SOURCE: "Ghosts and Others," in The Bookman, Vol. 58, No. 5, January, 1924, pp. 573-74.

In this excerpt from a review of four collections of stories about ghosts and the occult, Willcox admires Glasgow's ability to convey convincingly "place and speech " in her writing.

Miss Glasgow has four forthright ghost stories and three psychological tales. Her writing retains its customary distinction and freedom from all affectation and use of clichés; such English is a refreshment to mind and spirit, coming as it does from the fine tradition of Addison and Matthew Arnold, unvulgarized by current slang, unvilified by current bad grammar. An environment of long established customs, manners, and traditions has given her what few writers of her day have—both soil and atmosphere; a soil in which her roots are deeply set, and an atmosphere where she is sure of climate, vegetation, human types, manners, customs, and traditions. When...