"Its charm does not depend entirely upon the story, though that is perhaps as entertaining as any Mr. Smith has ever spun, but resides in its exquisite presentations of characters with whom it is a joy to become acquainted."—The Detroit Free Press.
The Under Dog
Illustrated. 12mo, $1.50
"There is, of course, a certain tragic air in the run of them, but no real gloominess ... the optimism and natural good humor of the ingenious and versatile author shining in the saddest and most sentimental pages of the book."—New York Evening Sun.
"Mr. Hopkinson Smith's genius for sympathy finds full expression in his stories of human under dogs of one sort and another ... each serves as a centre for an episode, rapid, vivid, story-telling."—The Nation.
"Mr. Smith shows in the management of the short story, as he has shown so often before, the same command over his material and his instruments which he has shown in his novels."—New York Tribune.
"The touch is always light and delicate but sure, and the pictures presented seem very real."—Philadelphia Public Ledger.
COLONEL CARTER'S
CHRISTMAS
With eight illustrations in color
by F. C. Yohn. 12mo, $1.50
"The story rings true."—Brooklyn Times.