Big Game
A Story for Girls
By Mrs George de Horne Vaizey
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A charming little book. The son of the family aspires to be a poet, much
to his father's annoyance: he ought to have a proper job in the family
firm.
His sister hits on a plan to get his work published, which would be a
step in the right direction, one that might help to change the father's
mind. She discovers that the editor of a poetry magazine always takes
a holiday in a very remote hotel in the Scottish highlands, so she books
a holiday for them in the same hotel.
The woman who runs the hotel hates women guests, and isn't very polite
to most people, but they manage to charm her, and get her on their side,
until one Sunday they make the fatal mistake of going to the wrong
church. That eventually passes over. Meanwhile Margot, the heroine,
has been wooing the poetry editor. They go fishing together, and one
day they go for a long walk in which the weather turns nasty. Margot
catches pneumonia and is very ill.
They get back to their homes in London. Margot's lover turns out not to
have been the poetry editor after all, yet somehow young Ron finds that
one of his poems has been published. How this happens is revealed in
the last chapter. An average length book, probably more for girls than
for boys. N.H.
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BIG GAME
A STORY FOR GIRLS