Alice-for-short
By William De Morgan. 4th Printing. $1.75.
The experiences, some of them decidedly dramatic, of a London waif, the artist who was kind to her, and of his family and friends.
Dial: "'Joseph Vance' was far and away the best novel of the year, and of many years.... Mr. De Morgan's second novel proves to be no less remarkable, and equally productive of almost unalloyed delight.... The reader is hereby warned that if he skims 'Alice-for-short' it will be to his own serious loss. The cream reaches to the dregs.... A story of extraordinary interest.... A remarkable example of the art of fiction at its noblest."
N. Y. Times Review: "He is no more afraid to set down the little language of lovers and children and mothers than he is to deal with murder or suicide or ghosts.... These two novels of his seem to us to prove not only that the English novel is not dead, but that it is safe to develop on the lines laid down by the old masters."
Henry Holt and Company | ||
| Publishers | (vi, '07) | New York |