| + | Pub. Opin. 38: 392. Mr. 11, ‘05. 210w. |
“Is a capital romance of love and piracy ... and delightfully related.”
| + + | R. of Rs. 31: 762. Je. ‘05. 70w. |
[*] Watson, Henry Brereton Marriott. Twisted eglantine. [†]$1.50. Appleton.
“A fascinating story of the time when George IV. was Prince of Wales. The leading man character is another Beau Brummel, quite well drawn; the freshness, beauty, and grace of the heroine are deftly impressed upon the reader.” (Outlook.) “Sir Piers had no scruples in asking Barbara Garraway, the Hampshire squire’s daughter, to be his mistress; when he found that he had misread her character, he had no scruples in carrying his efforts to make her his wife to the point of abducting her to his country seat.” (Lond. Times.)
[*] “The Beau is the book, and our interest in the book ceases when the Beau begins to prance like any sensational hero.”
| + — | Acad. 68: 927. S. 9, ‘05. 460w. |
[*] “The book thus falls somewhere between the mere romance and the novel of character. The period is well realized; the story is interesting and exciting; but this painful sounding of a shallow type delays its movements, and forbids the happy surrender of judgment which is the condition of enjoying a romance.”
| + — | Lond. Times. 4: 287. S. 8, ‘05. 400w. |
[*] “Mr. Marriott Watson has put his best work into ‘Twisted eglantine,’ and has scored a distinct triumph in Sir Piers Blakiston—an achievement, we should imagine, of no small difficulty.”