A NOVEL
By REGINALD TURNER
Author of “The Comedy of Progress” and “Cynthia’s Damages.”
The Times.—“Few readers who take it up will readily lay it down.... Mr. Turner is successful, and his sketches of men, women, and creeds are, generally speaking, humorous, shrewd, and suggestive.”
Outlook.—“A purposeful story altogether out of the common ruck. It is both daring and convincing. The portrait of Frank Lester is surely as coolly relentless a thing as has been done for a long time.... It is excellently and pitilessly done:... We would quote some contingent excellencies. The chief, perhaps, is Mr. Turner’s dash in carrying off an extravagant situation.... His also is the gift of broad, almost farcical characterisation. And to these must be added a brisk turn in narrative, of which scarce a page lack shining example.”
Observer.—“A very well-told story; the characters are drawn with much freshness and clearness of delineation.... Bright and lively without being flippant. Mr. Turner’s story is decidedly entertaining and well written, and will probably be popular.”
Illustrated London News.—“One reads with unflagging interest. The great merit lies in the very cool and effective demonstration of character, and especially of character that is off conventional lines. The psychology, perhaps, is not very deep, but, in the plane on which it works, is remarkably given. We have thoroughly enjoyed ‘The Steeple.’”
Sunday Times.—“This is a clever story, lightly told, and although it concerns religion, the characters, faith, and scepticism is not preachy, and the interest does not flag.”
The Scotsman.—“This story displays a remarkable ingenuity. The book is cleverly done in the very modern manner, and is always interesting.”
Reynolds.—“‘The Steeple,’ by Reginald Turner, is one of the most readable novels we have lately had the good fortune to come across. The religious and clerical element, which enters hugely into the story, is handled so adroitly that it neither irritates nor bores, while its latter-day actuality gives the zest of real life to Mr. Turner’s fiction.”