_Critic._

"Of all the stories Mr. Crawford has written, it
is the most dramatic, the most finished, the most
compact. . . . The taste which is left in one's mind
after the story is finished is exactly what the
fine reader desires and the novelist intends. . . .
It has no defects. It is neither trifling nor
trivial. It is a work of art. It is
perfect."--_Boston Beacon._

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A CIGARETTE-MAKER'S ROMANCE.

"It is a touching romance, filled with scenes of
great dramatic power."--_Boston Commercial
Bulletin._

"It is full of life and movement, and is one of
the best of Mr. Crawford's books."--_Boston
Saturday Evening Gazette._

"The interest is unflagging throughout. Never has
Mr. Crawford done more brilliant realistic work
than here. But his realism is only the case and
cover for those intense feelings which, placed
under no matter what humble conditions, produce the
most dramatic and the most tragic situations. . . .
This is a secret of genius, to take the most coarse
and common material, the meanest surroundings, the
most sordid material prospects, and out of the
vehement passions which sometimes dominate all
human beings to build up with these poor elements
scenes and passages, the dramatic and emotional
power of which at once enforce attention and awaken
the profoundest interest."--_New York Tribune._

GREIFENSTEIN.

"'Greifenstein' is a remarkable novel, and while
it illustrates once more the author's unusual
versatility, it also shows that he has not been
tempted into careless writing by the vogue of his
earlier books. . . . There is nothing weak or small
or frivolous in the story. The author deals with
tremendous passions working at the height of their
energy. His characters are stern, rugged,
determined men and women, governed by powerful
prejudices and iron conventions, types of a
military people, in whom the sense of duty has
been cultivated until it dominates all othe