Word: rhododendrons
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Dates: during 1897-1897
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...reader is flattered by having much left to his intelligence. The same may be said of the narration in the other stories. These are told with a simplicity and directness suggestive of Kipling. This is more especially true of "Through the Gap." The last in the volume, "A Purple Rhododendron," is intensely dramatic and carries the reader by main force up to the crisis. None of the stories are more than a few pages in length, yet each is a distinct and lasting picture...