Jerry Chambers is a young collegian who as a member of a fraternity is obliged at the end of his course to perform whatever task might be outlined in the envelope that he draws from a mysterious black bag. “Obeying its imperative mandate, against which parental wishes count for naught, he departs for South America, where in a marvelously short time he wins great renown, a love affair with a beautiful señorita, developing meanwhile. The scenes of his subsequent adventures are in Mexico and the South and West of the country.” (Ind.)
“The conclusion is carefully manipulated.”
| + | Ind. 62: 386. F. 14, ’07. 100w. |
“Mr. Brace has the gift of imagination in a most frantic form.”
| − | N. Y. Times. 11: 831. D. 1, ’06. 390w. |
Bradby, Godfrey Fox. Great days of Versailles; studies from court life in the later years of Louis XIV. il. $1.75. Scribner.
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Based chiefly upon the memoirs of Saint-Simon, the letters of Mme. de Maintenon and of Madame the Princess Palatine, Mr. Bradby’s picture serves as “an introduction to the period for those who wish to pursue a more extensive study of eighteenth century memoirs, and will also be sufficiently complete and vivid to be of interest and value to those who have not the time and opportunity for more detailed reading.” (N. Y. Times.)