Freer, A. Goodrich-. Inner Jerusalem. [*]$3. Dutton.
In telling “what Jerusalem is like” Miss A. Goodrich Freer commands a view from the Holy City itself, with her vantage ground right under the shadow of the Russian tower. Among other noteworthy facts brought out as to life in modern Jerusalem is one which the author presents in these words: “While we sing ‘They call us to deliver their land from error’s chain,’ let us realize that here we may send out our youngest maid, with no further caution than not to get her pocket picked; we may take a cab, certain that our driver, unless he be a Christian, will not get drunk.” (R. of Rs.) There are many full-page illustrations, chiefly from photographs.
“Has contrived to answer a great many interesting questions regarding life in the Holy City, so that the reader rises from the work with a sense of having at last learned just what Jerusalem means to its widely assorted inhabitants, especially to those who comprise the European colonies there. The knowledge displayed in the book is such as could have been acquired only by long residence, and is used with discrimination and a sympathetic outlook upon the curious ramifications of temporal and spiritual power.” Wallace Rice.
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[*] “She has withal, a very pretty wit, racy descriptive power and a clever knack of relating her subject to its graver scientific issues, with the sure result that we are both informed and entertained.”
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“The style, however, is the same throughout—amusing and light, without being irreverent. The book gives a pleasant and entertaining and, in spite of its limitations, probably the best available picture of actual living conditions in Jerusalem at the present day.”
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| + | R. of Rs. 31: 123. Ja. ‘05. 120w. |
French, Anne Warner (Mrs. Charles Ellis French). [Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary.] [†]$1.50. Little.
Aunt Mary, “dreadfully deaf and fearfully arbitrary,” is also seventy years old, immensely wealthy, and unreasonably devoted to her nephew Jack. After getting him out of various scrapes, she becomes discouraged and disinherits him. The body of the book is taken up with an account of the good time which Jack and his college chums give the old lady when she comes to New York on a visit. Knocking about town, indulging in late suppers, motorcar spins and other joys prove so alluring that she forgives Jack, who promptly marries a beautiful young widow, who has played an important part in the story, and Aunt Mary goes to New York to live with them and continue to enjoy the giddy whirl offered by the metropolis.