Conduct of life -- Fiction; Fantasy fiction; Parables
=Observer.=—“A very well-told story; the characters are drawn with
much freshness and clearness of delineation.... Bright and lively
without being flippant. Mr. Turner’s story is decidedly entertaining
and well written, and will probably be popular.”
=Illustrated London News.=—“One reads with unflagging interest. The
great merit lies in the very cool and effective demonstration of
character, and especially of character that is off conventional lines.
The psychology, perhaps, is not very deep, but, in the plane on which
it works, is remarkably given. We have thoroughly enjoyed ‘The
Steeple.’”
=Sunday Times.=—“This is a clever story, lightly told, and although it
concerns religion, the characters, faith, and scepticism is not
preachy, and the interest does not flag.”
=The Scotsman.=—“This story displays a remarkable ingenuity. The book
is cleverly done in the very modern manner, and is always
interesting.”
=Reynolds.=—“‘The Steeple,’ by Reginald Turner, is one of the most
readable novels we have lately had the good fortune to come across.
The religious and clerical element, which enters hugely into the
story, is handled so adroitly that it neither irritates nor bores,
while its latter-day actuality gives the zest of real life to Mr.
Turner’s fiction.”
=Spectator.=—“The work is interesting, and the study of Lester is
decidedly clever and original.”
=Bookman.=—“A story of far more than average merit, strongly imagined
and with considerable craftsmanship.... Emphatically, this is a book
to be read.”
=St. James’s Gazette.=—“Has decided originality and cynicism enough
for the youngest of us. There are many clever touches and characters
that stand out.”
=Truth.=—“Unusually well conceived and described.”
=Speaker.=—“Mr. Turner has shown before that he has a pleasing and
unusual vein of satire. In ‘The Steeple’ he turns his attention to the
worldly and successful Churchman.... The book is full of entertaining
little caricatures, and some good counterfoils to them.... It is sane
and amusing, a most welcome work in these days when satire seems to be
a lost art.”
London: GREENING & CO., Ltd.,
20 Cecil Court, Charing Cross Road.
A BRILLIANT NOVEL
The Comedy of Progress
By REGINALD TURNER,
Author of “Cynthia’s Damages,” etc.
Some Press Opinions.
=Bookman.=—“A political novel of decided interest, picturing modern
society, political method and influences, a really great lady, and a
young man who thinks. Mr. Turner’s style is bright, shrewd, and
trenchant.”
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