Amazon.com description: Product Description: “A Fair Barbarian is an excellent little story. Without the passion which Mrs. Burnett showed she could powerfully portray in That Lass O' Lowries, it shoes minuteness of observation combined with a freshness amounting to originality. There is, too, a touch of humor of that delicate kind which Mrs. Gaskell possessed so richly — Indeed, the early part of Mrs. Burnett's story will probably remind every reader of Cranford. The brilliancy of the contrast between the pretty, fashionable American girl and the staid society into which she is plunged at her aunt's in a small town in England is the essence of the happy invention upon which the book depends. The story is short enough to prevent the effect from losing any of its brightness, and it is an artistic touch which brings the tale to an end so as to raise a smile and complete the general impression of lightness and vivacity. Not content with the fair barbarian alone, Mrs. Burnett has given a picture of another charming girl of the opposite kind, an English home-staying young lady, timid, tender-hearted, and stanch. Both are so admirably drawn and so fascinating that one hardly knoes which to prefer.”

—The Athenaeum.