Taylor, Mary Imlay. My lady Clancarty. [†]$1.50. Little.
A child-wife’s loyalty to her Jacobite husband during his years of absence, and in spite of strong family opposition, furnishes the theme for a spirited romance. Then when he does return incognito he devotes himself to the re-wooing of Lady Betty, fights duels for her, is at the mercy of her whims and fancies, and a father’s Whig prejudices, but finally thru her courage in daring to beg clemency of the king is released from the tower.
“A trifle, but a rather pleasant one.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 163. Mr. 18, ‘05. 300w. |
“A pretty romance.”
| + | Outlook. 79: 909. Ap. 8, ‘05. 70w. |
“The characterization is consistent and the relations of character are drawn ‘on scale,’ so that the effect of human display is harmonious. Considered critically, the story is not reasonable or natural any more than other romances of the exaggerated class to which it belongs.”
| + | Reader. 5: 787. My. ‘05. 460w. |
Taylor, Rev. S. M. Ministers of the Word and sacraments; lectures on pastoral theology, delivered in King’s college, London, Lent term, 1904. [*]$1.50. Longmans.
“Archdeacon Taylor prints here some lectures delivered to a class of students preparing for ordination.... His tone is that of a High churchman, but he condemns some of the most objectionable of extremist practices.”—Spec.