Fourteen stories of love and adventure on sea and land which draw color from the sun, sea, and mountains of the South of France, of Italy and of North Africa. One of the best is “Souvenir de Maupassant” in which the heroine is the beautiful Kabyle girl pictured with all the fascination of her oriental heritage.
“We are glad to have this collection, as it exhibits the author in an unusual rôle, and gives us a larger impression of him.”
| + | Ath. 1907, 2: 686. N. 30. 210w. |
“In ‘Souvenir de Maupassant,’ Mr. Phillpotts offers most of that imaginative suggestion which is the short story’s highest merit; and here he shows himself not merely the patient and eclectic recorder of the scene and the hour, but the artist in description, whose words make nature live again.”
| + | Lond. Times. 6: 251. Ag. 16, ’07. 370w. |
“Here is a miscellany of short stories, in various moods and keys, but of no marked power.”
| + | Nation. 85: 446. N. 14, ’07. 360w. |
“The backgrounds are vivid in color and very realistic.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 655. O. 19, ’07. 20w. |