“The tale in its mingled tragedy and comedy is admirable and holds the attention. The people are alive and interesting. This book ranks high.”—New York Herald

“No one who has once begun to read ‘The Beacon’ will fail to read eagerly to the end.”—New York Evening Mail

“As a prose poem of great beauty, those parts that sing the beauty of Cosdon will delight the reader.”—Chicago Evening Post

“A problem worked out in a way that must fascinate any thoughtful reader.”—Chicago Record Herald

“There is a flavor of a whole portion of humanity in Mr. Phillpotts’ men of the soil that makes his novels much more than passing fiction. There is also the aroma, the color, the austerity of the moors that creates an atmosphere long remembered. Both will be found at their best in ‘The Beacon.’”—Boston Herald

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Gilbert K. Chesterton

Author of “The Innocence of Father Brown,” “Heretics,” “Orthodoxy,” etc.