A story of cosmopolitan Washington of no particular time or administration which weaves mystery into a strange mixture of love, intrigue and credulity. The wife of the secretary of state plays with fire thru her traitorous delivery of valuable state papers into the hands of a Russian diplomat. How she manages to come thru apparently unharmed, and how the count relinquishes his villainy in a very un-Russian like manner are strangely at variance with the expected outcome that might require retributive punishment. The khedive’s opals owned by the secretary’s wife flash a sympathetic accompaniment to her heart moods all thru.
[*] “It is a story replete with adventure and excitement.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 887. D. 9, ‘05. 280w. |
[*] “The conversation is lifelike and the characters are distinctly individualized. An entertaining novel burdened by no especial problem.”
| + | Outlook. 81: 838. D. 2, ‘05. 70w. |
Tynan, Katharine. See Hinkson, Mrs. Katharine Tynan.
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Ular, Alexander. Russia from within. [**]$1.75. Holt.
After announcing in his preface that his book will come as a shock to some very sincere friends of Russia and that the facts he reveals are authentic altho they “do not make pretty reading” the author proceeds to give “a series of brilliant pictures, written manifestly from the standpoint of the revolutionist and lashing furiously the heads of the Russian state.” (Pub. Opin.)
“Though not without its faults, it has the conspicuous merits of being clearly and forcefully written and of leaving a series of definite impressions on the mind of the reader.”