Not one story, but a number of charming storyettes, terse, snappy and absorbingly interesting....
There is a delightful pen sketch of a woman of small means who aspires to a connection with the smart set. Her attempts to disguise the true state of affairs from her out-of-town friends are laughable; but the fun becomes tinged with pathos when she borrows a furnished mansion for an evening, and a rich relative, invited to dine with her, uncloaks the pitiable fraud....
The promising boy and the fond patroness are the chief characters in another brilliant character study in “Queer People.”...
12mo., Cloth. Price, $1.00.
STREET AND SMITH, New York and London
THE STORY OF A HOPELESS LOVE.