New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-03
A BRILLIANT SUCCESS :
I :. FOURTH EDITION :.
LIVES. TRASK'SNEWNOVE
THE |
BALANCE
SHEET
lBy KATRINA TRASk |

I futhor of an the Vanguard" "king
AIfred's Js1cel," etc.
I cloth. I2mo. $40 net.
From beginning to end The In
I visible Balance Sheet is clever. 1t
is full of sheer sparkle. II has an
alert and attractive timeliness. Its ,
4 gavety is delicious. And alongside
/ of its gayety it has no little real
loveliness. But its psychology re-
I mains. of course. the novels Chief
claim to value. In the sim
plicitv and force of its narrative 1t ,
l brings home its theme, its warnings,
J its completely, its hope with a di-
RICHNESS and human sympathy I
that give it high rank as story-a
story of marked significance"
-Ne1o York Times. ,
"TIumor, a sense of the timeli-
ness of things and a very real in
tercst in the problems OF the day
{ are clements which we expect to
I find i'm the work of Katrina Trask.
- In her new novel
1 her people talk much as the people
] of real life talk of the Mexican STU
alton and of the European war. ,
The most significant part OF
,be hook lies in the very
natural and realistic pictures of So ,
ciety life and the dialogue which the
author has introduced and handles
with great skill"
Boston Transcript.
1 around the central theme of our
n life to-day-money-Mr Trask has |
woven with deft hand an enthralling
u story of love and mammon.
q While YOU are swept along with the
I swift movement of the narrative,
> idly amused by its ripping humor
n =" an eloquent sermon steals
/ upon your understanding without
I word of preaching from the author
gto put YOU on your guard against
H." Boston Globe. |
can up-to-date story of beauty
! and strength, and with unusually
entertaining elements of attractive
ness. II is by all odds one of the ,
! best and brightest modern love
4 stories. The story is of to-
day. It's characters discuss the /,
social and political questions of now,
not last year. John Remington
Wrights guests consider the pres F,
emit worlds war with its complex
y problems. the Mexican relations of
r. our Government and other questions, /,
\ such as men of affairs were dis
I cussing last week or last month"
--Albony Ttmes-Union.
j IAN arresting plot. ." Mrs.
/ Trask writes with equal ease of the
a., pastoral life of Spring on the farm ,
| with the apple blossoms and of the
] fcryid artifciality of Fifth Avenue"
-Hartford Times. =,
Il at is human, interesting, anus
ing, a sympathetic love story.
clear and fascinating picture OF New I
kYork life. 1t is worth reading in
the most crowded day"
q Salt Lake City Herald.
1 1Thcre is a great deal of delicious
humor in the story and also a great
I deal of the deep-down philosophy
\ of life."-lSt. Louis Globe Democrat.
"a strong. brave protest against /,
1 the barter Of love for gold"
k-Chrsti1n Work, Ne1c York City.
~The book is entertaining and the |
] plot progresses with increasing in
terest for the reader"
Il -Reedys Mirror. |
L aOpen the book at the first page
and start, The sound of the
Westminster chimes striking mid
| night will very probably mark the
first stop. Mrs. Trask Is thorough
/ mistress Of her craft, and her latest
/ book is a real masterpiece in writ
ing"
THE Saratogian, Saratoga Springs.