Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 237, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 October 1914 — IS PRAISED BY REVIEWERS [ARTICLE]

IS PRAISED BY REVIEWERS

Our New Serial Enthusiastically Indorsed by Critics of Prominent Newspapers. “The Lapse of Enoch Wentworth,” by Isabel Gordon Curtis, one of the most gifted of American fiction writers, will be published serially in these columns, and will prove a rare treat for every reader. The following are but a few of the hundreds of enthusiastic comments on the story from the reviewers: It holds the interest to the end. — Dallas New. This novel, which has a well-thought-out plot, is strikingly dramatic in its developments. The story is a strong one, the action rapid, the characters exceptionally well portrayed. Tense to the end, it holds the reader’s interest. —Cincinnati Enquirer. A dramatic and exciting romance. — Hartford Courant A story well worth reading.—Boston Times. It is a story written solely for the diversion of the reader and it achieyes its purpose; no one is likely to go-'to bed and leave its perusal half completed.—Toronto Mail. The story has a high moral purpose. Montreal Star. A vital, lively story of the drama and the stage. Of high purpose and of skilful, enthusiastic inspiration. It is a bright, fascinating story, told with a thoroughly admirable skill and dash. —Salt Lake City Tribune. A story which does not let interest lag for one moment. —Savannah News. Originality of conception is the strongest characteristic in this novel. —Des Moines Capital. It is an extraordinarily unreal sort of plot, which works Itself out into very real situations. —Chicago Evening Post