Master-man. †$1.50. Lane.
The “master-man” is a country doctor who possesses not only professional skill but the many virtues that have given type-quality to the doctor of fiction. The love interest centers about the doctor’s niece and her two suitors. Virginia is the scene of the story.
“It is not without promise, and parts of it can be read with pleasure.”
+ – Ath. 1906, 2: 363. S. 29. 90w.
“The ‘master man’ would be what the ladies used to call ‘a sweet, pretty little story’ if it had rightly fulfilled its being.”
– + Nation. 83: 246. S. 20, ’06. 480w.
“‘The master man’ is in its modest and simple way, a good story, as well as a true one.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 532. S. 1, ’06. 560w.
“The texture of the story is finely woven, it is only the pattern which is defective.”