+ − N Y Evening Post p3 O 23 ’20 1900w
“‘The vacation of the Kelwyns’ is a delightful example of Mr Howell’s method and (every creation being a form of confession) a vivid revelation of the man himself. It takes a simple situation, simple people; but this very simplicity makes us feel anew that the drama of human emotions is never simple.” Alexander Black
+ N Y Times p1 O 3 ’20 1950w
“It is a finely wrought out presentation of American life and character, with interesting sketches of the Shakers and of the reaction of their tenets and practices on the minds of ordinary Americans. It is quiet and restrained, but by no means boresome.”
+ Outlook 126:333 O 20 ’20 80w
“The whole affair has the effect, at least, of something altogether casual and artless. Its range and theme are slight; but only one person could have told it, and we who loved that demure and faultless voice may well be grateful that fate has somehow saved one more hearing of it for us, as a surprise.” H. W. Boynton
+ Review 3:534 D 1 ’20 850w
“The ambling graces of the narrative are not a great matter, but it is really interesting to see that a novelist of this true and distinguished talent, at the end of the long span of his career, had still the freshness and the good faith to tell a simple story with simplicity.”
+ The Times [London] Lit Sup p829 D 9 ’20 850w
HOWLAND, LOUIS. Stephen A. Douglas. (Figures from American history) *$2 Scribner