“The vein is one of mild social satire; the touch is light and easy; and here also is the charm of imagination and fancy.”
+ Outlook 124:430 Mr 10 ’20 80w
“We should like to congratulate the author on his success in a rather limited style of fiction. We can remember nothing in English at all equal to it since Dr Garnett’s ‘Twilight of the gods,’ while it has much in common with Anatole France in the satire of the foibles of the philosopher which lies at its root. It may be perceived we are giving Mr Phillpotts high praise.”
+ Sat R 129:40 Ja 10 ’20 150w
“A pretty, though often rather cheap, little story.”
+ − |Spec 123:822 D 13 ’19 100w
“Mr Phillpotts’s literary cunning makes an agreeable tale out of all this—picturesque and quietly humorous.”
+ The Times [London] Lit Sup p697 N 27 ’19 100w
PHILLPOTTS, EDEN. Miser’s money. *$2 Macmillan
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