| + − | A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 80. Mr. ’07. |
“Is of a good kind and well done.”
| + | Bookm. 24: 526. Ja. ’07. 30w. | |
| + | R. of Rs. 34: 768. D. ’06. 50w. |
Eggleston, George Cary. Love is the sum of it all: a plantation romance. il. †$1.50. Lothrop.
7–32710.
A plantation romance whose scene is laid in Virginia following the reconstruction period. “Warren Rhett, the hero, is a young Virginian, enlightened, enfranchised, energized by education in the north and a cosmopolitan experience as a bridge builder, not solely as the lover of the good and beautiful heroine.” (N. Y. Times.) The heroine is the daughter of a sculptor; the love-making is uninterrupted in Warren’s step-mother’s home where he is recuperating and incidentally rescuing the plantation from decay and bankruptcy.
“On the whole, the book is wholesome as well as pretty. If there is not a deal of excitement in it, there is plenty of suggestive observation.”
| + | Lit. D. 35: 533. O. 12, ’07. 480w. |
“As a social critic, Mr. Eggleston has nothing new or important to say. He does not even say what he has to say well. As a novel it is impossible to praise it.”