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A deliciously funny book. Chicago Tribune. There is a laugh on nearly every page. New York Times. Most decidedly an unusual story. The dialogue is nothing if not original, and the characters are very unique. There is something striking on every page of the book. Newark Advertiser. A more vivacious light novel could not be found. Chicago Record-Herald. Illustrated by I.H. Caliga. 360 pages. 12mo.
Atlantic Monthly: There is so much real fire in it the fire of youth that has seen and suffered so much vitality and passion that one grows chary of petty comments. The writer offers us the cup of life, and there is blood in the cup. Chicago Record-Herald: An almost perfect tale of courage and adventure.
This amazing story of the strange revenge of Sir Wingrave Seton, who suffered imprisonment for a crime he did not commit rather than defend himself at a woman's expense, "will make the most languid alive with expectant interest," says the Chicago Record-Herald. A story of absorbing interest turning on a complicated plot worked out with dexterous craftsmanship.
Of such order is the Countess Claverley, made whimsically real and lovable in the recent book by Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler and A.L. Felkin, 'Kate of Kate Hall." Chicago Record-Herald. "'Kate of Kate Hall' is a novel in which Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler displays her brilliant abilities at their best.
Porter's answer was the issuing of such books as "Music of the Wild" and "Moths of the Limberlost." No argument is necessary. Mr. Edward Shuman, formerly critic of the Chicago Record-Herald, was impressed by this method of work and pointed it out in a review. It appealed to Mr.
"A thoroughly good novel." Boston Globe. "Wrings tears and laughter." Record-Herald, Chicago. "Absorbing, thoughtful novel." Kansas City Journal. "Full of movement and passion." Standard, Chicago. "It is human to the very core." Nashville American. "Excellent character creation." St. Louis Republic. "Wholesome and strengthening." Albany Press. "Rich in humor and good sense."
The stories are all true to life, and mixed with the excitement there is a wealth of humor and pathos. "There is a dash about 'A Yellow Journalist' that exhilarates like a fresh breeze on a sharp winter morning." Chicago Record-Herald. "The book is bright and entertaining." Minneapolis Tribune.
"Robert W. Chambers' stories of the revolutionary period in particular show a care in historic detail that put them in a different class from the rank and file of colonial novels." "A stirring tale well told and absorbing. It is not a book to forget easily and it will for many throw new light on a phase of revolutionary history replete with interest and appeal." Chicago Record-Herald.
Leslie's Weekly. "A collection that for all-round excellence and interest will be hard to duplicate." Chicago Record-Herald. With illustrations by W.J. AYLWARD and H. REUTERDAHL 12mo, $1.50 "Sea stories of the kind you can't help liking. Stirring, heart-moving yarns of the Gloucester fishermen who brave death daily in pursuit of their calling." Chicago Record-Herald.
He has made a fortune out of his papers on the theory that the people care more for news than for politics. Mr. Adolph Hallgren is the editor-in-chief of Stockholms-Tidningen, and the managing editor is Mr. F. Zethraens, who studied journalism in the office of the Chicago Record-Herald.
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