Perch of the Devil — Gertrude Atherton

In this novel, which gives the romance mining in Montana, appears a new figure in American fiction, Ida Compton, so real, so true to America, as to make her almost a national figure. The story her growth from a crude, beautiful girl to a woman fire and character makes a wholesome, satisfying novel. --The Little Review, March, 1914For other novels written by a woman and having the scope and power Mrs. Atherton's, one must look back to George Eliot, Gcorge Sand, and Madame de Stael. It is hard to discover American men equaling Mrs. Atherton in width od wisdom, depth, of sympathy, and sense of consecration! --American Review of Reviews, 1914