In rich Irish brogue the wife of Alderman Casey tells of her experiences in trying to keep up with the social aspirations of her pretty daughter, Mary Ann, who in the end forsakes tennis clubs, Browning clubs, summer hotels and euchre parties for Tom Donovan, the pride of the police force.
[*] Carey, Rosa Nouchette. Household of Peter: a novel. (†)$1.50. Lippincott.
“A story of life in a small English country town. Peter is a young doctor, and his household consists of himself, his three sisters, and a faithful serving-woman. There is the usual complement of nobility and gentry.”—Outlook.
[*] “Altogether this is a soothing and cheerful story.”
| + | Ath. 1905, 2: 539. O. 21. 130w. |
[*] “Peter’s household is a wholesome, affectionate set of folks; but at times they are tiresome, and their conversations are too long drawn out.”
| — | Outlook. 81: 382. O. 14, ‘05. 60w. |
Carl, Katherine A. With the empress dowager. [**]$2. Century.
Miss Carl, thru the influence of Mrs. Conger, wife of the United States minister, was called to Pekin in the summer of 1903 to paint a portrait of the empress dowager. She remained eleven months, and painted four portraits one of which was exhibited at the St. Louis exposition, and during all this time she lived at the Chinese court, and came in daily contact with the empress dowager and the court ladies. She gives a simple, straightforward account of her unique experiences, telling with frank enthusiasm all about her life and the life of those around her in the summer and the winter palaces, until her readers also come under the spell of the empress dowager’s fascinating personality and come to see the Chinese social customs and religious rites in all their picturesque dignity.
| * | Critic. 47: 573. D. ‘05. 150w. |