Chapter 28

BOOKS BY F. HOPKINSON SMITH

FELIX O’DAYIllustrated.12mo$1.35net“This is an American classic in fiction—persuasive in interest; intense in its humanity; brilliant and sympathetic in present-day characterization. It belongs of right to the scanty array of permanent contributions to American literature.”—Philadelphia North American.ENOCH CRANEA novel planned and begun by F. Hopkinson Smith and completed by F. Berkeley SmithIllustrated byAlonzo Kimball.12mo$1.35netThe story is of New York; specifically, the scene is Waverly Place, in one of the characteristic old houses of that section. In this respect it has much of the flavor of “Peter”—its characters as lovable, its scenes as colorful.THE FORTUNES OF OLIVER HORNIllustrated.12mo$1.35net“It is in the character-drawing that the author has done his best work. No three finer examples of women can be found than Margaret Grant, Sallie Horn, Oliver’s mother, and Lavinia Clendenning, the charming old spinster.”—Louisville Courier-Journal.PETERIllustrated.12mo$1.35net“It is an old-fashioned love story.”—The Outlook.“Old Peter Grayson is a charming character, with his old-fashioned virtues, his warm sympathies, and his readiness to lend a hand.”—Springfield Republican.THE ROMANCE OF AN OLD-FASHIONED GENTLEMANIllustrated.12mo$1.35net“A breath of pure and invigorating fragrance out of the fogs and tempests of the day’s fiction.”—Chicago Tribune.COLONEL CARTER’S CHRISTMASIllustrated.12mo$1.35net“The dear old colonel claims our smiles and our love as simply and as whole-heartedly as ever.”—Life.THE ARM-CHAIR AT THE INNIllustrated.12mo$1.30net“It would be hard to find a more entertaining, piquant, and sweet-spirited companion in book form.”—Chicago Herald.KENNEDY SQUAREIllustrated.12mo$1.30net“All that was best in the banished life of the old South has been touched into life and love, into humor and pathos, in this fine and memorable American novel.”—Chicago Herald.THE TIDES OF BARNEGATIllustrated.12mo$1.35net“The story is one of strong dramatic power. Its style is direct and incisive, revealing a series of strongly drawn pictures.”—Philadelphia Record.THE WOOD FIRE IN NO. 3Illustrated.12mo$1.35net“None of Mr. Smith’s writings have shown more delightfully his spirit of genial kindliness and sympathetic humor.”—Boston Herald.FORTY MINUTES LATE and Other StoriesIllustrated.12mo$1.35net“It overflows with friendliness and enjoyment of life, and it furnishes a capital example of impressionistic writing.”—The Outlook.THE VEILED LADYIllustrated.12mo$1.35net“These little stories are as entertaining as any he has written, and we can recommend them confidently to his many admirers.”—New York Sun.“They are exceedingly agreeable stories with an atmospheric quality which the versatile author imparts to them.”—Philadelphia Press.AT CLOSE RANGEIllustrated.12mo$1.35net“These simple tales contain more of the real art of character-drawing than a score of novels of the day.”—New York Evening Post.“He has set down with humorous compassion and wit the real life that we live every day.”—The Independent.THE UNDER DOGIllustrated.12mo$1.35net“Mr. Hopkinson Smith’s genius for sympathy finds full expression in his stories of human under dogs of one sort and another ... each serves as a centre for an episode, rapid, vivid, story-telling.”—The Nation.“The Thackeray of American fiction.”—Boston Herald.THE NOVELS, STORIES, AND SKETCHES OF F. HOPKINSON SMITHBeacon Edition.In Twenty-three Volumes“He has always had unquestioning faith in the significance and interest of the simple, universal human experiences as they come to normal, brave, affectionate, gentle-mannered, or robust, untrained men and women.“As he looks at nature so he looks at man: with clear vision; with sympathy rather than curiosity; with an eye for the fine things in the rugged man and the vigorous, sinewy, self-sustaining woman; and for the natural virtues, the deep tenderness, the true-heartedness in the man of long descent and the woman of gentle breeding.“His style is singularly concise, exact, compact; possessed of a vitality which uses various arts of expression; his style is notable for concentration, solidity, reality.”—Hamilton W. Mabie.FOR PARTICULARSconcerning the Beacon Edition of the works of F. Hopkinson Smith,sold onto by subscription, send for circularCHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS597-599 FIFTH AVENUENEW YORK

FELIX O’DAY

Illustrated.12mo$1.35net

“This is an American classic in fiction—persuasive in interest; intense in its humanity; brilliant and sympathetic in present-day characterization. It belongs of right to the scanty array of permanent contributions to American literature.”—Philadelphia North American.

ENOCH CRANE

A novel planned and begun by F. Hopkinson Smith and completed by F. Berkeley SmithIllustrated byAlonzo Kimball.12mo$1.35net

The story is of New York; specifically, the scene is Waverly Place, in one of the characteristic old houses of that section. In this respect it has much of the flavor of “Peter”—its characters as lovable, its scenes as colorful.

THE FORTUNES OF OLIVER HORN

Illustrated.12mo$1.35net

“It is in the character-drawing that the author has done his best work. No three finer examples of women can be found than Margaret Grant, Sallie Horn, Oliver’s mother, and Lavinia Clendenning, the charming old spinster.”—Louisville Courier-Journal.

PETER

Illustrated.12mo$1.35net

“It is an old-fashioned love story.”—The Outlook.

“Old Peter Grayson is a charming character, with his old-fashioned virtues, his warm sympathies, and his readiness to lend a hand.”—Springfield Republican.

THE ROMANCE OF AN OLD-FASHIONED GENTLEMAN

Illustrated.12mo$1.35net

“A breath of pure and invigorating fragrance out of the fogs and tempests of the day’s fiction.”—Chicago Tribune.

COLONEL CARTER’S CHRISTMAS

Illustrated.12mo$1.35net

“The dear old colonel claims our smiles and our love as simply and as whole-heartedly as ever.”—Life.

THE ARM-CHAIR AT THE INN

Illustrated.12mo$1.30net

“It would be hard to find a more entertaining, piquant, and sweet-spirited companion in book form.”—Chicago Herald.

KENNEDY SQUARE

Illustrated.12mo$1.30net

“All that was best in the banished life of the old South has been touched into life and love, into humor and pathos, in this fine and memorable American novel.”—Chicago Herald.

THE TIDES OF BARNEGAT

Illustrated.12mo$1.35net

“The story is one of strong dramatic power. Its style is direct and incisive, revealing a series of strongly drawn pictures.”—Philadelphia Record.

THE WOOD FIRE IN NO. 3

Illustrated.12mo$1.35net

“None of Mr. Smith’s writings have shown more delightfully his spirit of genial kindliness and sympathetic humor.”—Boston Herald.

FORTY MINUTES LATE and Other Stories

Illustrated.12mo$1.35net

“It overflows with friendliness and enjoyment of life, and it furnishes a capital example of impressionistic writing.”—The Outlook.

THE VEILED LADY

Illustrated.12mo$1.35net

“These little stories are as entertaining as any he has written, and we can recommend them confidently to his many admirers.”—New York Sun.

“They are exceedingly agreeable stories with an atmospheric quality which the versatile author imparts to them.”—Philadelphia Press.

AT CLOSE RANGE

Illustrated.12mo$1.35net

“These simple tales contain more of the real art of character-drawing than a score of novels of the day.”—New York Evening Post.

“He has set down with humorous compassion and wit the real life that we live every day.”—The Independent.

THE UNDER DOG

Illustrated.12mo$1.35net

“Mr. Hopkinson Smith’s genius for sympathy finds full expression in his stories of human under dogs of one sort and another ... each serves as a centre for an episode, rapid, vivid, story-telling.”—The Nation.

“The Thackeray of American fiction.”—Boston Herald.

THE NOVELS, STORIES, AND SKETCHES OF F. HOPKINSON SMITH

Beacon Edition.In Twenty-three Volumes

“He has always had unquestioning faith in the significance and interest of the simple, universal human experiences as they come to normal, brave, affectionate, gentle-mannered, or robust, untrained men and women.

“As he looks at nature so he looks at man: with clear vision; with sympathy rather than curiosity; with an eye for the fine things in the rugged man and the vigorous, sinewy, self-sustaining woman; and for the natural virtues, the deep tenderness, the true-heartedness in the man of long descent and the woman of gentle breeding.

“His style is singularly concise, exact, compact; possessed of a vitality which uses various arts of expression; his style is notable for concentration, solidity, reality.”—Hamilton W. Mabie.

FOR PARTICULARSconcerning the Beacon Edition of the works of F. Hopkinson Smith,sold onto by subscription, send for circular

CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS597-599 FIFTH AVENUENEW YORK

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