Cheerful Americans
By CHARLES BATTELL LOOMIS.
With 24 Illustrations by FLORENCE SCOVEL SHINN, FANNY Y. CORY and others. 12mo, $1.25.
¶ Seventeen humorous tales, including three quaint automobile stories, and the "Americans Abroad" series, "The Man of Patty," "Too Much Boy," "The Men Who Swapped Languages," "Veritable Quidors," etc.
N. Y. TIMES SATURDAY REVIEW
says of one of the stories: "IT IS WORTHY OF FRANK STOCKTON." The rest of the notice praises the book.
N. Y. TRIBUNE:
"He is unaffectedly funny, and entertains us from beginning to end."
NATION:
"The mere name and the very cover are full of hope.... This small volume is a safe one to lend to a gambler, an invalid, a hypochondriac, or an old lady; more than safe for the normal man.... The book should fulfil a useful mission on rainy days, and on kerosene-steeped evenings in those spots of earth where men and women do congregate."
N. Y. COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER:
"His opera-bouffe portrayals of American types are distinctly enjoyable. Most of us have met them or their next of kin in real life.... The volume is abundantly illustrated, and the artists have admirably caught the spirit of the author's humor."
BOSTON TRANSCRIPT, 8-19-03:
"A new and very interesting collection.... Of the seventeen stories in the book there is scarcely one not marked by an originality of plot and an abundance of healthful humor.... He who reads the first story will read them all and wish for more."
CHICAGO TRIBUNE:
The title is a stroke of genius. The book is sanely American and one of the cheeriest books published in a long time.... The humor is natural, the characters well drawn, and the style simple and unaffected.... The automobile stories, while distinctly original, suggest Stockton in their serious absurdity.... When Mr. Loomis has written another volume or two like it we will treat him like the other immortal and drop the Mr."
HENRY HOLT & COMPANY,
NEW YORK. (x,'03). CHICAGO.
Some thirty genial satires on subjects of universal interest.