A Horseman of the Plains
Mr. W. L. Courtney in the DAILY TELEGRAPH.—“‘The Virginian’ represents the best work of a writer not only of uncommon virility, but possessed also of a stage-craft, and of a literary manner which are in their way quite admirable.... The best of Mr. Wister’s novel is that this hero of his, ‘The Virginian,’ is actually so real and vital, so throbbing with the red blood in his veins, that we should recognise him if we ever had the good fortune to meet him.... In Mr. Owen Wister’s book the scenery, the incidents, the graphic and absorbing narrative, the sense of atmosphere, are without exception on a high and spirited plane. Quotations are useless in a book like this. It is written all in one piece; it has a central unity of its own, and from such a whole you cannot detach parts. It is, in truth, a remarkable piece of work, quite as good, in its way, as Mr. Churchill’s ‘The Crisis,’ and quite as well worth reading.”
PALL MALL GAZETTE.—“One of the best novels that have appeared for some time, and we advise everyone who is in need of a novel of incident and freshness to buy, borrow, or steal ‘The Virginian.’”
ST. JAMES’S GAZETTE.—“A rattling good story.”
DAILY GRAPHIC.—“A very fine novel.”
S. R. CROCKETT
Price 6s.
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