Chapter 28

"No stronger novel pleading the cause of woman has yet been written than 'The Precipice.'"--_Los Angeles Times._

"The author knows life and human nature thoroughly, and she has written out of ripened perceptions and a full heart ... a book which men and women alike will be better for reading, of which any true hearted author might be proud."--_Chicago Record Herald._

"So absolutely true to life that it is hard to consider it fiction."--_Boston Post._

By HENRY SYDNOR HARRISON

V. V.'S EYES

"'V. V.'s Eyes' is a novel of so elevated a spirit, yet of such strong interest, unartificial, and uncritical, that it is obviously a fulfillment of Mr. Harrison's intention to 'create real literature.'"--_Baltimore News._

"In our judgment it is one of the strongest and at the same time most delicately wrought American novels of recent years."--_The Outlook._

"'V. V.'s Eyes' is an almost perfect example of idealistic realism. It has the soft heart, the clear vision and the boundless faith in humanity that are typical of our American outlook on life."--_Chicago Record-Herald._

"A delicate and artistic study of striking power and literary quality which may well remain the high-water mark in American fiction for the year.... Mr. Harrison definitely takes his place as the one among our younger American novelists of whom the most enduring work may be hoped for."--_Springfield Republican._

By Mrs. Romilly Fedden

THE SPARE ROOM

"A bride and groom, a villa in Capri, a spare room and seven guests (assorted varieties) are the ingredients which go to make this thoroughly amusing book."--_Chicago Evening Post._

"Bubbling over with laughter ... distinctly a book to read and chuckle over."--_Yorkshire Observer._

"Mrs. Fedden has succeeded in arranging for her readers a constant fund of natural yet wildly amusing complications."--_Springfield Republican._

"A clever bit of comedy that goes with spirit and sparkle, Mrs. Fedden's little story shows her to be a genuine humorist.... She deserves to be welcomed cordially to the ranks of those who can make us laugh."--_New York Times._

"Brimful of rich humor."--_Grand Rapids Herald._

By Meredith Nicholson

OTHERWISE PHYLLIS

"The most delightful novel-heroine you've met in a long time. You like it all, but you love Phyllis."--_Chicago Inter-Ocean._

"A true-blue, genuine American girl of the 20th century."--_Boston Globe._

"Phyllis is a fine creature.... 'Otherwise Phyllis' is a 'comfortable, folksy, neighborly tale' which is genuinely and unaffectedly American in its atmosphere and point of view."--_Hamilton Wright Mabie, in the Outlook._

"'Phil' Kirkwood--'Otherwise Phyllis'--is a creature to welcome to our hearth, not to our shelf, for she does not belong among the things that are doomed to become musty."--_Boston Herald._

"Phyllis is a healthy, hearty, vivacious young woman of prankish disposition and inquiring mind.... About the best example between book covers of the American girl whose general attitude toward mankind is one of friendliness."--_Boston Advertiser._

By Grant Richards

VALENTINE

"A far better novel than its predecessor, 'Caviare.'"--_London Athenæum._

"Cheeriness, youth, high spirits and the joy of life--these are the principal ingredients of this novel."--_London Telegraph._

"In 'Valentine' the action is laid almost wholly in London, with occasional week ends at Paris.... 'Valentine' is a good story about enjoyably human people, told with the rich personal charm of the accomplished raconteur."--_Boston Transcript._

"Its details and all the actions of all connected with its details are worked out with a realistic thoroughness that makes the story seem a piece of recorded history.... Distinctly light reading, clever, engaging, skillfully wrought."--_Churchman._

By Sarah Morgan Dawson

A CONFEDERATE GIRL'S DIARY

"A living voice from the past of the Civil War comes to us from the pages of 'A Confederate Girl's Diary.'... It is fascinatingly interesting, a volume of real life.... A very human document, and one remarkably mature and just, to have been written by so young a girl in times so trying."--_Chicago Tribune._

"No such intimate diary of the war from a woman's point of view has yet been given to the world, and certainly no diary of such unusual literary merit."--_San Francisco Argonaut._

"We can but wonder that this maiden of the sixties could have created and left to posterity such an adequate, convincing and psychologically perfect portrayal of a woman of the South in the era that closed with the surrender at Appomattox.... Not a page of the story could be spared. No one can wonder at the intense courage and bravery of the Southern soldiers after reading with what passionate faith and devotion these fiery-hearted Southern women sent them into battle."--_Boston Transcript._

By Mary Johnston

HAGAR

"Hagar will stand out as one of the splendid woman characters of modern fiction--serene and strong, an ideal feminist and a thorough American."--_Portland (Me.) Telegram._

"A splendid story ... not the least part of its charm is that delightful atmosphere of Virginia family life with which Miss Johnston's readers are familiar."--_Baltimore Evening Sun._

"A powerful plea for woman suffrage in the guise of gripping fiction."--_Springfield Republican._

"Feminism has never had a more human exposition. It is a book notable for sane methods as well as a delightful plot."--_Literary Digest._

"Hagar is one of the most admirable of Miss Johnston's creations and the novel is a worthy addition to Miss Johnston's works."--_Philadelphia Record._

By KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN

The Story of Waitstill Baxter

"It cannot fail to prove a delight of delights to 'Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm' enthusiasts."--_Chicago Inter-Ocean._

"All admirers of Jane Austen will enjoy Waitstill Baxter.... The solution the reader must find out for himself. It is a triumph of ingenuity. The characters are happy in their background of Puritan village life. The drudgery, the flowers, the strictness in morals and the narrowness of outlook all combine to form a harmonious picture."--_The London Times._

"Always generously giving of her best, and delightful as that best always is, Mrs. Wiggin has provided us with something even better in 'Waitstill Baxter.'"--_Montreal Star._

"In the strength of its sympathy, in the vivid reality of the lives it portrays, this story will be accepted as the very best of all the popular books that Mrs. Wiggin has written for an admiring constituency."--_Wilmington Every Evening._