| + — | Ath. 1905, 1: 524. Ap. 29. 200w. |
“Is fresh, vigorous, interesting; original in its situations, unusually clever in its dialogue. A thoroughly enjoyable book.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 204. Ap. 1, ‘05. 710w. |
“This author always writes pleasantly, and entirely in unexceptionable English, but the humor and story-interest which his early books had are here reflected only in a faint and feeble light.”
| + | Outlook. 79: 855. Ap. 1, ‘05. 40w. |
“Mr. Norris is always readable. The present novel contrives to avoid the sameness from which some of Mr. Norris’s recent books have suffered.”
| + | Spec. 94: 444. Mr. 25, ‘05. 120w. |
Norris, William Edward. Embarrassing orphan; il. by Steeple Davis. $1. Winston.
A South American millionaire leaves his daughter to her uncle, Sir Edward Denne, with instruction that she and every one else are to be kept in ignorance of the fact that she is wealthy until she is happily engaged. His object is to save her from fortune hunters, but as it happens, this provision leads her into refusing the right man. All ends well, however, through the efforts of her uncle.
“The story is ingeniously complicated and amusing, though after all somewhat monotonous.”