“The solid accomplishment of Miss Delafield’s three novels establishes her as a figure of actual literary importance. Writing, from her first published sentence to the ending phrase of _The Pelicans_, with a delicate mastery and finish, she expresses her witty and forceful personality with the utmost clearness. _Zella Sees Herself_, _The War Workers_, and _The Pelicans_ offer to honest and intelligent people an enjoyment of what are recognized as really high traits of creative literature together with a pervading amusement and lively interest sustained from paragraph to paragraph and from novel to novel. Miss Delafield is a valuable addition to the number of writers, always small, whose boo…
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