America may well be proud, not only for his literary
accomplishments, but for his generous, yet discriminating, love
of his country."--_The Spectator_, London.
"Full of the tenderest human interest, sufficiently dramatic,
with a decided touch of originality."--_Daily News_, Chicago.
"A delightful story; the reader is captivated from the
start."--_New York Globe._
"As a picture it is charming; as a story it has genuine
strength."--_New York Mail._
"Wholly charming from end to end."--_Toronto Globe._
"The story maintains a rare quality of sincerity and
indefinable charm."--_North American_, Philadelphia.
"A most charming story ... one of the most exquisite done in
years."--_Citizen_, Brooklyn.
"A love story that even excels that between Molly Wood and 'The
Virginian.'"--_The Advance_, Chicago.
"We have been wholly charmed with 'Lady Baltimore' and wish
sincerely that it was our luck to read books like it every
day,"--- _Richmond Times-Dispatch._
=How Doth the Simple Spelling Bee=
_Illustrated, decorated cloth, 16mo, $0.50_
"Mr. Wister's humor is always genuine and racy, and in this
little burlesque he fairly riots in absurd specimens of
supersimplified spelling. This fantastic skit is intensely
amusing."--_Outlook._
"It is a clever extravaganza, and points a moral without
possibility of mistake."--_Louisville Post._
"Its spirit is the spirit of pure farce, and the vein of satire
that runs through it only adds to the hilarity of the
tale."--_Critic._
=Philosophy Four=
_Illustrated, decorated cloth, 16mo, $0.50_
"Told well and with a reserve which betokens a ripe literary
craft."--_Daily Chronicle._
"Owen Wister is a born story-teller. If you have ever read any
of his books you have doubtless discovered this for yourself.
In this charming story of undergraduate life at Harvard, Mr.
Wister has shown that he has great skill in character
delineation."--_The Boston Globe._
=The Seven Ages of Washington=
_Cloth, gilt top, 12mo, $2.00_
CRITICAL COMMENDATION
"It is a curious fact that the life of Washington has never been
really easy to write.... But in these matters the character of the
historian means everything.
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