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The regeneration of a faulty character through association with
dignified, honest work and simple, sincere people is the theme which Mr.
Phillpotts has chosen for his latest novel. Always an artist, he has, in
this book, made what will perhaps prove to be his most notable
contribution to literature. Humor and a genuine sympathetic
understanding of the human soul are reflected throughout it. The scene
is largely laid in a pottery, and the reader is introduced in the course
of the action to the various processes in the art. The central figure
is a lad who, having escaped from a reform school, has sought shelter
and work in the pottery. Under the influence of the gentle, kindly folk
of the community he comes in a measure to realize himself.
"It touches lightly upon love, upon the pathos of old age, upon the
workman's passion for his work, upon the artist's worship of his art,
upon an infinite variety of human ways and moods, and it is filled to
its depths with reflections upon life that are very near to life itself.
It is Mr. Phillpotts at his characteristic best."--_Boston Transcript_.
"The daily bread of life is in this book ... magnificently written, ...
absorbingly interesting, and holds that element of surprise which is
never lacking in the work of the true story teller. It is a book for
which to be frankly grateful, for it holds matter for many hours'
enjoyment.--_New York Times_.