+ + − =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 693. Ap. ’07. 460w.
=Bacon, Josephine Dodge Daskam.= Domestic adventures. †$1. Scribner.
“The present story sets forth both the erotic and culinary experiences of three bachelor girls from New York, who decide that their combined resources justify the setting up of a modest establishment in the suburbs somewhere ‘out Greenwich way.’”—Bookm.
“Here is something to be strongly recommended as a panacea for the peculiarly debilitating effects of the servant problem. Somewhat in the form of a diary presumably jotted down from day to day, but occasional lapses into a reminiscent mood, as of one writing it up several years later, considerably disturb the continuity and befog the chatty atmosphere.” G. W. Adams.
“Mrs. Bacon has scored so often by virtue of sheer hard cleverness that it is not to be wondered at if the note grows yet harder and thinner as time goes on.”
“The plot is of soap-bubble texture ... and the whole is told with abundant humor in a style of exceptional simplicity and good taste.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 620. O. 12, ’07. 120w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 653. O. 19, ’07. 60w.
“A mild plot is cleverly managed by the author.”
=Bacon, Mrs. Mary Schell (Dolores Bacon, pseud.)= In high places. †$1.50. Doubleday.
The “high places” are the risky elevations from which scrupulous and unscrupulous actors in high finance manipulate the money market. A business woman of to-day occupies the center of the stage.
“‘In high places,’ in fact, inspires a hope that Mrs. Bacon may go on rather than back, that she may succeed in ridding herself of the shopworn, obvious side of her talent and by clearing her mind of a residue of stock phrases and characters, leave it free to receive her own unhackneyed and genuine impressions.”
“In many respects the novel is disagreeable—in some unnecessarily so—but the plea that it is true to life can be supported, without doubt.”
=Bacon, Mrs. Mary Schell (Dolores Bacon, pseud.)=, ed. Songs every child should know. **90c. Doubleday.
More than a hundred songs with music are grouped here. They include songs of sentiment, folk song, cradle songs, songs of war, national hymns, nonsense songs, patriotic songs, Shakesperian songs and miscellaneous songs. Introductory notes to each song add enlightenment for the child.