Smith, Francis Hopkinson. Old-fashioned folk. Privately printed. R. E. Lee, 212 Summer st., Boston.
7–17373.
“A plea for the simple life of former times;” further it is “an arraignment of selfish independence and self-assertive vulgarity, written with fine scorn of the mere treasure heaper, and it includes a stern hint of what may come from imitating him, and from tolerating the practice by which he helps himself, in both senses of the phrase.” (N. T. Times.)
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| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 418. Je. 29, ’07. 200w. |
Smith, Francis Hopkinson. Romance of an old-fashioned gentleman. †$1.50. Scribner.
7–31210.
“In ‘The romance of an old-fashioned gentleman’ we have the wholesome, noble, self-controlled side of a situation continually presented from the opposite side. A man who can deny himself and his love is shown as a strong, well-developed character—a man who has learned the lesson of life so well that he is able to guide others. His crisis long past, though the hurt is never healed, he grasps in his strong hand a younger man when he faces bitter temptation, and leads him safely through it. The women in the story are the sort Mr. Smith knows as well as Howells knows his kind.”—Outlook.
“A charming story of simple plot and well defined characters.”