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phase of life especially aggressive in our own time, but peculiar to
no single period ... there is an underlying power in the book that
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Post._
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startling developments. Any story so plainly out of the beaten path
deserves the attention of the reading public."--_Cleveland Plain
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"'Other People's Houses' is a striking and absorbing study of
character, and is an effective introduction to a writer whose ability
will doubtless place her among the very few American novelists of
importance."--_New York Times._
BY MARY S. WATTS
THE LEGACY
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'The Legacy.'"--_New York Globe._
"It is a story exceptionally well told, reaching and maintaining a
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very highest rank of modern authors."--_Salt Lake Tribune._
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A Modern Chronicle _Illustrated_
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Mr. Crewe's Career _Illustrated_
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The Celebrity _An Episode_
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