Barbour, Ralph Henry (Richard Stillman Powers, pseud.). Orchard princess. [†]$2. Lippincott.
How Miles Fallon, bachelor, becomes a ready target for Cupid’s dart when April sunshine and the scent of apple blossoms lure him on to the orchard princess is lightly sketched in this love tale with a pastoral setting. The man is a novelist, and the girl is an artist, yet these two idealists are very human in the “little nothingnesses” that pave the way for their romance.
| * | Critic. 47:577. D. ‘05. 10w. | |
| * | + + | Dial. 39: 388. D. 1, ‘05. 160w. |
[*] “The heroine is a real girl, which cannot always be said of romantic heroines.”
| + | Ind. 59: 1378. D. 14, ‘05. 30w. | |
| * | + | N. Y. Times. 10: 822. D. 2, ‘05. 120w. |
| * | + | Outlook. 81: 833. D. 2, ‘05. 10w. |
Bard, Emile. Chinese life in town and country. [**]$1.20. Putnam.
Viewing China and the Chinese “with the eyes of a man of affairs,” and avoiding “exaggerated optimism”, the author has treated of Chinese traits, customs and character, of their religions, education, government, history and economic and social life. The book is concise and interesting, and contains over a dozen illustrations and a good index.
“Altogether this is a clever and readable book.”
| + + | Critic. 47: 266. S. ‘05. 160w. |
“The book has no air of hasty generalization; the chapters, though brief, are full of information, set forth in the clearest possible manner.”