"He is an artist, a born story-teller and colourist, imaginative and dramatic, virile and vivid."
His wide range as a traveller has contributed doubtless to another characteristic quality:—
"... his strength in unexcelled portraits of odd characters and his magical skill in seeming to make his readers witnesses of the spectacles."
His intimate knowledge of many countries has resulted in an unequalled series of brilliant romances, including varied characters from the old families of Rome, the glassblowers of Venice, the silversmiths of Rome, the cigarette makers of Munich, the court of old Madrid, the Turks of Stamboul and the Bosphorus, simple sailors on the coast of Spain, Americans of modern New York and Bar Harbor, to Crusaders of the twelfth century. But whether the scene be in modern India, rural England, the Black Forest, or the palaces of Babylon, the story seizes on the imagination and fascinates the reader.
"The romantic reader will find here a tale of love passionate and pure; the student of character, the subtle analysis and deft portrayal he loves; the historian will approve its conscientious historic accuracy; the lover of adventure will find his blood stir and pulses quicken as he reads."
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Dr. Claudius
A Roman Singer
Zoroaster
Don Orsino
Marion Darche
A Cigarette Maker's Romance and Khaled
Taquisara
Via Crucis
Sant' Ilario
The Ralstons
Adam Johnstone's Son and A Rose of Yesterday
Mr. Isaacs
A Tale of a Lonely Parish
Saracinesca
Paul Patoff
The Witch of Prague
Pietro Ghisleri
Corleone
Children of the King
Katherine Lauderdale
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An American Politician
Marzio's Crucifix
With the Immortals
Greifenstein
The Three Fates
Casa Braccio. 2 vols.
Love in Idleness
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MARIETTA: A Maid of Venice
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IN THE PALACE OF THE KING
A Love Story of Old Madrid
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Studies from the Chronicles of Rome
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MAN OVERBOARD
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MR. KEEGAN'S ELOPEMENT
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Author of "The Crisis," "Richard Carvel," etc.
MRS. PENDLETON'S FOUR-IN-HAND
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