NOTICES OF THE PRESS.
‘On the pressing social problems of the day he has much to say that is well worth listening to. There is a force of characterization in Mr. Ritchie’s sketches and a passion for human sympathy pervading his whole work.’—The New Age.
‘A thoroughly interesting romance.’—Publishers’ Circular.
‘The story is refreshing and powerful, and the characters well drawn and carefully studied. The heroine is a charming, clever, and popular actress, and with commendable courage the author endows her with a still higher attribute—that of true, earnest Christianity. Wentworth, preacher and journalist, is another attractive and lifelike character. The scenes through which Mr. Ritchie guides his characters are many and varied, and whether we take him in his description of theatrical life, press life, in his graphically depicted election scenes of fifty years ago, or in the strong and painful realism of his “low life,” he shows the same master hand.’—Belfast Northern Whig.
‘There is much that is interesting, and may be read with profit.’
Weekly Times and Echo.
‘It is interesting reading, and exhibits this popular writer’s facility and graphic power.’—Inquirer.
‘It is quite refreshing to read Mr. Ritchie’s new book.’—Bookseller.
‘Among the lower walks of journalism he treads upon comparatively new ground, and this picture has the witness of truth upon it. This, after all, is what we ask from the novelist—a true picture of real life.’—Literary World.
‘Free from the suspicion of dulness—always readable and often racy.’