H. C. Chatfield-Taylor

We have rarely found a more perfectly idyllic little love story than this—The Living Church, Chicago.

The story is told with such an airy touch, such a fine sense of humor, such delicate crispness, that the reader is dealt little shocks of pleasure at every successive sentence.—Evening Post, Chicago.

Little books like this, unpretentious, honest in motive, pure in sentiment, and marked by true sympathy are not common in current American literature, and therefore appeal all the more strongly to people who are tired of the didactic, and so relish keenly any representation which depends for its final effect not on preconceived notions of the author, but on fidelity to life.—The Beacon, Boston.

THE BEVERLEYS,

A Story of Calcutta.

As a story of character it is of high and rare merit. Every person who appears in it is outlined with a distinctness of individuality which cannot be mistaken.—The Churchman, New York.

"The Beverleys" is one of the notable novels of the year.... The writer knows life and has met people of breeding.... In Eileen she draws a charming creature whose social adventures in Calcutta will be read with unflagging interest.—The Philadelphia Press.

To have read "Alexia" is to feel a kindly predisposition towards the successor of that charming little book. "The Beverleys" has followed it, and it is perhaps unreasonable to be disappointed at missing in a novel the wild-rose perfume of the story. It is a novel clever in form and style, and in its portraits from Calcutta society. The moods and fascinations of the wild Irish girl and the labyrinths of her naughty heart are prettily described; there are pungent observations on men, women, and manners a plenty; what more would one have.—The Nation, New York.