This is not an historical romance altho the scene is laid in old Quebec. The heroine, the ward of the governor, and the hero, her childhood playmate, are both the victims of the wicked plots of the villain thru whom the hero is made to appear faithless to both his country and his love. There are many thrilling scenes, enacted by many players, but in the end each wins his true deserts.
| + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 402. Je. 17, ‘05. 330w. |
“A story of love and adventure, full of movement and romance.”
| + | Outlook. 80: 193. My. 20, ‘05. 50w. |
Winkley, Jonathan Wingate. John Brown, the hero: personal reminiscences, [*]85c. West, J. H.
The author was a boy in Kansas in 1856, and there came in contact with the great abolitionist hero. The object of his little book is to throw some side light upon John Brown’s character, and he gives some new historical material, and recounts adventures in which he was too young to participate except as an eye witness. There is an introduction by Frank B. Sanborn. The illustrations include a representation of a bust of John Brown and two views of the Adair cabin.
| Am. Hist R. 10: 719. Ap. ‘05. 50w. |
“We are glad Dr. Winkley has set down his personal experiences and impressions in so interesting and vivid a manner.”
| + | Arena. 33: 672. Je. ‘05. 160w. |
“Although the matter of the book is slender in amount, and spread thin by both author and printer, and although the glimpses we get of John Brown are few and fleeting, the publishers are still within the truth in announcing that ‘The book has the interest of a romance,’ and that ‘the young will read it as if it were especially “a story for boys,” and the old will find in it matters to revive their enthusiasm.’”