| + + | Outlook. 81: 234. S. 23, ‘05. 110w. |
Brainerd, Eleanor Hoyt. [Concerning Belinda.] $1.50. Doubleday.
The experiences of an attractive western girl as “Youngest teacher” in a fashionable New York finishing school for girls are most entertainingly narrated here. Belinda’s initiation into the mysteries of responsibility took place the night of her arrival when she was delegated to chaperone twelve strange maidens to the theatre, whom at the close she utterly forgot when Jack Wendell dropped into the midst of her homesick gloom. The chapters all furnish disconnected bits taken from life in a fashionable school, with now and then the least suggestion of romance.
“Is written with the same lightness and sprightly humor that characterized the author’s previous stories.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 651. O. 7, ‘05. 150w. |
[*] “There are a number of other stories, all equally bright and entertaining, and a private love affair or two for the pretty Belinda herself.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 822. D. 2, ‘05. 210w. |
Brainerd, Henry C. Old family doctor. [*]$1. Clark, A. H.
It might be fancied that this family doctor is some kin to Dr. McLaren’s much beloved old Scotch doctor. At least there are characteristics, sacrifices and experiences in common. One chapter of the six, “Views,” showing the superstitious beliefs of a quack concocter of unheard-of remedies, is exceedingly clever.
Braithwaite, William Stanley. Lyrics of life and love. [**]$1. Turner, H. B.