“It is a book of incomparable interest to the veterans of the old command, of considerable value to historians, and not without interest also for the general reader.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 467. Jl. 15, ‘05. 1200w. |
[*] Osbourne, Lloyd. Baby Bullet, the bubble of destiny. [†]$1.50. Appleton.
“Baby Bullet is a motor car, a fifteenth hand ‘crock’ of early French design, joyfully presented to two American ladies, a girl and a schoolmarm, who are discovered by the roadside wearily enjoying a tramp in England. The donor ... runs away lest his gift should be thrust back upon him. Baby is in a state of sulks, and the two Americans climb into her, and hire a carter to tow them behind a furniture van. At cross-roads they meet another car, a gigantic and glorious machine, with the power of sixty horses, unfortunately unavailable because her mécanicien has forgotten the gasolene.... The American owner of the big car borrows petrol from the American owners of the little, and tows them in exchange. The result is a week of wild romance and a thoroughly amusing book.”—Acad.
[*] “The light dexterous writing of the book pleases us like clever juggling.”
| + | Acad. 68: 1231. N. 25, ‘05. 360w. |
[*] “The narrative is ingeniously contrived and ought to appeal to a large public.”
| + | Critic. 47: 579. D. ‘05. 60w. | |
| * | + | Outlook. 81: 380. O. 14, ‘05. 80w. |
[*] “The story abounds in slang and is neither exciting nor amusing.”
| — | Sat. R. 100: 689. N. 25, ‘05. 50w. |