A Few Press Opinions onRobert UrquhartBy GABRIEL SETOUN12mo, Cloth, Illustrated, $1.00; Paper Covers, 50 Cents
A Few Press Opinions on
Robert Urquhart
By GABRIEL SETOUN
12mo, Cloth, Illustrated, $1.00; Paper Covers, 50 Cents
The Outlook“Robert Urquhart,” by Gabriel Setoun, is a Scotch story possessing a certain degree of strength. Courageous indeed is the writer to-day who brings his work in contrast with that of Ian Maclaren, Crockett, and J. M. Barrie. Comparison between these masters and the lesser lights there cannot be.Toledo BladeIn “Robert Urquhart,” by Gabriel Setoun, the lovers of Scotch stories will experience a delight the same as felt in the reading of “The Lilac Sunbonnet,” “Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush,” “The Little Minister,” and other novels and tales in which are found tender pathos, delicate humor and a dramatic construction. The character of old Rob cannot fail to impress all readers, winning their love by his simple kindness; while the schoolmaster’s sturdy manliness calls forth feeling of liking and respect, with a desire that he shall gain his heart’s wish. The story is well worth a reading.Sunday TimesLovers of a good story, which is at the same time good literature, and especially lovers of the Scotch atmosphere and temperament, will enjoy “Robert Urquhart.” This is a new book by Gabriel Setoun, published by R. F. Fenno & Company. The central character is a school teacher, not the periwig old goose who has so long been strutting, conventional to a hair through Scotch stories, but a man of head and heart endowments which appeal to the head and the heart for our belief, sympathy and love. If Mr. Setoun had not the originality to lead the way, he has at least the genius to follow with highest credit in the paths of Barrie, Maclaren and Crockett, and who will say it is not as hard to follow creditably in beaten paths as to charm public fancy with a trifle when it is new?Times-Union“Robert Urquhart.” This is an entertaining novel, well written, with a good plot and with many of the essentials of a book of the highest character. Its pretty binding should also be mentioned, and in this it suggests itself as a present to a friend. Its author is Gabriel Setoun. It is a Scotch tale. Its pathos is as sweet, its humor as delicate, its construction as dramatic and its characters as lovable as any to be found in the other Scottish stories which have caught the fancy.Kansas City JournalAn American edition of “Robert Urquhart” will attract the attention of many thousands who have read and enjoyed “The Lilac Sunbonnet,” “A Galloway Herd,” “Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush,” and “The Little Minister” and they will find within its covers a pathos as sweet, a humor as delicate a construction as dramatic, and characters as lovable as are to be found in any of the above-mentioned works.
The Outlook
“Robert Urquhart,” by Gabriel Setoun, is a Scotch story possessing a certain degree of strength. Courageous indeed is the writer to-day who brings his work in contrast with that of Ian Maclaren, Crockett, and J. M. Barrie. Comparison between these masters and the lesser lights there cannot be.
“Robert Urquhart,” by Gabriel Setoun, is a Scotch story possessing a certain degree of strength. Courageous indeed is the writer to-day who brings his work in contrast with that of Ian Maclaren, Crockett, and J. M. Barrie. Comparison between these masters and the lesser lights there cannot be.
Toledo Blade
In “Robert Urquhart,” by Gabriel Setoun, the lovers of Scotch stories will experience a delight the same as felt in the reading of “The Lilac Sunbonnet,” “Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush,” “The Little Minister,” and other novels and tales in which are found tender pathos, delicate humor and a dramatic construction. The character of old Rob cannot fail to impress all readers, winning their love by his simple kindness; while the schoolmaster’s sturdy manliness calls forth feeling of liking and respect, with a desire that he shall gain his heart’s wish. The story is well worth a reading.
In “Robert Urquhart,” by Gabriel Setoun, the lovers of Scotch stories will experience a delight the same as felt in the reading of “The Lilac Sunbonnet,” “Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush,” “The Little Minister,” and other novels and tales in which are found tender pathos, delicate humor and a dramatic construction. The character of old Rob cannot fail to impress all readers, winning their love by his simple kindness; while the schoolmaster’s sturdy manliness calls forth feeling of liking and respect, with a desire that he shall gain his heart’s wish. The story is well worth a reading.
Sunday Times
Lovers of a good story, which is at the same time good literature, and especially lovers of the Scotch atmosphere and temperament, will enjoy “Robert Urquhart.” This is a new book by Gabriel Setoun, published by R. F. Fenno & Company. The central character is a school teacher, not the periwig old goose who has so long been strutting, conventional to a hair through Scotch stories, but a man of head and heart endowments which appeal to the head and the heart for our belief, sympathy and love. If Mr. Setoun had not the originality to lead the way, he has at least the genius to follow with highest credit in the paths of Barrie, Maclaren and Crockett, and who will say it is not as hard to follow creditably in beaten paths as to charm public fancy with a trifle when it is new?
Lovers of a good story, which is at the same time good literature, and especially lovers of the Scotch atmosphere and temperament, will enjoy “Robert Urquhart.” This is a new book by Gabriel Setoun, published by R. F. Fenno & Company. The central character is a school teacher, not the periwig old goose who has so long been strutting, conventional to a hair through Scotch stories, but a man of head and heart endowments which appeal to the head and the heart for our belief, sympathy and love. If Mr. Setoun had not the originality to lead the way, he has at least the genius to follow with highest credit in the paths of Barrie, Maclaren and Crockett, and who will say it is not as hard to follow creditably in beaten paths as to charm public fancy with a trifle when it is new?
Times-Union
“Robert Urquhart.” This is an entertaining novel, well written, with a good plot and with many of the essentials of a book of the highest character. Its pretty binding should also be mentioned, and in this it suggests itself as a present to a friend. Its author is Gabriel Setoun. It is a Scotch tale. Its pathos is as sweet, its humor as delicate, its construction as dramatic and its characters as lovable as any to be found in the other Scottish stories which have caught the fancy.
“Robert Urquhart.” This is an entertaining novel, well written, with a good plot and with many of the essentials of a book of the highest character. Its pretty binding should also be mentioned, and in this it suggests itself as a present to a friend. Its author is Gabriel Setoun. It is a Scotch tale. Its pathos is as sweet, its humor as delicate, its construction as dramatic and its characters as lovable as any to be found in the other Scottish stories which have caught the fancy.
Kansas City Journal
An American edition of “Robert Urquhart” will attract the attention of many thousands who have read and enjoyed “The Lilac Sunbonnet,” “A Galloway Herd,” “Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush,” and “The Little Minister” and they will find within its covers a pathos as sweet, a humor as delicate a construction as dramatic, and characters as lovable as are to be found in any of the above-mentioned works.
An American edition of “Robert Urquhart” will attract the attention of many thousands who have read and enjoyed “The Lilac Sunbonnet,” “A Galloway Herd,” “Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush,” and “The Little Minister” and they will find within its covers a pathos as sweet, a humor as delicate a construction as dramatic, and characters as lovable as are to be found in any of the above-mentioned works.