It is brief, but beautiful and strong. It is as charming a piece of pure
idealism as ever came from Mr. Crawford’s pen.”--_Chicago Tribune._
=SARACINESCA.=--“The work has two distinct merits, either of which would
serve to make it great: that of telling a perfect story in a perfect
way, and of giving a graphic picture of Roman society.... The story is
exquisitely told, and is the author’s highest achievement, as yet, in
the realm of fiction.”--_The Boston Traveler._
=SANT’ ILARIO (A Sequel to Saracinesca).=--“A singularly powerful and
beautiful story.... It fulfils every requirement of artistic fiction. It
brings out what is most impressive in human action, without owing any of
its effectiveness to sensationalism or artifice. It is natural, fluent
in evolution, accordant with experience, graphic in description,
penetrating in analysis, and absorbing in interest.”--_The New York
Tribune._
=DON ORSINO (A Sequel to Saracinesca and Sant’ Ilario).=--“Offers
exceptional enjoyment in many ways, in the fascinating absorption of
good fiction, in the interest of faithful historic accuracy, and in
charm of style. The ‘New Italy’ is strikingly revealed in ‘Don
Orsino.’”--_Boston Budget._
=WITH THE IMMORTALS.=--“The strange central idea of the story could have
occurred only to a writer whose mind was very sensitive to the current
of modern thought and progress, while its execution, the setting it
forth in proper literary clothing, could be successfully attempted only
by one whose active literary ability should be fully equalled by his
power of assimilative knowledge, both literary and scientific, and no
less by his courage, and so have a fascination entirely new for the
habitual reader of novels. Indeed, Mr. Crawford has succeeded in taking
his readers quite above the ordinary plane of novel interest.”--_The
Boston Advertiser._
=GREIFENSTEIN.=--” ... Another notable contribution to the literature of
the day. Like all Mr. Crawford’s work, this novel is crisp, clear, and
vigorous, and will be read with a great deal of interest.”--_New York
Evening Telegram._
=A CIGARETTE-MAKER’S ROMANCE and KHALED.=--“It is a touching romance,
filled with scenes of great dramatic power.”--_Boston Commercial
Bulletin._
“It abounds in stirring incidents and barbaric picturesqueness; and the
love struggle of the unloved Khaled is manly in its simplicity and noble
in its ending.”--_The Mail and Express._
=THE WITCH OF PRAGUE.=--“The artistic skill with which this extraordinary
story is constructed and carried out is admirable and delightful.... Mr.
Crawford has scored a decided triumph, for the interest of the tale is
sustained throughout.... A very remarkable, powerful, and interesting
story.”--_New York Tribune._
=VIA CRUCIS (A Romance of the Second Crusade).=--“Throughout ‘Via Crucis’
the author shows not only the artist’s selective power and a sense of
proportion and comparative values, but the Christian’s instinct for
those things that it is well to think upon.... Blessed is the book that
exalts, and ‘Via Crucis’ merits that beatitude.”--_New York Times._
=IN THE PALACE OF THE KING (A Love Story of Old Madrid).=--“Marion
Crawford’s latest story, ‘In the Palace of the King,’ is quite up to the
level of his best works for cleverness, grace of style, and sustained
interest. It is, besides, to some extent, a historical story, the scene
being the royal palace at Madrid, the author drawing the characters of
Philip II. and Don John of Austria, with an attempt, in a broad
impressionist way, at historic faithfulness. His reproduction of the
life at the Spanish court is as brilliant and picturesque as any of his
Italian scenes, and in minute study of detail is, in a real and valuable
sense, true history.”--_The Advance._
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