The Phantoms of the Foot-Bridge, and Other StoriesCraddock, Charles Egbert
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The Phantoms of the Foot-Bridge, and Other Stories
Craddock, Charles Egbert
Cumberland Mountains -- Fiction; Mountain life -- Fiction; Tennessee -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
Mr. Du Maurier has written his tale with such originality,
unconventionality, and eloquence, such rollicking humor and
tender pathos, and delightful play of every lively fancy, all
running so briskly in exquisite English and with such vivid
dramatic picturing, that it is only comparable ... to the
freshness and beauty of a spring morning at the end of a
dragging winter.... It is a thoroughly unique story.--_N. Y.
Sun_.
PETER IBBETSON. With an Introduction by his Cousin, Lady * * * * *
("Madge Plunket"). Edited and Illustrated by GEORGE DU MAURIER. Post
8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1 50.
That it is one of the most remarkable books that have appeared
for a long time is, however, indisputable.--_N. Y. Tribune_.
There are no suggestions of mediocrity. The pathos is true, the
irony delicate, the satire severe when its subject is unworthy,
the comedy sparkling, and the tragedy, as we have said,
inevitable. One or two more such books, and the fame of the
artist would be dim beside that of the novelist.--_N. Y. Evening
Post_.
PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK.
_The above works are for sale by all booksellers, or will be sent by the
publishers, postage prepaid, to any part of the United States, Canada,
or Mexico, on receipt of the price._
BY MARY E. WILKINS.
PEMBROKE. A Novel. Illustrated. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1 50.
JANE FIELD. A Novel. Illustrated. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1 25.
YOUNG LUCRETIA, and Other Stories. Illustrated. Post 8vo, Cloth,
Ornamental, $1 25.
A NEW ENGLAND NUN, and Other Stories. l6mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1 25.
A HUMBLE ROMANCE, and Other Stories. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1 25.
GILES COREY, YEOMAN. Illustrated. 32mo, Cloth, Ornamental, 50 cents.
We have long admired Miss Wilkins as one of the most powerful,
original, and profound writers of America; but we are bound to
say that "Pembroke" is entitled to a higher distinction than
the critics have awarded to Miss Wilkins's earlier productions.
As a picture of New England life and character, as a story of
such surpassing interest that he who begins is compelled to
finish it, as a work of art without a fault or a deficiency, we
cannot see how it could possibly be improved.--_N.Y. Sun_.
The simplicity, purity, and quaintness of these stories set them
apart in a niche of distinction where they have no
rivals.--_Literary World_, Boston.
Nowhere are there to be found such faithful, delicately drawn,
sympathetic, tenderly humorous pictures.--_N. Y. Tribune_.
The charm of Miss Wilkins's stories is in her intimate
acquaintance and comprehension of humble life, and the sweet
human interest she feels and makes her readers partake of, in
the simple, common, homely people she draws.--_Springfield
Republican_.
PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK.
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