Not alone in the success in reproducing the antique diction are they remarkable, but in getting the color and atmosphere of the period… In the observation of natural objects, and above all the knowledge of the human heart, is found the promise that this work holds forth… The volume takes high rank in the department which marks the most notable achievements of American letters at the present day.—N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.
How well Miss Rives has sustained and added to the reputation she so suddenly won, we all know, and the permanency of that reputation demonstrates conclusively that her success did not depend upon the lucky striking of a popular fancy, but that it rests upon enduring qualities that are developing more and more richly year by year.—Richmond State.
Miss Rives is a woman of most undoubted power. She has imagination, daring, and an exquisite sense of form.—N. Y. Star.
Three of Miss Amélie Rives’s most brilliant stories… Their quaint old-time manner gives them a peculiar charm.—Philadelphia Bulletin.
Three striking stories of very unusual force and fertility of thought and diction and strong dramatic feeling, added to which is a quick and sympathetic fancy.—N. Y. Sun.
Here is pathos which is not morbid; and though the humor is broad, it is in perfect keeping with the time and the characters of the supposed narrators. These three stories are rich in promise.—Critic, N. Y.
For more reasons than one Miss Rives is seen at her best in old-time tales such as she shows us in this volume. The atmosphere with which these tales are clothed is especially congenial to her, and she can work within its influence with remarkable success.—Brooklyn Times.
It is evident that the author has imagination in an unusual degree, much strength of expression, and skill in delineating character.—Boston Journal.
There are few young writers who begin a promising career with so much spontaneity and charm of expression as is displayed by Miss Rives in this volume.—Literary World, Boston.
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