American Contemporary Novels

Eastover Court House

By HENRY BURNHAM BOONE and KENNETH BROWN

This is the first of the twelve One-a-Month American Novels to be published during 1901.

“If each of the novels of American life by American authors which Messrs. Harper & Brothers project for the current year proves as good as ‘Eastover Court House,’ the twelve volumes will constitute a decided addition to American fiction.”—Detroit Free Press.

“Its charm lies in the constant succession of strongly drawn pictures of life. One chapter after another presents these scenes, as sharply outlined and deep in shadows as an artistic photograph. The book … is absolutely fascinating.”—Louisville Courier-Journal.

“Set in the midst of the fox-hunting and cross-country regions, there is the hoof-beat of the galloping hunter all through the story, which is full of dry humor and vivid pen-pictures of life.”—Horse Show Monthly.

“The horse stories are the best since David Harum’s, and quite as laughable as his.”—Chester Times.

Comments from various reviewers

“A good story well told.”

“Strong and absorbing.”

“Warm with life, with the passions and emotions … of Virginia.”

“Wholesome, true to life.”

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The Sentimentalists

By ARTHUR STANWOOD PIER

This is the second of the twelve One-a-Month American Novels to be published during 1901.

“A novelist who sets out to depict a character like Becky Sharp is likely to come to grief. Hence it is surprising that Mr. Pier has not failed in portraying the social exile, Mrs. Kent. The novel is strong and clever.”—Pittsburg Commercial-Gazette.

“It is a very clever novel. There is story to it; there is apt phrasing and clear delineation of character; there is much incisive and delightful epigram.”—Evening Sun, New York.

“If the cleverest parts of this work had been entirely cut out, we should have called it one of the cleverest novels of the season.”—Brooklyn Daily Eagle.

“The book is characterized throughout by keen analysis and a delightful sense of humor.”—Chicago Tribune.

Comments from various reviewers

“Mrs. Kent is distinctly American.”

“As interesting and unique as Becky Sharp.”

“The book will be a success.”

“A rattling good story.”

“A vivid study of contemporary social life.”

“One of the cleverest novels of the season.”

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MARTIN BROOK

By MORGAN BATES

This is the third of the twelve One-a-Month American Novels to be published during 1901.

“It is written in a style unknown nowadays, … with an impressive power revealed at each crisis of the tale, which makes the pulses stir and the eye glisten. What a book for the opening of the twentieth century!”—Julian Hawthorne, in the Journal, New York.

“A very striking book, and one that I am quite sure will take an enviable place in line with record-breakers. It is the third of the ‘American Novel Series,’ and is entitled ‘Martin Brook.’ I finished it at one sitting, so intense was my interest in it.”—Buffalo Commercial, N. Y.

“The third of the ‘American Novel Series,’ ‘Martin Brook,’ by Morgan Bates, appeals to the best in man and woman, and is a credit alike to author and publishers.… ‘Martin Brook’ is indeed an American novel, and of the best kind.”—Philadelphia Daily Evening Telegraph.

“One’s interest is caught and held by the hero from the moment of his first appearance in its pages.… There has not been a stronger scene [the library scene] written to revive the interest of jaded novel readers for many a day.”—N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.

“The story is told in a vigorous manner, and is certainly out of the common run of fiction as it is told nowadays.”—New York Sun.

Comments from various reviewers:

“One of the most refreshing and natural of novels.”

“As good as it is charming.”

“A story of depth, color, and action.”

“It is refreshing to light upon a story like ‘Martin Brook.’ ”

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A VICTIM OF CIRCUMSTANCES

By GERALDINE ANTHONY

This is the fourth of the twelve One-a-Month American Novels to be published during 1901.

“It plunges the reader directly into the social whirl of New York, and the hand that detains one there all through an intensely interesting succession of functions, flirtations, and incidents, … is the hand of one who has seen something whereof she writes.”—New York World.

“There is more than one thinly disguised portrait in its pages—so we are told.”—Mail and Express, New York.

“Bobby Floyd is probably the most disagreeable and wholly exasperating cad ever put into an American novel.… There is love-making all through the book.”—The Times, Washington, D. C.

“They fall in love amid most delightful surroundings of tennis, boating, and driving.”—Exchange.

Comments from various reviewers:

“Devoid of problems or mental complications.”

“A book for a summer day.”

“Has the correct New York social atmosphere.”

“Decidedly a fascinating book about attractive people.”

“Full of touch-and-go conversation.”

“They all revel in smart talk and repartee.”

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