| + + + | Engin. N. 54: 529. N. 16, ‘05. 220w. |
Le Poer, John Patrick. Modern legionary. $1.50. Dutton.
A story uniform with Roger Patrick’s “Frontiersman.” “The tale is told by the hero, an Irish boy of sixteen, who joins the French foreign legion and is sent to Algeria. He describes the life of the ‘legionary’ among Chinese, Berbers, and other semi-savage tribes; and recounts several adventures.” (N. Y. Times).
“The chief characters are drawn boldly and effectively, and the scenes are described with a certain raciness which makes the story worth reading.”
| + + | Ath. 1905, 1: 782. Je. 24. 430w. | |
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 502. Jl. 29, ‘05. 450w. |
“It is not easy to dismiss the idea that a vast deal of fancy is intermingled with the fact, so extraordinary are the adventures accredited to the narrator. Book leaves an unpleasant taste. But with all its cynicism and unquestionable offenses against the canons of good taste, it is not without value as a protest against the evils of militarism and war, a forcefully worded indictment reciting the evils attendant upon armed strife.”
| + — | Outlook. 79: 451. F. 18, ‘05. 180w. |
[*] Le Queux, William. [Czar’s spy; the mystery of a silent love.] 50c. Smart set.
A young Englishman, the hero of this story, becomes involved in a series of strange happenings which occur in Italy, England, Scotland, Finland, and Russia, and include ghastly murders, robberies and plots. The maneuvers of a mysterious yacht owned by a band of international criminals, the dark deeds of the strangler, governor of Finland, and the sufferings of the beautiful young heroine whose enemies have rendered her deaf and dumb because she knows their guilty secret, form but a part of the thrilling and complicated plot.
[*] “It is a story that sets out to harrow your feelings and keep them harrowed till the end, which is as happy as possible.”