"Patriotism without unreasonableness; love of the open air and the free hills without exaggeration; romance without over-gush; humor and melancholy side by side without morbidness; an Irish dialect stopping short of excess; a story full of sincere feeling."--_The Nation._
"No more charming romance of the old sod has been published in a long time."--_N. Y. World._
"A very pretty Irish story."--_N. Y. Tribune._
By PIERRE DE COULEVAIN. Translated by ALYS HALLARD.
"Clever, stimulating, interesting, ... a brilliant mingling of salient truth, candid opinion, and witty comment."--_Chicago Record._
"An audacious and satirical tale which embodies a great deal of clever and keen observation."--_Detroit Free Press._
"An extremely clever work of fiction."--_Louisville Courier-Journal._
A Romance of the Great Swedish War. By WYMOND CAREY.
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"Wymond Carey's name must be added to the list of authors whose first books have given them a notable place in the world of letters, for 'Monsieur Martin' is one of the best of recent historical romances."--_Chicago Inter-Ocean._
"Mr. Wymond Carey has given us much pleasure in reading his book, and we are glad to praise it."--_Baltimore Sun._
For the txt-version of this e-book words in italics were surrounded with _underscores_, and small capitals changed to all capitals. Superscript o (in 12o) has been changed to a regular o. All chapter headers and most of the chapter endings had decorations, these are not seperately mentioned.
The following corrections have been made, on page
1 "NEIGHBOR'S" changed to "NEIGHBOUR'" (THROUGH MY NEIGHBOUR'S WINDOWS) 21 "fain't" changed to "faint" (she'd faint, and then her mother would) 61 "Your" changed to "You" (You work for Mr. Stuart?) 102 ' added (full of tears. 'My darling) 136 "maligant" changed to "malignant" (while a malignant expression flitted across) 151 ' added (An' I puts my arms quite around) 176 . changed to , (nothing going on there," I reminded) 182 ' changed to " (hope you're ready for it.") 194 "pour" changed to "pore" (all the papers and pore over them) 204 ' removed ("But why?") 238 ' removed ("I had been walking rapidly along) 258 " changed to ' (I will kill you.' Yes, I said that).