Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-11
THEIR YESTERDAYS.
CA Review by e. w. Reynolds

"Their Yesterdays" introduces to
the reader, as his novels have not,
the real Harold Bell Wright. For
the first time his W thoughts,
| rather than those of his characters,
have shaped themselves into a de-
lightfully tender story and we see
life, love and religion, through his
eyes,
"Their Yesterdays" is not a novel,
| but the love story of a man and a
| woman in which there is sentiment,
pathos and realism. This story is
told between the lines with the charm
| and grace of 1.-THE Lady of the Deco
| ration" Its poetic daintiness is COM
| parable to that Of "The Reveries of
a Bachelor" It's presentation Of life
is as direct and forceful as "The
Letters From a Self-Made Merchant
to His Son." Its style Is unlike the
heavy stroke of a sword, but is rath-
er the skillful thrust Of a rapier.
Harold Bell Wright has won his
high place as a story teller by in
PRODUCING to the world That Printer
Of Udell's, The Shepherd of the Hills,
Dan Matthews, and Barbara Worth,
and there are millions Of readers,
with gratitude in their hearts for
the man who has so splendidly trans
planted from the woods and hills,
the desert plains, and city streets,
to the printed pages of his books,
these noble men and delightful wom-
en-, thus ~portraying life with the &C
curacy of a camera. AS a novelist,
Harold Bell Wright declines to be
responsible for the views held by
his characters, insisting only, that
they are true to the life they por-
tray.
That Printer of Udell's makes a
vigorous fight because of his vigor-
Gus spirit. The Shepherd Of the
Hills is a real shepherd to the people
of the Ozarks because he found God
in the hills. Dan Matthews does the
things he does because he is a man
of conviction. Barbara Worth is
made a brave, heroic woman of the
desert by nature and by the langu-
age of her country.
Their Yesterdays" is unlike any
thing the author has yet written. 1t
is the soul of a story-a story strip
ped OF the usual trappings. It's sub
tie romance is as tender as the young
plant and its philosophy of life is
as sturdy as the giant oak. 1t will
bring to you sweet memories of the
days that are gone and fill with as
piration and hope the days that are.
Their Yesterdays" exalts life and
love, honors the home, and supre-
mely glorifes the wife and mother.
Their Yesterdays" will, in a large
measure counteract the damnable in
huence Of certain current fiction that
appeals only to the sensualities, the
falseness, and the baser desires.
Harold Bell Wright's books are as
pure water from the mountains. He
has given us real characters from
real life. His books will continue
their uplifting work through gene
rations. He o embodies his own
thoughts, his life standards, his re-
ligion, In this charming story of the
love Of a true man and a good Wom-
an.
Their Yesterdays" is a delight
fully wholesome book, and, like all
that has come from his pen, Is a
startling contradiction to the theory,
too much in vogue, that books to be
interesting must be unclean. This
story will give both pleasure and
profit. For as the yesterdays of the
man and the yesterdays Of the WON
an become Their Yesterdays, they
will become also your yesterdays.