[*] “A story of the old South of no literary value, and as foreign to fact as many others that have been written on similar lines.”
| — | Outlook. 81: 629. N. 11, ‘05. 50w. |
Mackie, Pauline Bradford. Girl and the kaiser. [†]$1.50. Bobbs.
The presence of the kaiser upon the pages of this simple little love story lends a certain dignity and makes the plot possible, but has no real historical significance. Wilhelmina, who has been brought up in America, comes to Germany to visit her uncle, the Admiral von Uhland, and his pleasure loving French wife. Here she meets two young naval officers, and upon the occasion of the kaiser’s visit to her uncle she learns of the strict paternalism practiced in the German army and navy, and that a rich wife is essential to a poor officer. This is where the denouement comes in. In the end the kaiser, who has taken a fancy to her, in his favorite role of destiny, points out to her the sensible road where she finds both wealth and love.
“Is a charmingly bright and unconventional story. Though by no means a great story, is one of the most clever little romances of the season.”
| + + | Arena. 33: 339. Mr. ‘05. 250w. |
McKinley, Albert Edward. Suffrage franchise in the thirteen English colonies in America. $2.50. Ginn.
The purpose of the author has been “to present the dynamic or developmental aspect of the subject, rather than the analytic; he has not been content with a mere summary of the suffrage qualifications in the several colonies, but has endeavored to trace the growth of the colonial ideals and practices respecting the elective franchise.”
“Mr. McKinley’s volume is full of interest. Taken in connection with Mr. Bishop’s ‘History of elections in the colonies,’ the whole ground seems thoroughly covered.” F. W. S.
| + + + | Am. J. Soc. 11: 134. Jl. ‘05. 230w. |