FREE BOOKS

Author's List




PREV.   NEXT  
|<   72   73   74   75   76   77   78   79   80   81   >>  
Eyes' is an almost perfect example of idealistic realism. It has the soft heart, the clear vision and the boundless faith in humanity that are typical of our American outlook on life."--_Chicago Record-Herald._ "A delicate and artistic study of striking power and literary quality which may well remain the high-water mark in American fiction for the year.... Mr. Harrison definitely takes his place as the one among our younger American novelists of whom the most enduring work may be hoped for."--_Springfield Republican._ STORIES OF CHARM By WILLIAM JOHN HOPKINS THE CLAMMER "It is seldom that one comes upon a bit of fiction which combines so much clever fancy with so much delicacy, or which blends light comedy so skillfully with deep feeling."--_Brooklyn Eagle._ OLD HARBOR "A tale to chuckle over.... It is not often that a reader has an opportunity in the pages of a book to come in touch with such a group of genial and lovable people."--_Minneapolis Journal._ THE MEDDLINGS OF EVE "Brings us once again into touch with those delightful and very human people that we learned to know in 'The Clammer.'"--_The Bookman._ CONCERNING SALLY "The story is at once so human and so unusual that it excites deep interest.... Sally is a real person, a person whose woes and joys the reader cannot choose but share."--_Boston Herald._ A SAFETY MATCH By IAN HAY "Delineates the progress of a marriage of convenience with an agreeably delicate touch." _New York Sun._ "The story is well written and of the variety which, once commenced, keeps the candle burning regardless of the hour until the end." _Boston Herald._ "The 'handsome rectory children' of the early chapters, their vague father, and their muddled but affectionate home life, are things of pure joy." _London Punch._ "Simple, yet strong, and strong because its simplicity is natural, the book will commend itself to all who love sane, wholesome and cheerful fiction." _San Francisco Chronicle._ "There is humor everywhere of the sparkling rather than the gleaming variety, and it makes the book delightful to read." _The Dial._ "Its homely, human humor, and its wonderful narrative of events, both commonplace and extraordinary, hold the interest of the reader unswervingly from the first chapter to the last." _St. Louis Post-Dispatch._ A COUNTRY LAWYER By HENRY A. SHUTE "Rarely do we find a book so full of
PREV.   NEXT  
|<   72   73   74   75   76   77   78   79   80   81   >>  



Top keywords:

Herald

 

fiction

 

American

 

reader

 

people

 

strong

 

variety

 

Boston

 

delightful

 

person


delicate
 

interest

 

children

 
handsome
 
rectory
 
chapters
 

choose

 
affectionate
 

father

 

muddled


burning

 

agreeably

 

convenience

 

progress

 

marriage

 

written

 

Delineates

 

candle

 

SAFETY

 

commenced


natural
 
extraordinary
 
commonplace
 

unswervingly

 

events

 

homely

 

wonderful

 

narrative

 
chapter
 
Rarely

LAWYER

 

Dispatch

 
COUNTRY
 

simplicity

 
commend
 

London

 
Simple
 

sparkling

 

gleaming

 
Chronicle