By AMÉLIE RIVES. Post 8vo, Cloth, Extra, $1 00.
Not alone in the success in reproducing the antique diction are
they remarkable, but in getting the color and atmosphere of the
period… In the observation of natural objects, and above all the
knowledge of the human heart, is found the promise that this work
holds forth… The volume takes high rank in the department which
marks the most notable achievements of American letters at the
present day.--_N. Y. Commercial Advertiser._
How well Miss Rives has sustained and added to the reputation she
so suddenly won, we all know, and the permanency of that reputation
demonstrates conclusively that her success did not depend upon
the lucky striking of a popular fancy, but that it rests upon
enduring qualities that are developing more and more richly year by
year.--_Richmond State._
Miss Rives is a woman of most undoubted power. She has imagination,
daring, and an exquisite sense of form.--_N. Y. Star._
Three of Miss Amélie Rives’s most brilliant stories… Their quaint
old-time manner gives them a peculiar charm.--_Philadelphia
Bulletin._
Three striking stories of very unusual force and fertility of
thought and diction and strong dramatic feeling, added to which is
a quick and sympathetic fancy.--_N. Y. Sun._
Here is pathos which is not morbid; and though the humor is
broad, it is in perfect keeping with the time and the characters
of the supposed narrators. These three stories are rich in
promise.--_Critic_, N. Y.
For more reasons than one Miss Rives is seen at her best in
old-time tales such as she shows us in this volume. The atmosphere
with which these tales are clothed is especially congenial to
her, and she can work within its influence with remarkable
success.--_Brooklyn Times._
It is evident that the author has imagination in an unusual
degree, much strength of expression, and skill in delineating
character.--_Boston Journal._
There are few young writers who begin a promising career with so
much spontaneity and charm of expression as is displayed by Miss
Rives in this volume.--_Literary World_, Boston.