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PRESENTATION. The story is told in reminiscent vein by one who uses his own angle as a boy. It recalls the manner of "Treasure Island," as "The Yellow Cat" recalls Kipling. The boy's angle is faithfully kept, with excellent results. The first value of the boy's angle is that much of the action was unclear to him, as it progressed chronologically, and this obscurity is carried over to the reader. The reader, then, is kept in suspense, as the boy was, until the outcome. It is a well-known and capital means of creating and heightening suspense. The second value is that the boy's point of view is the best for unity of effect. Observe that this is true in studying the
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