| + − | Sat. R. 102: 543. N. 3, ’06. 1870w. |
“The selection is admirably done; the introduction is adequate, though we are always a little uneasy in reading Mr. Wyndham’s prose. He is apt to be too luscious for human nature’s daily food, and he has a wearing habit of using no substantive without several epithets attached.”
| + − | Spec. 97: 930. D. 8, ’06. 510w. |
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Yardley, Maud H. Sinless. *$1. Fenno.
An emotional story growing out of the almost inconceivable situation of an unconscious exchange of wives. Two men return to England and their wives after ten years residence in India. That the wife of one should greet the husband of the other, be accepted in turn as his wife and neither find out the mistake for sometime seems a little short of impossible. The confusion is aided by the fact that both women responded to “Nell,” and both men were named “Kenyon.”
“Miss Yardley nurses her material with such skill and keeps her secret so well that the close of the chapter, where she allows the truth to burst on us, is a triumph of dramatic effect.”
| + | Acad. 71: 399. O. 20, ’06. 150w. |
“The improbability is redeemed by the very delicate way in which the consequent tragedy is handled.”