“On the whole the geography is accurate, and the painter’s sketches are in their outline so also. We cannot lay down this interesting book without the feeling that it is in many senses over-coloured.”
| + + — | Ath. 1905, 2: 216. Ag. 12. 840w. |
“Ireland is a sadder, grayer country than Mr. Mathew has described or Mr. Walker painted.”
| + — | Nation. 81: 201. S. 7, ‘05. 460w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 10: 399. Je. 17, ‘05. 360w. | ||
| R. of Rs. 32: 125. Jl. ‘05. 130w. |
“He is not always accurate. But he knows his history, and he makes it interesting to others.”
| + — | Sat. R. 99: 813. Je. 17, ‘05. 280w. |
Mathews, Frances Aymar. Billy Duane. [†]$1.50. Dodd.
A story of politics and society in New York, which concerns an estranged couple. Billy Duane, the mayor, turns his Madison avenue house into political headquarters in his wife’s absence. Mrs. Billy objects to rough politicians and cigar stumps, but is fond of roulette at any cost and is discovered at the game when a dress-making establishment is raided by the police. The affairs of the Duanes and numerous friends of their type form the plot, which works out happily, ending with a reconciliation.
“With the flashes of inspiration characteristic of this writer. The book is written on a more pretentious scale than its author’s ability in character-drawing seems to warrant.”
| + — | Critic. 46: 478. My. ‘05. 30w. | |
| + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 173. Mr. 18, ‘05. 570w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 10: 393. Je. 17, ‘05. 150w. |