Vintage Review: The Clue
The Clue is Carolyn Wells’ first mystery novel — it’s from 1909 — and possibly her best. Much as I love Carolyn Wells, I’m…
Vintage Review: Prince or Chauffeur?
So, apparently the Williamsons weren’t the only people who wrote about men disguising themselves as chauffeurs — Lawrence Perry did it too. Prince or…
Vintage Review: Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice’s Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch, the second best-selling book of 1902, is basically a grown-up Pollyanna, a decade before…