Rowland, Helen. Digressions of Polly. [†]$1.50. Baker.
Polly and her fiancé furnish the airy dialogue of this book. There are twenty-three chapters, each a complete little chat, with its own setting and its own amusing climax; but thru them all Polly, the light-hearted, with her curls, her dimples and her chiffon ruffles, and Jack the resourceful, very human and very much in love, are true to their frivolous parts.
“The result is not equal to the effort.”
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“One of the brightest volumes of dialogue of the season.”
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“If it is lacking in originality ... the conversations of the fair and frivolous Polly and her fiancé, never dull, are often unusually diverting.”
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“Her froth and her frills make her very good company, indeed, for others than the agreeable young man who takes her balls and occasionally sends back a very respectable one of his own.”
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