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“ World.—“Clement Scott is nothing if not sympathetic, and every one of the ten stories is not only thoroughly readable, but is instinct with sentiment; for Mr Scott still retains a wonderful enthusiasm, usually the attribute of youth. ‘Drifting’ is a very fresh and convincing narrative, founded, we understand, upon truth, and containing within a small compass the materials for a very stirring drama. ‘A Cross of Heather,’ too, is a charming romance, told with real pathos and feeling.” ”

“ It is a rare thing to find humour in rhyme without vulgarity, and fun without feebleness. One is, as a rule, inclined to laugh too rarely with the joking poet, and sigh often at the pity of his hideous staleness. ”

“ Echo.—“A very sprightly tale, which, despite the extravagance of its leading motive, is full of humour—good humour and human nature.”
Daily Telegraph.—“The author of the unquestionably humorous and conspicuously successful ‘Pottle Papers’ has given the novel-reading public another ‘taste of his quality’ in this fantastic story.... The element of surprise predominates throughout this eminently entertaining narrative; unexpectedness is the essential characteristic of all its more salient incidents, comical or tragical; its dialogue sparkles with genuine, irresistible fun.” ”

“ By Arnold Golsworthy. Picture cover drawn by Sydney H. Sime. Crown 8vo, 1s.
Literary World.—“We do not remember having read a book that possessed the quality of grip in a greater degree than is the case with ‘Death and the Woman.’... Every page of every chapter develops the interest, which culminates in one of the most sensational dénouements it has been our lot to read. The flavour of actuality is not destroyed by any incredible incident; it is the inevitable thing that always happens. ”

“ Those who love a mystery with plenty of ‘go,’ and a story which is not devoid of a certain amount of realism, cannot do better than pick up ‘Fellow-Passengers.’ The characters are real men and women, and not the sentimental and artificial puppets to which we have been so long accustomed by our sensationalists. ”

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Daily Telegraph.—“The hero is an interesting dreamer, absorbed in his schemes, which are his one weakness. To women, save when they can further the good of his cause, he is obdurate; in business, strong, energetic and powerful. He is shown to us as the man with a master mind and one absorbing delusion, and as such is a pathetic figure. No one can dispute the prodigality and liveliness of the author’s imagination; his plot teems with striking incidents.”
Vanity Fair.—“The story tells itself very clearly in three hundred pages of very pleasant and entertaining reading. ”

“ The ‘experiment’ is a novel one, and its working out is a deft piece of writing. The psychology of the work is faultless, and this study of a beautiful temperament, in a crude frame, has with it the verity of deep observation and acute insight.... We await with considerable confidence Miss Williams’s next venture.”
Sheffield Independent.—“The writer has treated a delicate and unusual situation with delicacy and originality. The heroine’s character is drawn with firmness and clearness, and the whole story is vivid and picturesque.... ”

“ This very entertaining book is a narrative of adventures in all parts of the world. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.
Mr Andrew Lang, in the course of a long and laudatory notice in Longman’s Magazine, said:—“It is a strange photograph of rude and violent life. The narrator always carries his life in his fist. He describes, better than any other writer, the existence of a tramp, and gives an amazing account of the brutality, and even torture, practised on workers in some parts of the United States.... The book is as simple in style as Swift’s writing ”

“ The men and women we meet are not the men and women we really come across in this world. So much the better for us. But we are delighted to read about them, for all that; and we prophesy success for Mr Ascher’s book, particularly as he has taken the precaution of telling us that he is ‘only in fun.’”
A Cry in the Night. An exciting Detective Story. By Arnold Golsworthy, Author of “Death and the Woman,” “Hands in the Darkness,” etc. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s. ”

“ There are not many authors, alas! that would bear study at close range, but here certainly is one where knowledge of his early struggles and trials will only increase our affection and interest in the man himself and his stories. ”

“ Cork Herald.—“Gracefully written, easy and attractive in diction and style, the stories are as choice a collection as we have happened on for a long time. They are clever; they are varied; they are fascinating. We admit them into the sacred circle of the most beautiful that have been told by the most sympathetic and skilled writers.... Mr Kennedy has a style, and that is rare enough nowadays—as refreshing as it is rare.”
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Dona Rufina. A Nineteenth Century Romance. Being a Story of Carlist Conspiracy. By Heber Daniels, Author of “Our Tenants.” Second Edition. Crown 8vo, cloth, 2s. ”

“ Crown 8vo, cloth, 2s. 6d.
Literature.—“The story strikes the fresh note of having been lived, experienced, and does not come to one as a stale invention. There is human nature in it, and passion, of a kind: tragedy too.... We should say, ‘Read the book by all means.’”
Echo.—“Its general air of out-Bourget-ing Bourget. You will ‘see life’ in its story, no doubt, for it has a measure of pathos, insight and power, but most certainly you will not see life steadily.”
Morning Leader.—“Vivid with the strange lusts and cruel desires of an imagination enslaved to the body ... ”

“ Evening Times.—“Its power fascinates us. The originality of the conception, the skill with which the characters are drawn, and the vigour and vividness of the writing testify not only to keen insight into human nature, but to Madame Orzeszko’s maintenance to the eve of threescore years rare and youthful freshness.”
A Girl of the North. A Tale of London and Canada. By Helen Milecete. Second Edition. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.
Saturday Review.—“It is piquant and up-to-date. Miss Milecete’s style is engagingly direct and simple, and she has a natural talent for story-telling.” ”

“ The Scotsman.—“The story possesses the merits of freshness, originality and ingenuity. It is written in an animated and picturesque style, and is full of life and incident.”
Onlooker.—“Mr Edmund Forbes has drawn a striking study, and his style and language are always most scholarly. Grellier is a real and living character. It is a book that could only have been written by one endowed with the imagination and musical pen that betray the poet.”
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The Prettiness of Fools. A Realistic and Powerful Novel. By Edgar Hewitt. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s. ”

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Vanity Fair says:—“The hand that wrote the ‘Silver King’ has by no means lost its cunning in painting broad effects of light and shadow. The description of life in Broadmoor is, we fancy, done from actual observation. It is quite new.” And the critic of Black and White sums it up pithily as “A story which holds our attention and interests us right from the first chapter. The book is as exciting as even a story of sensation has any need to be.” ”

“ Old hands as we are at these things, we were for a long time completely baffled by the plot as the most wooden-headed detective of fiction.... It is an excellent book of its particular kind. Mr Golsworthy has succeeded admirably in the careful, clever, amusing character-drawing of an odd group of subsidiary folk. These are very human people who stick in the mind after the book is closed.”
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A Dead Woman’s Vow. A Powerful Story. By Emile Zola. Translated by Count S. C. de Soissons. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.
Sapho. A new Translation, by G. F. Monkshood, of Daudet’s celebrated Romance. ”

“ Algernon Charles Swinburne. A Study. By Theodore Wratislaw (Dedicated to Theodore Watts-Dunton) , with a new portrait of Mr Swinburne and a Bibliography. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.
Daily News.—“Mr Wratislaw’s work is always dignified and eloquent, and not without critical acuteness.”
Review of the Week.—“It is not only a study, it is an entertainment. It has dignity and no dulness.... Though an appreciation, it is not an exaggeration. The summing up, though masterly, is not tyrannical. It is concise and sufficient, and is as artistically written as artistically informed. ”

“ Madame.—“It is a crisp delineation of modern social life, abounding in excellent characterisation, sparkling dialogue and epigrams that are new and smart. There is scarcely a page of the book that does not contain a sentence worth reading a second time and then marking with pencil for another perusal.”
Red Fate. A Powerful Novel. By Edmund Forbes. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 6s.
Daily Despatch.—“In ‘Red Fate’ we have a daring book. Messrs Greening have in Mr Forbes the writer of a strong book that will cause some talk.” ”

“ A Story of Literary and Theatrical Life. By S. J. Adair Fitz-Gerald. Crown 8vo, cloth, new and cheaper edition, 2s. 6d.
Graphic.—“The volume will please and amuse numberless people.”
Pall Mall Gazette.—“A pleasant, cheery story. Displays a rich vein of robust imagination.”
Standard.—“There are many pleasant pages in ‘Fame, the Fiddler,’ which reminds us of ‘Trilby,’ with its pictures of Bohemian life, and its happy-go-lucky group of good-hearted, generous scribblers, artists and playwrights. Some of the characters are so true to life that it is impossible not to recognise them. ”

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Daily Chronicle.—“We take pleasure in commending the book because of its freshness and genuine excellence. Mr Taber has undoubtedly struck what is a virgin soil so far as fiction is concerned. The local colour of the story is novel—so novel, in fact, as to give quite an unusual interest and value to the book.”
Umpire (Book of the Week) .—“Mr Taber has the gift of story-telling, and he has the peculiar satisfaction of being first in an entirely new field. ”

“ People.—“A delightful story for children, something in the style of ‘Alice in Wonderland,’ but also having some flavour of Kingsley’s ‘Water Babies.’”
Sun.—“Good fairy stories are a source of everlasting joy and delight. Mr Adair Fitz-Gerald breaks fresh ground and writes pleasantly.... The book has the added advantage of being charmingly illustrated in colour by Gustave Doré.”
Weekly Sun.—“Mr Adair Fitz-Gerald is a well-known writer of fairy stories and humorous books for the young. ”

“ A Story founded on fact, proving that truth is stranger than fiction. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.
Liverpool Review.—“A smart, anonymous novel. The story is capitally written, and is extremely interesting. Evelyn Gray’s adventures are narrated in a style so realistic as to leave the impression that the writer is either a medical man or one who has had very intimate acquaintance with hospital life.”
Lloyd’s.—“A strong book, and one that readers will find interesting. ”

“ A new edition. Crown 8vo, art cloth, 6s.
Public Opinion.—“A remarkable book.... We are plunged into a delicious and tantalising romance; incident follows incident like a panorama of exciting pictures. Fertility of imagination is everywhere apparent, and the dénouement is artfully concealed till it bursts upon the reader with a suddenness that fairly takes away his breath.”
Liverpool Post.—“A very skilfully-constructed story, mysterious and strange, with a natural explanation suggested of all the mystery which does not spoil one’s enjoyment (here follows analysis of plot) . ”

“ Crown 8vo, art cloth, with a new Portrait of the Author, 2s. 6d.
M. A. P.—“Very light and dainty in its tone. ‘In Monte Carlo’ is a typical example of the work of the great Polish writer.... It is the old, old tale of a man with a maid—plus a lady with the instincts of the vampire, who lives in the gambling hell of Europe.”
Pall Mall Gazette.—“It is beyond all question the work of a great artist. It is subtly analytical and psychologically true. So triumphant is the art of the Polish novelist that we follow the story with lively sympathy and unflagging interest.... It is always interesting ”

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Topical Times.—“Brisk and spicy without being blatant and salacious ... a very good book, which says a lot of things that wanted saying frankly but delicately. It is, at the same time, an engrossing romance.”
Globe.—“Readers will find plenty of cleverness and ‘go,’ the Bohemian side of artistic life being described with verisimilitude as well as graphic force.”
Books of To-day.—“A story of deep human interest, set forth with undoubted literary talent, sense of style, and an ability to handle pure narrative that is rare and welcome. ”

“ Mr W. S. Rogers supplies eight graphic illustrations, while Mr Justin Hannaford furnishes an introduction in which the literary history of the story is pleasantly recounted.”
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Vathek. An Eastern Romance. By William Beckford. Edited, with an Introduction, by Justin Hannaford. Illustrated by W. S. Rogers. Crown 8vo, cloth, gilt edges, 3s 6d.
Saturday Review.—“A work of vivid and picturesque imagination, great power, and no small originality. It is saturated with the fragrance and voluptuousness of the East.”
Outlook.—“In the way of Eastern romances ‘Vathek’ has always easily stood first. ”

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Morning Post.—“Written with unmistakable power.”
Weekly Times.—“Deserves to be the success of the season.”
World.—“Contains striking incidents graphically related. We cannot fail to admire the ingenuity displayed by the writer.”
St James’s Gazette.—“A strange and weird story is ‘A Son of Africa,’ the latest from the pen of Anna, Comtesse de Brémont, author of ‘The Gentleman Digger.’ From the writer of that story we expect and get vivid word-pictures and local colouring. The descriptions of scenery and incident are wonderfully striking and impressive.... ”

“ Literary World.—“The epigrams are well selected, and should form a perfect armoury for any young bachelor put up to propose the toast of ‘The Ladies.’... There is good variety too.”
Dress in a Nutshell. By “R.” A Booklet every woman who wishes to dress tastefully should certainly possess. Crown 16mo, cloth, 1s.; sewed, 6d.
Weeds and Flowers. Poems by William Luther Longstaff, Author of “The Tragedy of the Lady Palmist.” Crown 8vo, art cloth, gilt extra, gilt top, 2s. 6d. nett.
Sun.—“Mr Longstaff has real fire and passion in all of his work. He has a graceful touch and a tuneful ear. ”