| + | Outlook. 86: 476. Je. 29, ’07. 160w. |
De La Pasture, Elizabeth. Lonely lady of Grosvenor square. †$1.50. Dutton.
6–41709.
The lonely lady is a pretty country bred girl of twenty-five who comes to Grosvenor square as the guest of a great-aunt and stays there after her aunt’s death to watch over the estate which is an inheritance of her twin brother who is in active service in Africa. The account of how she tries to do honor to her name and position by following the social code of her country rector’s wife, and how from the dull loneliness of London state and formality she is rescued by her distant cousin the Duke, forms a pretty old fashioned love story.
“The author writes as gracefully and as easily as ever—almost too easily—and her touch both in humor and pathos is light and sure.”
| + | Acad. 72: 144. F. 9, ’07. 270w. | |
| + | A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 77. Mr. ’07. ✠ |
“The characters are well drawn and natural, and the narrative has sufficient vitality to sustain the reader’s interest.”
| + | Ath. 1907, 1: 192. F. 16. 280w. |
“The very genuine charm of this quiet and refreshing story of present-day London is its simple unassuming naturalness.” Frederic Taber Cooper.