Brainerd, Eleanor Hoyt. Bettina. †$1.25. Doubleday.

7–3184.

Of the following ingredients the story is composed: “a genial brother, a doctor with the orthodox Abernathy manners, a providentially effaced friend, whose non-appearance causes the case of mistaken identity upon which the story hinges, and a child of revealing prattle. A railway wreck, the wise scheme of a self-abnegating nurse, a thunderstorm, an overdose of medicine—all serve to bring about a happy ending foreseen from the first.”—N. Y. Times.


“Not recommended for small library with limited means.”

+ −A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 77. Mr. ’07.

“As we read the bright little sketch of American social life, we forget to cavil at its elaborate setting.”

+Ath. 1907, 2: 513. O. 26. 160w.

“Slight but cleverly handled story.”

+Lit. D. 34: 385. Mr. 9, ’07. 100w.