Eight O'clock
It breathes the frank open nature , the naive humor of Ulster in every line . One could not imagine a more pathetic , yet withal noble figure than Martha Martin . '' -- _ London Globe . _ Eight O'clock and Other Studies _ Cloth , 12mo . , $ 1.00 _ Mr. Ervine presents in this book a remarkable collection of intimate human studies . These short sketches , seventeen in number , are rare bits of realism , truthful pictures of the life of the common people . `` If evidence were needed , these short stories are sufficient to prove that the best in fiction may sometimes be put into the briefest form . ''