Howells, William Dean. Miss Bellard’s inspiration. †$1.50. Harper.
“Mr. Howells’ whole ability (and in reading ‘all the new novels’ one learns the worth of such skill as his) is called forth to show three hapless men in three stages of engulfment by affectionate boa-constrictors.” Mary Moss.
– + Atlan. 97: 51. Ja. ’06. 110w.
Howells, William Dean, and Alden, Henry Mills, eds. Under the sunset. Harper’s novelettes. †$1. Harper.
This volume of novelettes includes “The end of the journey,” “The sage-brush hen,” “The prophetess of the land of no-smoke,” “A little pioneer,” “Back to Indiana,” “The gray chieftain,” “The inn of San Jacinto,” “Tio Juan,” and “Jamie the kid.” Mr. Howells says: “In the immense geographical range of these admirable stories, we have some faint indications of the vastness as well as the richness of the field they touch.”
Critic. 49: 93. Jl. ’06. 60w. Dial. 41: 21. Jl. 1, ’06. 60w.
“Many of them exceedingly good, and the variety, within the broad limits of the Western localization and inspiration, is strikingly wide.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 446. Ag. 11, ’06. 230w. Outlook. 83: 483. Je. 23, ’06. 40w.
Hoyt, Arthur Stephen. Work of preaching. **$1.50. Macmillan.