“Mr. Clegg writes well.”
| + | Acad. 71: 374. O. 13, ’06. 130w. |
“Its fault is that it is too rich in themes, with the result that no one of them is adequately worked out.”
| + − | Ath. 1906, 2: 578. N. 10. 270w. |
“A thoroughly interesting and unconventional piece of work, vigorous with the spirit of a land still in its youth, so far as the over refinements of civilization go; and depicting persons and scenes far enough out of the ordinary to prove uncommonly attractive to the jaded reader of stories.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 11: 896. D. 22, ’06. 1510w. |
Cleghorn, Sarah N. Turnpike lady: a tale of Beartown, Vermont, 1768–1796. †$1.25. Holt.
7–30831.
A story literally steeped in the atmosphere of “little nothingnesses” that make up the life of a family in a Vermont hamlet at the beginning of the revolution. It’s “an old-time American idyl with the spirit of locality strong upon it.”