Talk:Van Bibber and Others

Reviews

 * The Nation, 16 June 1892: If the library traveller prefers to linger in and near New York, taking Philadelphia for his Ultima Thule, let him follow the fortunes of Van Bibber, who comes up again fresh, smiling, and boutonnièred in a dozen adventures of life. As a moralist, this charming old friend seems to us a bit of a poseur; but in the lighter affairs of life, as a struggler after economy, as a rescuer of lost collies, as a discourager of fraud in making a beggar just from breakfast eat a hearty meal under his personal inspection, he is truly engaging and debonair. Of the "Others," the most prominent are Gallegher, the renowned; and Mr. Hefty Burke, whose specialties are swimming and "scrapping." The strongest work in the book is to be found in "An Unfinished Story," which is masterly in its force and originality.