A selfish woman sends emissaries after her runaway orphan niece, with unanticipated consequences.
Here is another novel by Cobb (see Novel 043), just as well-plotted, and witty, and brief as the last.
“In The Dissemblers, Mr. Cobb has constructed an amusing intrigue on the basis of a most ordinary domestic situation. . . . It is continually funny, not in phrase, but in its predicaments.” Academy, November 3, 1900
“The Dissemblers . . . shows that Mr. Cobb has by no means exhausted his large fund of pleasant invention nor abated one jot of his vivacity and sharp staccato treatment. . . . In his limited range it would be hard to find an English novelist to equal Mr. Cobb, and we must cherish all the light comedy that the national temperament allows us.” The Speaker, November 17, 1900
“This is as dainty a comedy of errors as has appeared for many a month. The plot is as meagre as such a web of trifles should be, the portraiture is delicate and truthful, and there is a steady flow of deft and sprightly wit, with several unimpeachably skilful situations.” Saturday Review, November 17, 1900
“Mr. Cobb has proved again in ‘The Dissemblers’ that he is a first-rate author with whom to spend an idle hour. He imposes no tax upon the mind or emotions, and is always amusing and entertaining. All his characters are delightful people who keep doing interesting things with a vengeance, and, however seriously they may take themselves, there is an element of quizzicality in his handling of them that is a direct appeal to the reader’s sense of humor.” Chicago Tribune, November 24, 1900
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