reconstruction. $1.50. State co.