| Am. Hist. R. 12: 731. Ap. ’07. 70w. |
“Presents certain phases of a life forever passed, simply, picturesquely, and vividly, and hence, whether diary or reminiscence, has interest and historical value.”
| + | Nation. 84: 293. Mr. 28, ’07. 360w. |
Canfield, Dorothea Frances. Gunhild: a Norwegian-American episode. †$1.50. Holt.
7–33199.
There is great strength in this story, and it is so planned that a beautiful self centered American girl traveling through Norway in company with a sister, an admirer and an aged aunt, is contrasted strongly with Gunhild, a Norwegian peasant. This girl, born in America, a child of the people, shows among her northern snows a depth of soul that belittles the conventional thought of the society girl; and the man stirred by something deeper and more profound than his life has yet known, turns from the girl he might have married to Gunhild and finds that she too is not for him.
“‘Gunhild’ is her first novel, and a promising one.”
| + | Ind. 63: 1377. D. 5, ’07. 260w. |
Canfield, William Walker. The spotter: a romance of the oil region. $1.50. Fenno.