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“This is a description of several of the more interesting Spanish cities, strung on the thin threads of an automobile trip and a love story. The hero and the heroine fall in love—of course at first sight—at Biarritz. The heroine and her mother are whisked off through Spain in an automobile by the wicked Spanish duke whom this scheming mother wishes the daughter to marry. The hero follows in his automobile. The account of the roads, the country, and the towns is broken by the incidents of the chase—some of them highly melodramatic.”—Nation.
“Frankly, the book contains every one of the elements which ought to annoy a reader of critical taste. And yet, paradoxically, instead of annoying, it furnishes a very genuine, even though not enduring, enjoyment.”
| + − | Bookm. 26: 267. N. ’07. 740w. |
“So unconvincing is the characterization, that marriage as well as misadventure leaves the reader cold.”
| − | Nation. 85: 329. O. 10, ’07. 180w. |
“Splendid descriptions of Spanish life and scenes abound.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 655. O. 19, ’07. 70w. |
“It is a penny-in-the-slot romance, as mechanical as if it were turned out of a factory, marketable like calico, and of about as much distinction.”