Old and Young in Elizabeth’s Days by G. M. Alexander.
London: C. J. Farnecombe & Sons Ltd., 30 Imperial Buildings, Ludgate Circus, E.C.4. Price 3/-.
This is one of the most interesting books we have ever read on the Puritan period. Miss Alexander has command of a style that is out of the common track. She has an eye for picturesque phrases and makes use of them with skill. The religious atmosphere of the home life of the men, women, and boys she describes is transferred to her pages. While writing a book about the Old and Young in Elizabeth’s Days she has produced a book which makes an appeal to old and young. It gives us great pleasure to call attention to this book which we have read with interest and from which we have derived instruction. We should like to see Miss Alexander turning to the land of her forefathers and writing an account of the men, women, boys and girls of the Scottish Reformation and Covenanting periods.