—The Mail and Express, August 10, 1889.
“A Man’s Undoing” is an exceptionally good novel by Mrs. H. Lovett Cameron. It is not written to tickle the palate of the sated reader who is looking only for new sensations, nor is it intended to amuse for a short hour. It preaches no new doctrine; it presents no novelties of character or incident. Its theme is as old as humanity—the burden of story and song through all the ages. But Mrs. Cameron shows that it has lost none of its interest, that its phases may be presented in new aspects, that the conventionalities of modern civilization have not made it less a force in the affairs of men, nor obliterated any of its eternal truths. Its influence over the lives of men and women varies in extent and results, as the men and women vary in character, subject always to variations of condition and environment; therefore it always presents new studies. All the world loves a lover, and no one knows better than Mrs. Cameron how to make a lover most interesting. Especially skillful is she in her delineations of women who love. She paints other women also to fill out her pictures—the narrow-minded old maids and the gossipy matrons, and none of her women are repellingly bad—but her women who love have all the nobility and strength of womanhood. As she deals with noble character, so she deals with the serious affairs of life, of strong emotions, of heart histories, with all their heroism and pathos. “A Man’s Undoing” is admirably constructed. Its lessons will not be lost upon the thoughtful, and it will be read with eager interest by all classes of novel readers.
—Bookseller, Newsdealer and Stationer, August 15, 1899.
This is a good strong story; told with dramatic emphasis. It is not heavy; plenty light enough for summer reading; but the author, Mrs. H. Lovett Cameron, writes with the skill of a trained novelist, as, indeed, she is. How the man came to be undone, as the result of a one-week flirtation—that is for the readers to find out. The lover of a good story will not lay down the book until the last page is turned. The volume appears in a cloth cover of brown, black, red and green. The type is clear and good sized; the paper good, and the pages number 333.—American, August 24, 1899.
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