Salve Venetia, gleanings from Venetian history; vol. ICrawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
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Salve Venetia, gleanings from Venetian history; vol. I
Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
Venice (Italy) -- History
“Don’t miss reading Marion Crawford’s new novel, ‘A Rose of
Yesterday.’ It is brief, but beautiful and strong. It is as
charming a piece of pure idealism as ever came from Mr. Crawford’s
pen.”--_Chicago Tribune._
=SARACINESCA.=--“The work has two distinct merits, either of which
would serve to make it great: that of telling a perfect story in a
perfect way, and of giving a graphic picture of Roman society....
The story is exquisitely told, and is the author’s highest
achievement, as yet, in the realm of fiction.”--_The Boston
Traveler._
=SANT’ ILARIO (A Sequel to Saracinesca).=--“A singularly powerful and
beautiful story.... It fulfils every requirement of artistic
fiction. It brings out what is most impressive in human action,
without owing any of its effectiveness to sensationalism or
artifice. It is natural, fluent in evolution, accordant with
experience, graphic in description, penetrating in analysis, and
absorbing in interest.”--_The New York Tribune._
=DON ORSINO (A Sequel to Saracinesca and Sant’ Ilario).=--“Offers
exceptional enjoyment in many ways, in the fascinating absorption
of good fiction, in the interest of faithful historic accuracy, and
in charm of style. The ‘New Italy’ is strikingly revealed in ‘Don
Orsino.’”--_Boston Budget._
=WITH THE IMMORTALS.=--“The strange central idea of the story could
have occurred only to a writer whose mind was very sensitive to the
current of modern thought and progress, while its execution, the
setting it forth in proper literary clothing, could be successfully
attempted only by one whose active literary ability should be fully
equalled by his power of assimilative knowledge, both literary and
scientific, and no less by his courage, and so have a fascination
entirely new for the habitual reader of novels. Indeed, Mr.
Crawford has succeeded in taking his readers quite above the
ordinary plane of novel interest.”--_The Boston Advertiser._
=GREIFENSTEIN.=--” ... Another notable contribution to the literature
of the day. Like all Mr. Crawford’s work, this novel is crisp,
clear, and vigorous, and will be read with a great deal of
interest.”--_New York Evening Telegram._
=A CIGARETTE-MAKER’S ROMANCE and KHALED.=--“It is a touching romance,
filled with scenes of great dramatic power.”--_Boston Commercial
Bulletin._
“It abounds in stirring incidents and barbaric picturesqueness; and
the love struggle of the unloved Khaled is manly in its simplicity
and noble in its ending.”--_The Mail and Express._
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