| + | Outlook. 79: 907. Ap. 8, ‘05. 230w. |
Chesnutt, Charles Waddell. [Colonel’s dream.] (†)$1.50. Doubleday.
The story of an ex-Confederate officer who when the war is ended, seeks his fortune in New York, and twenty years after returns to the South to enjoy life and incidentally to put into practice some of his Northern business training. “It is frankly up to the times, with the clash of race and the convict camp, and the decayed old gentry.” (Ind.)
“The style is easy, apparently practised, and the story does not lack for abundant incident.”
| + | Ind. 59: 816. O. 5, ‘05. 130w. |
“It must be acknowledged that the author does not spare the faults of the negro any more than he spares those of the white man—and in both cases many of his pictures are true.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 605. S. 16, ‘05. 360w. |
“Taken all in all, the book is not as successful as one could wish, and certainly is distinctly inferior to the author’s earlier work.”
| + — | Outlook. 81 :278. S. 30, ‘05. 140w. |
Chesterton, Gilbert Keith. [Club of queer trades.] (†)$1.25. Harper.