| + + | Outlook. 79: 450. F. 18, ‘05. 70w. | |
| + | R. of Rs. 31: 382. Mr. ‘05. 170w. |
“The story has been well told by Miss Tooley.”
| + + | Spec. 94: 121. Ja. 28, ‘05. 350w. |
Townsend, Edward Waterman. Reuben Larkmead. [†]$1.25. Dillingham.
An unsophisticated young millionaire whose fortune was founded upon western beet sugar, comes east to New York and ingenuously relates his experiences. Ridiculed in society, fleeced in his business transactions, the prey of an army of grafters, he ends by marrying the widowed mother of the girl he failed to win.
“The supine insipidity of the hero destroys whatever interest might have been aroused in him at the beginning of the book. A thin plot of sentimentality runs through this recital of Reuben’s adventures.”
| — | N. Y. Times. 10: 217. Ap. 8, ‘05. 490w. |
“A crude social satire.”
| + — | Outlook. 79: 909. Ap. 8, ‘05. 30w. |
Townsend, Fitzhugh. Short course in alternating-current testing. [*]75c. Van Nostrand.