A story of a new and real phase of social life in Boston, skilfully and
daringly handled. There is plenty of life and color abounding, and a
diversity of characters--shop-girls, society belles, men about town,
city politicians, and others. The various schemers and their schemes
will be followed with interest, and there will be some discerning
readers who may claim to recognize in certain points of the story
certain happenings in the shopping and the society circles of the Hub.
"A faithful delineation of real shop-girl life."--_Milwaukee Sentinel_.
"This comes nearer to the actual life of a modern American city, with
all its complexities, than any other work of American fiction. The book
shows an unusual power of observation and a still more unusual power to
concentrate and interpret what is observed."--_St. Louis Star_.
*The Promotion of The Admiral.* By MORLEY ROBERTS, author of "The
Colossus," "The Fugitives," "Sons of Empire," etc.