| + + | Dial. 39: 443. D. 16, ‘05. 470w. | |
| * | Ind. 59: 1377. D. 14, ‘05. 30w. |
[*] “The whole forms a delightful sort of poetic itinerary, whether for persons who are actually in Italy, or for those who travel in imagination only.”
| + + | Nation. 81: 446. N. 30, ‘05. 270w. | |
| * | N. Y. Times. 10: 769. N. 11, ‘05. 90w. |
[*] “A very attractive and interesting book to all lovers of Shelley.”
| + + | Outlook. 81: 943. D. 16, ‘05. 100w. |
Sheppard, Alfred Tresidder. Red cravat. $1.50. Macmillan.
A novel of the Prussia of Frederick William, that fantastic monarch whose giant grenadiers wore the badge of the red cravat. A tall young Englishman is seized and thrust into the royal guards through the influence of his rival for the hand of the beautiful English girl, Lady Joan Chrystal. Later the unfortunate guardsman receives the king’s orders to marry a certain peasant lass—but he doesn’t. The characters are all very human but not at all modern.
“Compared to the general average of historical fiction, this novel must be pronounced a decided success.”
| + + | Ath. 1905, 1: 684. Je. 3. 230w. |
“The novel owes much to its setting, and, while a story of adventure, seems made upon almost new lines from its leisurely style.”