“The author never gets excited, however exciting her story may become; she sets forth the facts, and to a considerable extent leaves inference and conclusions to her readers. It is, in effect, a liberal education in the fundamentals of the trust problem; it is the Blackstone of the literature that is growing up around this problem, in its entirety the most important of all in commercialized America.”
| + + + | Pub. Opin. 38: 25. Ja. 5, ‘05. 1140w. |
“Is an exhaustive and yet succinct presentation of the rise and development of a great American industry. Her book is in every sense a history—not an economic dissertation.”
| + | R. of Rs. 31: 248. F. ‘05. 210w. |
Tarkington, (Newton) Booth. [Beautiful lady.] [†]$1.25. McClure.
This is the story of a young Italian of high family and low purse, who was forced into shaving his head and using the bald poll as an advertisement for a Parisian ballet. It is also the story of “the beautiful lady” who saw him sitting ignominiously in a café and was sorry for him. Later the young Italian, by reason of his shaved head, secures a position as tutor to a young millionaire, and is able to save the girl who was sorry from an unfortunate marriage and at the same time to make his dashing benefactor happy.
“A mere trifle, but a delightful trifle, which, lacking the dramatic action of ‘Monsieur Beaucaire,’ equals it in the originality of its conception, in its pathos, and surpasses it in its whimsical humour.” Firmin Dredd.
| + | Bookm. 21: 615. Ag. ‘05. 300w. |
“Mr. Tarkington has made us see what might have been done; but he has failed to do it.”
| — | Critic. 47: 286. S. ‘05. 100w. | |
| + | Ind. 59: 580. S. 7, ‘05. 100w. | |
| + + | Lit. D. 21: 93. Jl. 15, ‘05. 440w. |