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"It is a book of uncommon characters and end-of-century problems; a story of strength told with interest and conviction.... The book is well worth reading."--Philadelphia Press.

"Miss Twells is evidently a woman of extensive mental resources, who thinks deeply and clearly. Her story commands admiration and consequent attention from the first. There are not many characters, but about the few are clustered events of significance, and their relation to each other and to their own individual development is analyzed with strength and clearness."--Washington Times.


BY MRS. OLIPHANT.