"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 a.s.similative 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 n.o.ble 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._
TO LEEWARD
"It is an admirable tale of Italian life told in a spirited way and far better than most of the fiction current."--_San Francisco Chronicle._
ZOROASTER
"As a matter of literary art solely, we doubt if Mr. Crawford has ever before given us better work than the description of Belshazzar"s feast with which the story begins, or the death-scene with which it closes."--_The Christian Union_ (now _The Outlook_).
A TALE OF A LONELY PARISH
"It is a pleasure to have anything so perfect of its kind as this brief and vivid story. It is doubly a success, being full of human sympathy, as well as thoroughly artistic."--_The Critic._
MARZIO"S CRUCIFIX
"We take the liberty of saying that this work belongs to the highest department of character-painting in words."--_The Churchman._
PAUL PATOFF
"It need scarcely be said that the story is skilfully and picturesquely written, portraying sharply individual characters in well-defined surroundings."--_New York Commercial Advertiser._
PIETRO GHISLERI
"The strength of the story lies not only in the artistic and highly dramatic working out of the plot, but also in the penetrating a.n.a.lysis and understanding of the impulsive and pa.s.sionate Italian character."--_Public Opinion._
THE CHILDREN OF THE KING
"One of the most artistic and exquisitely finished pieces of work that Crawford has produced. The picturesque setting, Calabria and its surroundings, the beautiful Sorrento and the Gulf of Salerno, with the bewitching accessories that climate, sea, and sky afford, give Mr.
Crawford rich opportunities to show his rare descriptive powers. As a whole the book is strong and beautiful through its simplicity."--_Public Opinion._
MARION DARCHE
"We are disposed to rank "Marion Darche" as the best of Mr. Crawford"s American stories."--_The Literary World._
KATHERINE LAUDERDALE
"It need scarcely be said that the story is skilfully and picturesquely written, portraying sharply individual characters in well-defined surroundings."--_New York Commercial Advertiser._
THE RALSTONS
"The whole group of character studies is strong and vivid."--_The Literary World._
LOVE IN IDLENESS
"The story is told in the author"s lightest vein; it is bright and entertaining."--_The Literary World._
CASA BRACCIO
"We are grateful when Mr. Crawford keeps to his Italy. The poetry and enchantment of the land are all his own, and "Casa Braccio" gives promise of being his masterpiece.... He has the life, the beauty, the heart, and the soul of Italy at the tips of his fingers."--_Los Angeles Express._
THE THREE FATES
"The strength of the story lies in portrayal of the aspirations, disciplinary efforts, trials, and triumphs of the man who is a born writer, and who by long and painful experiences learns the good that is in him and the way in which to give it effectual expression. Taken for all in all it is one of the most pleasing of all his productions in fiction, and it affords a view of certain phases of American, or perhaps we should say of New York, life that have not hitherto been treated with anything like the same adequacy and felicity."--_Boston Beacon._
AVE ROMA IMMORTALIS
STUDIES FROM THE CHRONICLES OF ROME
"I have not for a long while read a book which pleased me more than Mr.
Crawford"s "Roma." It is cast in a form so original and so available that it must surely take the place of all other books about Rome which are needed to help one to understand its story and its archaeology....
The book has for me a rare interest."--DR. S. WEIR MITCh.e.l.l
THE RULERS OF THE SOUTH
SICILY, CALABRIA, AND MALTA