| + — | Nation. 81: 406. N. 16, ‘05. 190w. | |
| * | + | N. Y. Times. 10: 868. D. 2, ‘05. 120w. |
Pocock, Roger. [Curly, a tale of the Arizona desert.] [†]$1.00. Little.
A feud, which began in the Irish land league troubles, is transplanted and finished in Arizona where, among Indians, outlaws, and cowboys, young Lord Balshannon finds a wife in the plucky daughter of a robber chief. The story is real and stirring and the author has lived the things of which he writes.
“The real enjoyment of the book is ... due to the breezy dialect in which the book is written, the picturesque vernacular of the ranch.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
| + + | Bookm. 21: 519. Jl. ‘05. 150w. |
“The style in which the cowboy tells the stirring tale is crisp, vivid, vigorous and only occasionally marred by coarseness; the offense is in expression alone—the thought is not coarse.”
| + + — | Ind. 59: 694. S. 21, ‘05. 320w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 10: 392. Je. 17, ‘05. 110w. |
“Seems to us quite the best cowboy story since Owen Wister’s ‘The Virginian.’”
| + + | Outlook. 80: 391. Je. 10, ‘05. 40w. |
“There are several obscure statements and situations in the story.”