The story is often pathetic, sometimes dramatic, and always convincing. It is wholesome reading to all, and instructive to those who are led to wrongly believe that the church and its pastors do not make sacrifices for, and are not in sympathy with, the poor of the world.—Chicago Record.
The book abounds in powerful and convincing arguments for righteousness and truth, and the young preacher with the lofty ideals, though a pathetic figure in his loneliness, commands respect for his self-forgetfulness in a noble cause.—Literary World, Boston.
A fine piece of realistic writing. The duty of the Christian and the Christian minister is clearly unfolded.—Herald, Chicago.
TALES FROM THE ÆGEAN.
By DEMETRIOS BIKÉLAS.
Translated by Leonard Eckstein Opdycke. With an Introduction by Henry Alonzo Huntington.
16mo, 258 pages. Price, $1.00.
The tales in this volume have a special value in that they reflect the Greek life, thought, and feeling of to-day. They have, moreover, a universal interest for their merit as works of literary art. They are simple, pure, and elevating. Though tinged now and then with melancholy, their melancholy is of the kind that, instead of depressing, buoys up and elevates the reader.—Commercial Gazette, Cincinnati.
This dainty little book is composed of several tales based upon the life and customs of the inhabitants of the Ægean. It opens up a new and attractive field of interest, made all the more fascinating by the strength and vividness of the sketches, and the reality and truth portrayed in the characters, which the translator has carefully preserved throughout.—Public Opinion.