A very appealing love story dominates this tale of the heroic struggle of a young American electrical engineer and an English girl, against treachery, superstition and open opposition, to harness a great water power and reclaim a wilderness in Ceylon. There is plenty of humor as well as of peril and suspense, and it works up to a climax, the most exciting chapter being the last. The characters, principally American and English, are so well defined that the effect is almost that of a play acted before the reader's eyes.
"Striking and fascinating ... a charming young woman ... the devil dances and the outbreaks of the natives are described with vivid detail ... stands out as a bit of real life."—Boston Transcript.
"A good story ... a fine likeable American man and a charming English girl ... personages standing out clearly ... the stirring action and picturesque setting will help many a pleased reader to compass a verdict of praise."—Chicago Record Herald.
"A vivid romance, combining marked virility with the most delicate play of fancy and of sentiment ... holds the interest from beginning to end. The surprise of the narrative is the consummate ease with which two women writers handle the details of the great electrical power plant and mammoth business enterprise."—San Francisco Chronicle.
THE PILGRIM'S MARCH
By H. H. Bashford
320 pp. 12mo. Third Printing, $1.50.
A happily written English story with a theme of wide appeal. A likable youth with artistic tendencies is converted, for a time at least, to the ways, and works, and daughter of a puritan family. The situation is worked out with humor and in an atmosphere of good breeding.
"Extremely clever and charming."—Prof. Wm. Lyon Phelps of Yale.
"A sureness of touch, a sympathetic understanding that deserve high praise."—The Bookman.