Alcott, Louisa M. [Under the lilacs.] $2. Little.
Uniform with the other volumes of this new and elaborate edition of Miss Alcott’s famous stories, the “Little women” series, “Under the lilacs” contains eight full-page pictures by Alice Barber Stephens, which make Sancho and his friends seem, if possible, more real than ever before.
| Outlook. 81: 428. O. 21, ‘05. 40w. | ||
| * | Nation. 81: 406. N. 16, ‘05. 150w. | |
| * | + + | R. of Rs. 32: 766. D. ‘05. 120w. |
[*] Alden, Isabella Macdonald (Mrs. George R.) (Pansy, pseud.). David Ransom’s watch. [†]$1.50. Lothrop.
“When Ben Ransom, David’s younger brother, left the old farm, he took $700 ... and he took his father’s old silver watch as well. David could ill spare the money. He had to wait another year before he could get married. And he was particularly sorry to part with the watch.... Ben’s life thereafter was full of ups and downs. His restlessness and fickleness were his ruin.... David and the old watch both figured conspicuously in his later misadventures.... Two threads of self-sacrifice run through the tale to meet at last, making ideal happiness for the group, from which all the unpleasant folk have been eliminated by chances which the unregenerate reader will call blessed.”—N. Y. Times.
[*] “It has the best plot that she has ever devised.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 347. My. 27, ‘05. 250w. |
[*] “Is a well-told, pleasing story of commonplace, likable people, with plenty of wholesome sentiment flavored with the humor of the soil. It is a good book for old and young alike.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 447. Jl. 8, ‘05. 180w. | |
| * | + | R. of Rs. 32: 765. D. ‘05. 60w. |
Alden, William Livingston. Jimmy Brown trying to find Europe. 60c. Harper.