“‘Devota’ is the story of a tragedy in the lives of two persons, a man of sterling character, and a proud woman—does it not sound familiar?—who are separated by a misunderstanding and kept apart by the woman’s obstinacy. But after many years they are reconciled. Surely Mrs. Wilson has filled her ink bottle from the spring of eternal youth!”—N. Y. Times.
“Without having read ‘St. Elmo,’ one may safely assert that not even an ornamental border on every page, and illustrations of preternatural loveliness will quite bring ‘Devota’ the vogue of its predecessor.”
| − | Nation. 85: 188. Ag. 29, ’07. 180w. |
“Although it is hardly more than a novelette, has the self same characteristics of style, thought, conception, viewpoint, which marked Mrs. Wilson’s novels of the long ago and which will carry back to his youth the memories of many a gray-haired reader.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 504. Ag. 17, ’07. 180w. |
* Wilson, David Henry. George Morland. *$1.25. Scribner.
The growing popularity of the Morland paintings seems to be reason enough for producing this biography which covers all of the phases of his artistic career and besides records a good many impressions of the seamy side of man’s life.
“Mr. Wilson does not exhibit, in his pleasant little volume, any special qualification for his task. He moralizes too much on Morland’s career. He seems to fail when he has an opportunity of adding a useful chapter to his book.”