Hagar: : Victorian Era Romance And Feminism (Aura Press)

Of Miss Johnston's latest novel, "Hagar," we are assured that it is "a glowing argument for feminism, a stirring human drama, a piece of noble literature." Reduced to its lowest terms, this means that the book is a plea for greater freedom for women, and a very pleasant story. The first half, indeed, is so pleasant that the reader is vividly reminded of sunny days in his or her own childhood, of long country roads and remote hilltops-a forgotten, dreamlike country, whose features come back,...