“The best and most readable English history of Egypt.”
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Brebner, Percy. Knight of the silver star. *$1. Fenno.
7–34776.
An English traveler slides inadvertently down a mountain side on the borderland of Russia and finds himself in a strange kingdom where mediæval customs prevail. Here, welcomed as a heaven sent knight, he wields a sword in behalf of the beautiful princess, passes safely thru many wondrous adventures, and at last in a miraculous fashion escapes from his enemies. He returns to our modern London carrying with him the princess who, as his wife, remains the one proof of the time when he tilted for her in the lists wearing the armour of the knights of the silver star.
Brebner, Percy James (Christian Lys, pseud.). [Princess Maritza]; il. by Harrison Fisher. $1.50. McBride, T. J.
6–32119.
“It is the old story of the little kingdom and the succession and the ‘peace of Europe’ on the verge of collapse. As in all such stories, there are tricky ministers, intriguing women, swash-buckler soldiers and the lovers—a princess and a soldier of fortune.”—N. Y. Times.
“The incidents are numerous though unconvincing. The personages do not live, we are indifferent to their fates.”