| + — | Outlook. 80: 392. Je. 10, ‘05. 140w. |
[*] “Skipping boldly, now, from Japanese ancestor-worship to contemporary satire, we hail Robert Chambers prince of the last half-year’s production.”
| + | R. of Rs. 32: 760. D. ‘05. 190w. |
Chambers, Robert William. [Reckoning.] [†]$1.50. Appleton.
“The city of New York, loyal at heart, and sorely besieged by the English, within and without, is the scene of this romance.... A brave youth is selected by his Excellency, Mr. Washington, acts as a spy in the city, and finally escapes the peril of his position, to be rewarded as a courageous soldier in open battle. The heroine, a belle in the gay Tory circles, bewitches the hero, after much banter and playing at love-making. Emerging from a tangle of cross-purposes, she proves herself a noble woman, brave enough to sacrifice all for her lover and his country.”—Outlook.
“This is emphatically the best work yet done by that very promising author. But for one fatal blot it might almost be counted a masterpiece, as in writing, vigour, interest and the other attributes of a good novel it far excels any former attempt of the writer. But he has had the perversity to make his hero a spy.”
| + + — | Acad. 68: 1026. O. 7, ‘05. 270w. |
“A stirring romance, full of action and of the savor of the period and scenes described.”
| + + | Ath. 1905, 2: 504. O. 14. 260w. |
[*] “The new work is as good as ‘Cardigan.’ He gives us historical truth, wholesome excitement, and no small measure of literary art all at once; and for so much of good it would be churlish not to give thanks.” Wm. M. Payne.