[*] “It has a thrilling story and not a few vividly written and exciting incidents. It seems to us far the best of the recent tales which have come to us dealing with Australasia.”
| + + | Outlook. 81: 838. D. 2, ‘05. 80w. |
[*] “It is worth reading chiefly on account of its minor characters such as Pine the Maori, and certain passages describing the wonderful depths of the bush. The hero and heroine and their love story, and with unnecessary complications, are tedious and commonplace, and the dialogue is for the most part stilted and rhetorical.”
| + — | Sat. R. 100: 530. O. 21, ‘05. 160w. |
[*] “The book is to be heartily commended as an able and original piece of work.”
| + | Spec. 95: 821. N. 18, ‘05. 280w. |
Saunders, (Margaret) Marshall. Princess Sukey: the story of a pigeon and her human friends. [*]$1.25. Meth. bk.
Altho Princess Sukey, the thorobred pigeon, flutters thru the story, the plot is chiefly concerned with the little boy who saved her life and with his grandfather, a retired judge, whose heart becomes softened to all weak things thru her and who fills his silent house with young life, letting the poor and the orphaned find a place in his heart and his home.
“It might be a tract promulgated jointly by the societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals and children.”
| — | N. Y. Times. 20: 434. Jl. 1, ‘05. 350w. |