Novel 216: Thomas Cobb, Mrs. Latham's Extravagance (1915)
One woman is betrayed by her lover; another repents having betrayed hers.
Here is another unassuming novel by the unsung Thomas Cobb (see Novels 043, 146).
“Mr. Cobb’s books . . . bear the stamp of a scholarly mind, and are not concerned with intrigues and plots and harrowing scenes. They concern, on the contrary, delightful groups of people of the aristocratic and upper middle class, with a quite probable plot that in no way strains the imagination. . . . ‘Mrs. Latham’ is every bit as good as any of her predecessors.” Aberdeen Daily Journal, January 18, 1915
“The story . . . is sure to please a host of readers, who will, moreover, be agreeably tickled by not a few of Mr. Cobb’s favourite little problems.” Academy, February 13, 1915
A contrasting view:
“A readable, if somewhat slight story.” Athenaeum, March 27, 1915
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