| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 321. My. 18, ’07. 350w. |
Garland, Hamlin. [Money magic: a novel.] †$1.50. Harper.
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By the magic of money, Bertha, a true type of the girl of the new West, is lifted from the hot office of her mother’s wayside hotel to the giddy heights of mistress of a millionaire’s establishment. This change of fortune however, brings with it a helpless old cripple of a husband, an ex-gambler whom she had pluckily married out of loyalty when she thought him dying. Her story is one of development and character expansion under these strange conditions until she is at last free to call her own that happiness which she has so long and nobly denied herself.
“By some the story may be thought a trifle too long; but it is good stirring narrative thruout, and the development of character through incident and emotional crises is highly interesting.”
| + − | Ath. 1907, 2: 546. N. 2. 200w. |
“Is far and away the best and most significant novel that Mr. Garland has written in many years. It has perspective, it is firm of plot, rich in colour, full of movement, unflaggingly interesting, its characters are deftly and understandingly individualised—it has the semblance of life.” A. Schade van Westrum.
| + + | Bookm. 26: 417. D. ’07. 690w. |
“There is a certain amount of truth in this narrative, and fairly effective characterizations, although the latter must be described as crude rather than subtle. Mr. Garland, has done much better work than this, and will, we trust, do it again.” Wm. M. Payne.