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Litanies of Life
By Kathleen Watson
Mr T. P. O'Connor, M.P., in The Weekly Sun
("A Book of the Week")
"Fancy a woman ... so gifted, sitting down with the resolve to crush into a few words the infinite tale of all the whole race of her sex can suffer, and you have an idea of what this remarkable book is like.... As wonderful an epitome of a world of sorrow as I have ever read."
"A work of great charm, over which one likes to linger, and dream, and think.... The words flow with that tuneful felicity which belongs more to poetry than to prose."—Liverpool Post.
"The five short, poignant stories which make up this excellent little book, are remarkable for distinction of style, and interesting by reason of the writer's observation of life and character, and the originality of her reflections.... Miss Watson can tell a story in a way to cut the reader to the heart.... The reader of sensibility will find a chastened pleasure in every one of them."—The Morning.
"So real is this first sketch, so human, so sensitively delicate, so successful in its curious mingling of boldness and tenderness, that the reader necessarily imagines it to be autobiographical, believing that only out of actual sorrow could be distilled so true a record of passion and of regret."—The Daily Mail.
"Written in most admirable prose, this collection of five beautiful, though sad stories, will appeal to all lovers of good literature.... It adds to its worth as a clever book the additional charm of being a good one."—Lloyd's Newspaper.