The sprightly record of a night’s adventure in which the principal participants bent upon attending a masked ball thru a fluke are mistaken for clever thieves. The plot which thickens about the innocent imposters for a time, and which is later cleared up, furnishes an exciting hour for the most sated fiction appetite.
[*] “Constructed with an art that holds the reader’s interest from the first page to the last.”
| + | Dial. 36: 445. D. 16, ‘05. 180w. |
[*] “It is a book to be read in a half hour, but it contains adventure enough to last a lifetime.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 885. D. 9, ‘05. 300w. |
MacGrath, Harold. [Princess elopes.] [†]75c. Bobbs.
The chief figures in this story of rapid action are the madcap Princess of Barscheit, her grumpy uncle intent upon a suitable marriage for her, and a young American medical student. The American consul tells the story of a series of adventures capped by the princess’s escape from marrying the redfaced Prince of Doppelkinn. That she finds the young American with her on this journey is certainly not distressing to her, and that he turns out to be the long lost heir of Doppelkinn and a much worthier suitor than the father are facts which atone for her matrimonial hardships.
| + | Dial. 38: 394. Je. 1, ‘05. 100w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 10: 309. My. 13, ‘05. 510w. |
“This tale ... will be found altogether diverting, if not convincingly real.”
| + | Outlook. 80: 142. My. 13, ‘05. 80w. | |
| Pub. Opin. 39: 61. Jl. 8, ‘05. 40w. |