Modern Life and thought: In these days when the publication of merely amusing novels is so rapid, we are glad to welcome a work of fiction which is not a book to be read and forgotten on a railway journey. In “Children of the World (6s: Methuen and Co., London) we have no commonplace novel; rather have we a work which abounds with clever writing. … (description of plot) … We are afraid Mrs. Pinsent has made a mistake in making her opening chapters too lengthy. … with this slight exception the book is above criticism. As a story of modern life and thought, and a study of two opposite types – the Christian and the Agnostic – Mrs. Pinsent’s work is very instructive and provides much food for the reflective mind to digest.
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949