KISMET. A Nile Novel.
Opinions, generous tributes to genius, by well-known authors
whose names are withheld.
"Well, I have read 'Kismet,' and it is certainly
very remarkable. The story is interesting,--any
well-told love story is, you know,--but the book
itself is a great deal more so. Descriptively and
sentimentally,--I use the word with entire
respect,--it is, in spots, fairly exquisite. It
seems to me all glowing and overflowing with what
the French call _beaute du diable_.... The
conversations are very clever, and the wit is often
astonishingly like the wit of an accomplished man
of the world. One thing which seems to me to show
promise--great promise, if you will--for the future
is that the author can not only reproduce the
conversation of one brilliant man, but can make two
men talk together as if they _were_ men,--not women
in manly clothes."
"It is a charming book. I have read it twice, and
looked it over again, and I wish I had it all new to
sit up with to-night. It is so fresh and sweet and
innocent and joyous, the dialogue is so natural and
bright, the characters so keenly edged, and the
descriptions so poetic. I don't know when I have
enjoyed any thing more,--never since I went sailing
up the Nile with Harriet Martineau.... You must give
the author love and greeting from one of the
fraternity. The hand that gives us _this_ pleasure
will give us plenty more of an improving quality
every year, I think."
"'Kismet' is indeed a delightful story, the best of
the series undoubtedly."
"If 'Kismet' is the first work of a young lady, as
reported, it shows a great gift of language, and
powers of description and of insight into character
and life quite uncommon.... Of the whole series so
far, I think 'Mercy Philbrick's Choice' is the best,
because it has, beside literary merit, some moral
tone and vigor. Still there are capabilities in the
writer of 'Kismet' even higher than in that of the
writer of 'Mercy Philbrick's Choice.'"
"I liked it extremely. It is the best in the series
so far, except in construction, in which 'Is That
All?' slight as it is, seems to me superior.
'Kismet' is winning golden opinions everywhere. I
have nothing but praises for it, and have nothing
but praise to give it."
"I have read 'Kismet' once, and mean to read it
again. It is thoroughly charming, and will be a
success."
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