Novel 210: Charlotte Yonge, That Stick (1892)
A meek solicitor’s clerk is unexpectedly elevated to the peerage.
Here is a late work by the great Yonge, for whom see Novels 003, 053, 103, 155.
“That Stick is not only a pleasant, well-told, healthy story, but it is a careful study of a number of characters. . . . Altogether this is one of the best of the . . . novels that Miss Yonge has published.” Academy, April 4, 1892
“‘That Stick’ is an excellent story in its unpretending way. . . . The materials seem unpromising, and the principal characters commonplace; but, though sensational incidents and titanic emotions are conspicuously absent, the book is full of quiet charm. . . . The personages are excellently contrasted, and the portraiture is singularly natural and sympathetic.” Athenaeum, April 16, 1892
A contrasting view:
“As a novel, this book will have more interest for women than for men, and in all probability more interest for school-girls than for women.” Speaker, February 13, 1892
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