The Blue Wall
Richard Washburn Child |
A story of strangeness and struggle, of unflagging interest and deep mystery.
"Should be prescribed by every literary physician. It is a tale to keep strong men from their meat and dames from the bridge table. Mr. Richard Washburn Child's first complete novel is a success. 'What is behind the wall?' asks the doctor attending a child patient as he senses a brooding and malign influence in the atmosphere of the sick room. The answer is revealed in the stories of the doctor, the married couple next door, the old nurse and the automatic chess player. It is a strange and fascinating mystery with divagations into heredity and psychic problems. It grips....Mr. Child will not take it amiss if we trace the influence of Wilkie Collins and Bulwer Lytton in his work."
