Eight O'clock and Other Studies
Cloth, 12mo., $1.00
Mr. Ervine presents in this book a remarkable collection of intimate human studies. These short sketches, seventeen in number, are rare bits of realism, truthful pictures of the life of the common people.
"If evidence were needed, these short stories are sufficient to prove that the best in fiction may sometimes be put into the briefest form."—Boston Transcript.
"The author is an artist in life and an economist in expression."—New York Globe.
"This little book of 'Studies' presents a very considerable variety both of treatment and of theme.... Contains in miniature the substance of many large and imposing books; it is at once artistic, thoughtful, and significant."—New York Times.
"Practically all the sketches are written in a humorous vein, but the opening one, 'Eight O'Clock,' is a little tragedy in dialogue that is very touching. The book should afford a great deal of amusement for the discriminating reader who knows good work when he perceives it."—Springfield Republican.
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Transcriber's note:
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