bria)

"One of the most artistic and exquisitely finished pieces of work
that Crawford has produced. The picturesque setting, Calabria and
its surroundings, the beautiful Sorrento and the Gulf of Salerno,
with the bewitching accessories that climate, sea, and sky afford,
give Mr. Crawford rich opportunities to show his rare descriptive
powers. As a whole the book is strong and beautiful through its
simplicity, and ranks among the choicest of the author's many fine
productions."--_Public Opinion._

A Cigarette Maker's Romance and Khaled, a Tale of Arabia (Munich)

"Two gems of subtle analysis of human passion and
motive."--_Times._

"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._

Arethusa (Constantinople)

Dr. Cooper, in _The Bookman_, once gave to Mr. Crawford the title
which best marks his place in modern fiction: "the prince of
storytellers."

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Mr. F. MARION CRAWFORD'S NOVELS

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A Tale of a Lonely Parish

"It is a pleasure to have anything so perfect of its kind as this
brief and vivid story.... It is doubly a success, being full of
human sympathy, as well as thoroughly artistic in its nice
balancing of the unusual with the commonplace, the clever
juxtaposition of innocence and guilt, comedy and tragedy,
simplicity and intrigue."--_Critic._

Dr. Claudius. A True Story

The scene changes from Heidelberg to New York, and much of the
story develops during the ocean voyage.

"There is a satisfying quality in Mr. Cr