“Illustrates afresh his direct and effective style and his ability to tell a love story full of purity and sweetness in a natural and delightful way.”
| + | Outlook. 87: 623. N. 23, ’07. 30w. |
Harboe, Paul, pseud. (Paul Christensen). Child’s story of Hans Christian Andersen. †$1.50. Duffield.
7–29563.
The life of deprivation and penury which falls to the lot of the man renowned for fairy tales was at variance with the results of his fine imagination. The sketch follows the cobbler’s son thru the sore trials of his early life to his day of fame, which proved a sad realization inasmuch as it was bereft of the fulfilment of his one romance.
“An interesting, trustworthy account, simple and straightforward in telling. Will, perhaps, be enjoyed best by the children of an age most interested in the fairy tales if read aloud to them, for the style is adapted, rather to older children.”
| + | A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 207. N. ’07. |
“There is not much attempt at coherent construction in the little book. Anecdotes are given sometimes without much point or much connection. And the style reminds us frequently that the author is writing in a language other than the one to which he was born.” Grace Isabel Colbron.
| + − | Bookm. 26: 418. D. ’07. 570w. | |
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 703. N. 2, ’07. 130w. |