| + + | Spec. 95: 715. N. 4, ‘05. 1290w. |
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Taber, Harry Persons. Rubaiyat of the commuter: being quatrains concerning the affairs of every day. 25c. John Bridges, Briarcliff Manor, N. Y.
“The woes of the commuter, with the 30-second breakfast, the 8:16 train which occasionally goes at 8:32, the futile struggle with two bushels of Peter Henderson’s seeds and the neighbors’ chickens are too feelingly set forth to have been only imagined. The author explains his use of the particular form of verse that he has selected on the ground of its being an obsessive measure.”—Baltimore Sun.
| + | Baltimore Sun. :8. Mr. 8, ‘05. 240w. |
Taggart, Marion Ames. Nut brown Joan. [†]$1.50. Holt.
A story for girls. The heroine, a brown, lanky child of fourteen, dissatisfied with her world, develops into a most attractive young woman, the joy of her father, the relief of her invalid mother, and the confidante and help of her numerous brothers and sisters. There is much wholesome fun, there is trouble, incident, and, above all, real human nature.
“‘Nut-brown Joan’ is to be commended both for its literary merit ... and also for its thoroughly wholesome atmosphere. The volume holds a very practical lesson for young girls, and the lesson is excellently presented.”
| + + | Cath. World. 81: 411. Je. ‘05. 170w. |
“Points a moral at the same time that it tells a very entertaining story.”