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an infinitely more mature skill and more subtle humor than 'Mona Maclean' and a profounder insight into life. The psychology in Dr. Todd's remarkable book is all of the right kind; and there is not in English fiction a more careful and penetrating analysis of the evolution of a woman's mind than is given in Wilhelmina Galbraith; but 'Windyhaugh' is not a book in which there is only one 'star' and a crowd of 'supers.' Every character is limned with a conscientious care that bespeaks the true artist, and the analytical interest of the novel is rigorously kept in its proper place and is only one element in a delightful story. It is a supremely interesting and wholesome book, and in an age when excellence of technique has reached a remarkable level, 'Windyhaugh' compels admiration for its brilliancy of style. Dr. Todd paints on a large canvas, but she has a true sense of proportion."-_Blackwood's Magazine_. "For truth to life, for adherence to a clear line of action, for arrival at the point toward which it has aimed from the first, such a book as 'Windyhaugh' must be judged remarkable. There is vigor and brilliancy. It is a book that must be read from the beginning to the end and that it is a satisfaction to have read."--_Boston Journal_. "Its easy style, its natural characters, and its general tone of earnestness assure its author a high rank among contemporary novelists."--_Chicago Tribune_. "We can cordially eulogize the splendid vitality of the work, its brilliancy, its pathos, its polished and crystalline style, and its remarkable character-painting."--_New York Home Journal_. _MONA MACLEAN, Medical Student_. 12mo, paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00. "A high-bred comedy."--_New York Times_. "'Mona Maclean' is a bright, healthful, winning story."--_New York Mail and Express_. "Mona is a very attractive person, and her story is decidedly well told."--_San Francisco Argonaut_. "A pleasure in store for you if you have not read this volume. The author has given us a thoroughly natural series of events, and drawn her characters like an artist. It is the story of a woman's struggles with her own soul. She is a woman of resource, a strong woman, and her career is interesting from beginning to end."--_New York Herald_. _FELLOW TRAVELLERS_. 12mo, paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00. "The stories are well told; the literary style is above the average, and the character drawing is to be particularly praised.... Alt
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