A Novelette. BY BLANCHE WILLIS HOWARD. Illustrated by CHARLES S.
REINHART. 16mo, Cloth, $1 00.
"'Tony, the Maid,' is not only one of the best
pieces of work Miss Howard has yet done, but it is
one of the very best short stories of the year.
Tony herself is an original creation. There is no
maid like Tony in all fiction; and she is,
moreover, the only good thing, which is neither
superlatively beautiful nor emphatically a bore,
or both, that has come out of the Canton of
Lucerne since the days of William Tell. Even the
insatiate archer, when he is not mythical, is a
trifle wearing to the average mind, but Tony is
never tiresome and always grand.
"As a short story Miss Howard's 'Tony, the Maid'
has but one fault. It is too short. There is not
enough of Tony. She makes her exit too suddenly
and too completely. It is consoling to know,
however, that Miss Zschorcher is some day coming
to America as Mrs. Eduard Maler. Perhaps Tony the
Maid may figure as Tony the Matron and Tony the
Mother. Knowing her duty to her gracious Fraeulein,
no doubt she will."
A bright and lively sketch of an American woman
abroad, and characterized throughout by keen and
forcible phraseology and a very symmetrical
construction.--_N. Y. Commercial Advertiser._
This is a very clever satire on one of the phases
of modern society, and the tale is told in a most
charming manner.--_Albany Press._
It is a long time since we have met with anything
so charming, so refreshing, so droll. . . . Read
this book once, and one wants to turn back and read
it again.--_N. Y. Star._
Mr. Reinhart's illustrations greatly enhance the
interest of the novelette.--_Buffalo Commercial
Advertiser._
A story written in a style as simple as that which
Miss Howard has adopted in this novelette is sure
to find many readers. The story is well told and
attractive.--_Troy Press._
"Tony, the Maid," is safe for a great success with
the lovers of the bright and dainty in literature.
It is prettily bound, and uncommonly cleverly
illustrated.--_N. Y. Graphic._
The story is told with infinite humor and with not
a little pathos, and it will well repay
perusal.--_Philadelphia Telegraph._
The plot is new, the characters are fresh, and the
handling is spirited and brisk. No one who
commences this little book will stop reading until
the end is reached.--_Chicago Journal._
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