Title: Roland of Altenburg
First published: 1904
Description: “Roland of Altenburg was one of those hereditary princelings of small German principalities who have figured so numerously in latter-day story. Travelling, incognito, he fell in love with a New York girl whose father and fiancé interfered. Personally, we think that they had reason on their side, but the author and Prince Roland scorned them. Recalled to his toy kingdom by the call of duty, Roland grieves royally until the American fair one, the fiancé and a shadowy chaperon obligingly visit Altenburg. Then come exciting, if somewhat illogical, events; and in the end, Edward Mott Woolley, more merciful than most of his confrères, allows his loyal hero to chloroform his sense of duty and make Miss Katherine Barrington of New York, Princess of Altenburg. Readers who have acquired the ‘Prisoner of Zenda’ habit will doubtless read the story with enjoyment.” – Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd reviewing Roland of Altenburg in “Current Fiction,” The Lamp: A Review and Record of Current Literature by Charles Scribner’s Sons, August 1904
LC classification: PZ3.W8857 R