E. P. Roe Reminiscences of His Life

A short biography of author Edward P. Roe by his sister Mary Roe.
His novels were very popular in their day, especially with middle class readers in England and America, and were translated into several European languages. Their strong moral and religious purpose, and their being written by a clergyman, did much to break down a Puritan prejudice in America against works of fiction. Among his novels were;

Barriers Burned Away (1872), which first appeared as a serial in the Evangelist and made him widely known.
What Can she Do? (1873).
Opening of a Chestnut Burr (1874).
From Jest to Earnest (1875).
Near to Natures Heart (1876).
A Knight of the Nineteenth Century (1877).
A Face Illumined (1878).
A Day of Fate (1880).
Without a Home (1881).
His Sombre Rivals (1883).
Natures Serial Story (1884).
A Young Girls Wooing (1884).
An Original Belle (1885).
He Fell in Love with his Wife (1886).
The Hornet's Nest: A Story of Love and War (1886).
The Earth Trembled (1887).
Miss Lou (left unfinished 1888).
Play and Profit in My Garden (1873).
Success with Small Fruits (1881).
The Home Acre (1887).