A Glimpse of Early 20th Century Book Notes
A review roundup covers Julie diary style prose praised for sincerity and intimacy, then surveys Balkan intrigue in The Stem of the Crimson Dahlia, Lorimer’s Prodigal with humor and bold father-son clash, MacGrath’s The Lure of the Mask with Italy travel influence, Edith MacVane’s Duchess of Dreams set in Newport, and Nellie L. McClurg’s Sowing Seeds in Danny on charitable uplift and social reform themes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Locke
New York
Moffat, Yard & Co
Balkans
Prince Danilo
Pink Lady and the Englishman in McCutcheon Parody
Excerpts critique fiction and reviews of multiple books. The Pink Lady subplot satirizes class and ideals as Danny the plain youth is outfitted with pants by a pink roving figure. Other reviews cover Exton Manor by Archibald Marshall and The Jay Hawker by John A Martin, plus Masefield short stories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danny
Society For the Propagation of Lofty
Edith
George Barr McCutcheon
New York
Dodd, Mead & Co
Paris
Vienna
Tyrol
Exton Manor
Archibald Marshall
Anthony Trollope
England
America
Jane Austen
Mr. Marsall
Trollope
Marshall
Jay Hawker
John A. Martin
Boston
C. M. Clarke Publishing Company
West
Plains
Jim
John Masefield
B. W. Dodge & Co
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Marie Bashkirtseff
Julie
Jack Spurlock
George Horace Lorim
Doubleday, Page & Co
Lfe
Marold MacGrath
Indianapolis
Bobbs- Merrill Company
Mr. MacGrath
Edith MacVane
Philadelphia
J. B. Lippincott Company
Newport
Nellie L. McClurg
Hazlitt
Clarence E. Mulford
Bill Howland
Big Sheriff
Gene Stratton-Porter
Freckles
Donnie
Jimmy
Mary
Wabash
Anna McClure Shell
Charles Frederick Holder
Aca
J. A. Henshall
Herbert K. Job
International
M. P. Willcocks
Jess
London Telegraph
Clara Viebig
Germany
Westminster Gazette
Maxime Formont
France
India
Desmond
Kansas City Post
T. B. Clegg
Chicago Record-Herald
Emery Pottle
Dudi
Chicago Post
Fockwood Kipling
Buddha
Christ
Anatole France
Pierre Loti
Bazin
Bourget
Prevost
Barres
I2me
Post. We
Jack London
Upton
Sinclair
Chasterton
Bernard Shaw
Gorky
Henry James
Maeterlinck
Stephen Phillips
Oscar Wilde
W. Compton Leith
Dial
Post
Geylon
Paradise of
Adam
Caroline Corner
Boston Transcript
Liely
Chicago Tribune
Macartney Li Hung Chang
A International T
Saeed
Ail Booksellers
Irom
John ‘Lane Company
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