Bell, John Keble (Keble Howard, pseud.). The Smiths: a comedy without a plot. †$1.50. McClure.
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“It is a simple, agreeable story of the lives of two affectionate and well-behaved people from the day when they come back from their wedding journey and begin housekeeping in a snug suburban cottage, to the time when they become grandparents.”—N. Y. Times.
“Mr. Keble Howard has shown us again his keen insight into ordinary human nature and with his sympathetic touch has brought to the surface valuable jewels from unsuspected sources.”
| + | Acad. 70: 140. F. 10, ’06. 320w. | |
| + | Ind. 63: 343. Ag. 8, ’07. 190w. |
“The record of two honest young people who marry on a small income and lead the uninspired life of the solid British middle class, may be quite as tiresome in print as it appears in its suburban villa.”
| − | Nation. 85: 188. Ag. 29, ’07. 170w. |
“Mr. Howard is not only in earnest, but he has also an old-fashioned, tender reverence which is refreshing at a time when that high quality has become somewhat rare. His people are fairly representative of the best members of that great, sterling middle class which at all periods has been the safeguard of English social life.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 337. My. 25, ’07. 450w. |