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Chronicles Of St. Tid — Eden Phillpotts
These sixteen short stories have the genuine Phillpotts flavor. The scene is a remote parish in Cornwall and the stories are related in the words of one of the rustic characters. one of those "ancients" into whose mouth Mr. Phillpotts is wont to put his words of wisdom. In the background are the slate quarries. and these play a grim part in more than one of the tragedies of the neighborhood. Although the war comes close in two of the stories. it has little power to alter the ancient and eternal spirit of St. Tid. As Hardy says in his "Time of the breaking of nations," "This will go onward the same though dynasties pass."
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"The real story for the story's sake is exceptional, and it is of this form of short story that Mr. Phillpotts is an able exponent. He takes a restricted plot of ground and a people who could dwell nowhere else, and he makes them live. He is a chronicler of the ways of a peculiar people whose surroundings and temperaments are picturesque. and in his pages they become even mere picturesque."
-"Boston Transcript"
"In these short stories of Cornwall life Mr. Phillpotts is at his best."
-"Outlook"
"The homely turns of phrase, the vivid though laconic descriptions, the strange lore of the illiterate, the wit and wisdom of the simple refresh and delight us on every page. Local colour sedulously cultivated can degenerate into a literary nuisance. Here it is an unmitigated joy, for it is an integral part of the picture."
-"Spectator"
"These stories, which run the gamut of human emotions and sensations, reveal the author's wide imagination and adaptability, in a word, his power of getting the most out of any situation whether gay or sad. adventurous or dramatic, tragic or fantastic."
-"Springfield Republican"
"Though the Cornish peasants can command a wealth of picturesque idiom, yet they_ have not the power of civilized imagery which is often scattered here. and which comes oddly and rather disjointedly between their conscientiously recorded descriptions. . . .. Mr. Phillpotts makes clear the rugged outlines of his people. so like the cliffs near which they live, though he does not show us the delicate details of their natures."
-"The Times " London]
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"The real story for the story's sake is exceptional, and it is of this form of short story that Mr. Phillpotts is an able exponent. He takes a restricted plot of ground and a people who could dwell nowhere else, and he makes them live. He is a chronicler of the ways of a peculiar people whose surroundings and temperaments are picturesque. and in his pages they become even mere picturesque."
-"Boston Transcript"
"In these short stories of Cornwall life Mr. Phillpotts is at his best."
-"Outlook"
"The homely turns of phrase, the vivid though laconic descriptions, the strange lore of the illiterate, the wit and wisdom of the simple refresh and delight us on every page. Local colour sedulously cultivated can degenerate into a literary nuisance. Here it is an unmitigated joy, for it is an integral part of the picture."
-"Spectator"
"These stories, which run the gamut of human emotions and sensations, reveal the author's wide imagination and adaptability, in a word, his power of getting the most out of any situation whether gay or sad. adventurous or dramatic, tragic or fantastic."
-"Springfield Republican"
"Though the Cornish peasants can command a wealth of picturesque idiom, yet they_ have not the power of civilized imagery which is often scattered here. and which comes oddly and rather disjointedly between their conscientiously recorded descriptions. . . .. Mr. Phillpotts makes clear the rugged outlines of his people. so like the cliffs near which they live, though he does not show us the delicate details of their natures."
-"The Times " London]
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