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You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of -the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at -www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: Books Worth Reading - Being a List of the New and Forthcoming Publications of - Greening & Co., Ltd, season 1901 - -Author: Greening & Co. - -Release Date: January 18, 2017 [EBook #54005] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BOOKS WORTH READING *** - - - - -Produced by Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed -Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was -produced from images generously made available by The -Internet Archive) - - - - - - -</pre> - - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_1" id="Page_1">[1]</a></span></p> - -<h1>BOOKS WORTH READING</h1> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<img src="images/line1.jpg" width="600" height="40" alt="Decorative line" /> -</div> - -<div class="cover"> - -<p class="center"><span class="smcap">Being a List of the</span><br /> -New and Forthcoming Publications<br /> -<span class="smaller">OF</span><br /> -<span class="smcap larger">GREENING & CO., Ltd.</span></p> - -<p class="center">20 Cecil Court<br /> -<span class="pad1">Charing Cross Road</span><br /> -<span class="pad2">LONDON, W.C.</span></p> - -<p class="up"><i>SEASON 1901</i></p> - -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> -<img src="images/line2.jpg" width="600" height="40" alt="Decorative line" /> -</div> - -<h2>GENERAL LITERATURE, CRITICISM, -POETRY, ETC.</h2> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">English Writers of To-Day:</span> -Being a Series of Monographs on living Authors. -The following are the first volumes in the Series:—</p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">Rudyard Kipling.</span> The Man and His Work. Being -an attempt at an “Appreciation.” By <span class="smcap">G. F. Monkshood</span>, Author -of “Woman and The Wits,” “My Lady Ruby,” etc. Containing -a portrait of Mr Kipling and an autograph letter to the author -in facsimile. A new and cheaper edition. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, -3s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Daily Telegraph.</span>—“He writes fluently, and he has genuine enthusiasm for his subject, -and an intimate acquaintance with his work. Moreover, the book has been submitted -to Mr Kipling, whose characteristic letter to the author is set forth on the preface.… -Of Kipling’s heroes Mr Monkshood has a thorough understanding, and his remarks -on them are worth quoting” (extract follows).</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Globe.</span>—“It has at the basis of it both knowledge and enthusiasm—knowledge of the -works estimated and enthusiasm for them. This book may be accepted as a generous -exposition of Mr Kipling’s merits as a writer. We can well believe that it will have -many interested and approving readers.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Scotsman.</span>—“This well-informed volume is plainly sincere. It is thoroughly well -studied, and takes pains to answer all the questions that are usually put about Mr Kipling. -The writer’s enthusiasm carries both himself and his reader along in the most agreeable -style. One way and another his book is full of interest, and those who wish to talk -about Kipling will find it invaluable, while the thousands of his admirers will read it -through with delighted enthusiasm.”</p> - -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_2" id="Page_2">[2]</a></span></p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">Bret Harte:</span> a Treatise and a Tribute. By <span class="smcap">T. Edgar -Pemberton</span>, Author of “The Kendals,” “Life of Sothern,” etc., -with a new portrait of Mr Bret Harte and a Bibliography. Crown -8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Spectator.</span>—“A highly interesting book.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Daily Mail.</span>—“An interesting biography full of good things.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Sunday Sun.</span>—“A pleasant and interesting memoir.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Whitehall Review.</span>—“a truly delightful book.… Written in no mean spirit of -adulation, it is a well-balanced, characteristic, and fair estimate of a personality and a -mind far above the average.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Sunday Special.</span>—“It is an intensely interesting life story Mr Pemberton has to tell.… -This little volume is eminently readable, full of excellent stories and anecdotes, -and is in short a very admirable commentary upon the work of one of the brightest -masters of the pen that the great continent oversea has produced.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Daily Express.</span>—“Every true lover of Bret Harte ought to get Mr T. Edgar -Pemberton’s book. 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. Mr Pemberton -has shown in this book the qualities of an ideal biographer. His touch is light, his figure -stands clear, and we find in his work a strong human note we learned long years ago to -associate with the creator of M’Liss.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">Algernon Charles Swinburne.</span> A Study. By -<span class="smcap">Theodore Wratislaw</span> (Dedicated to Theodore Watts-Dunton), -with a new portrait of Mr Swinburne and a Bibliography. Crown -8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Daily News.</span>—“Mr Wratislaw’s work is always dignified and eloquent, and not without -critical acuteness.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Review of the Week.</span>—“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. Author and publisher have combined to make the book -one not only to peruse, but to possess. The price is more than moderate, the <i>format</i> -more than presentable.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Court Circular.</span>—“This little volume forms an excellent handbook to his (Swinburne’s) -writing. It is not simply an eulogy, but rather a discriminate appreciation and a loving -analysis of the poet’s works, which are dealt with chronologically as they were published. -The exposition helps greatly to elucidate many of the poems, and the criticisms are fair -and unbiassed. Those who know their Swinburne well will find a new pleasure in the -poems after reading this book, and those who have hitherto been deterred from studying -him are put in possession of a golden key to unlock the gateway of an enchanted garden. -Mr Wratislaw has fulfilled his task ably and well, and has earned the gratitude of all -lovers of English poetry.”</p> - -</div> - -<hr /> - -<h3>VOLUMES OF E. W. O. T. (in active preparation).</h3> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">George Meredith.</span> By <span class="smcap">Walter Jerrold</span>.</p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">Hall Caine.</span> By <span class="smcap">C. Fred. Kenyon</span>.</p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">Arthur Wing Pinero.</span> By <span class="smcap">Hamilton Fyffe</span>.</p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">W. E. Henley</span>, and the “<span class="smcap">National Observer</span>” -Group. By <span class="smcap">George Gamble</span>.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_3" id="Page_3">[3]</a></span></p> - -<div class="beside"> -<div> -<p class="bracket">}</p> -<p class="text">In One Volume. <br />By <span class="smcap">W. L. Courtney</span>.</p> -</div> -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">Mrs Humphrey Ward</span></p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">Mrs Craigie</span></p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">Thomas Hardy.</span> By a well-known Critic.</p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">Realistic Writers of To-day.</span> By <span class="smcap">Justin -Hannaford</span>.</p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">The Parnassian School in English Poetry.</span> (<span class="smcap">Andrew Lang</span>, <span class="smcap">Edmund Gosse</span> and <span class="smcap">Robert -Bridges</span>.) By Sir <span class="smcap">George Douglas</span>.</p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">Richard Le Gallienne.</span> By <span class="smcap">C. Ranger Gull</span>.</p> - -<hr /> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">The Wheel of Life.</span> A Few Memories and Recollections -(de omnibus rebus). By <span class="smcap">Clement Scott</span>, Author of -“Madonna Mia,” “Poppyland,” etc. With Portrait of the Author -from the celebrated Painting by <span class="smcap">J. Mordecai</span>. Third Edition. -Crown 8vo, crimson buckram, gilt lettered, gilt top, 2s.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Weekly Sun</span> (T. P. O’Connor) says:—A Book of the Week—“I have found this slight -and unpretentious little volume bright, interesting reading. I have read nearly every -line with pleasure.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Illustrated London News.</span>—“The story Mr Scott has to tell is full of varied interest, -and is presented with warmth and buoyancy.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Punch.</span>—“What pleasant memories does not Clement Scott’s little book, ‘The Wheel -of Life,’ revive! The writer’s memory is good, his style easy, and above all, which is a -great thing for reminiscences, chatty.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">Some Notable Hamlets</span> of the Present Time. -(<span class="smcap">Sarah Bernhardt</span>, <span class="smcap">Henry Irving</span>, <span class="smcap">Beerbohm Tree</span>, -<span class="smcap">Wilson Barrett</span> and <span class="smcap">Forbes Robertson</span>.) By <span class="smcap">Clement -Scott</span>, Author of “The Drama of Yesterday and the Drama of -To-day,” etc. Illustrated with portraits drawn by <span class="smcap">W. G. Mein</span>, -and an appreciation of Mr Clement Scott by <span class="smcap">L. Arthur -Greening</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 2s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Pilot.</span>—“This book will be eagerly read by all who, not having had an opportunity of -seeing this or that actor in the character, is anxious to know ‘how it was done.’”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Court Circular.</span>—“Interesting and valuable. Indeed it would be difficult to name -any better theatrical criticism. The style is nervous and vivid, and the critical acumen -displayed of a high order.… The criticisms are a valuable contribution to dramatic -literature, and will be read with great interest by all playgoers.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Glasgow Herald.</span>—“The dramatic critic’s vivid impressions and subtle analysis -enable us to compare the varied interpretations which dramatic genius have put upon -Shakespeare’s great creation. They will make interesting reading for the student as well -as the playgoer, for Mr Scott does not fail to note deviations from this or that text, and -departures from traditional ‘points’ and hackneyed effects.”</p> - -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_4" id="Page_4">[4]</a></span></p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">“Sisters by the Sea.”</span> Seaside and Country Sketches. -By <span class="smcap">Clement Scott</span>, Author of “Blossom Land,” “Amongst the -Apple Orchards,” Etc. Frontispiece and Vignette designed by -<span class="smcap">George Pownall</span>. Long 12mo, attractively bound in cloth, 1s.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Observer.</span>—“The little book is bright and readable, and will come like a breath of -country air to many unfortunates who are tied by the leg to chair, stool, or counter.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Dundee Advertiser.</span>—“It is all delightful, and almost as good as a holiday. The -city clerk, the jaded shopman, the weary milliner, the pessimistic dyspeptic, should each -read the book. It will bring a suggestion of sea breezes, the plash of waves, and all the -accessories of a holiday by the sea.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">A Vagabond in Asia.</span> A Volume of Travel off -the Beaten Track. By <span class="smcap">Edmund Candler</span>. With Illustrations -from Photographs, and a Map showing the Author’s route. -Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Morning Post.</span>—“Brightly written and full of observation that throws vivid and -playful sidelights here and there, and provides entertainment that does not always -appertain to works of travel.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Daily Express.</span>—“A delightful and intimate work.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Sunday Special.</span>—“There is an intense enthusiasm, a poetic fervour, and a dry sense -of humour, such as you only find at intervals among books.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Outlook.</span>—“These records of <i>Reiselust</i>, or go-fever, as we may call them, are off the -beaten track, are novel, manly and picturesque.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Standard.</span>—“The book is written with humour, his impressions of men and places are -vivid, and the charm of the volume is heightened by illustrations, some of which bring -us face to face with typical natives of the East, whilst others afford fair glimpses of -tropical scenery.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">Captain Mayne Reid:</span> His Life and Adventures. -By his <span class="smcap">Widow</span> and <span class="smcap">Chas. Coe</span>, U.S.A. With numerous Portraits -and Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Daily Graphic.</span>—“A fascinating work in which Captain Mayne Reid’s life is carefully -and sympathetically sketched.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">World.</span>—“The career of this popular writer was adventurous and thrilling, and Mrs -Mayne Reid tells in the most entertaining manner the literary history of her husband -and the eventful incidents of his career. Altogether it is a fascinating biography of an -interesting person.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Weekly Despatch.</span>—“A truly fascinating volume which should be read by everyone.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">The Messiahship of Shakspeare.</span> Sung and -expounded by <span class="smcap">Clelia</span> (<span class="smcap">Chas. Downing</span>). Demy 8vo, art cloth -gilt, 5s.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Daily Telegraph</span> (<span class="smcap">W. L. Courtney</span>) says:—“It is a wonderful book that Mr -Downing has written, and no brief analysis could do it adequate justice.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Review of the Week.</span>—“It is a very remarkable book, and the ideas set forth in it -are startlingly original.… The man who is not moved to think deeply after reading -this book must indeed be ‘dead to the soul.’ In a style that is beautiful in its simplicity, -Clelia works out his conclusions with marvellous skill.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Westminster Review.</span>—“Contains much sound criticism of a new and daring -kind.… The book should be read by all Shakspearean students.”</p> - -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_5" id="Page_5">[5]</a></span></p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">God in Shakspeare.</span> An Evolution of the Ideal in -the Poet’s Works. By <span class="smcap">Clelia</span> (<span class="smcap">Chas. Downing</span>), Author of -“The Messiahship of Shakspeare.” Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Daily Chronicle.</span>—“Intelligent and scholarly, acute and careful.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Glasgow Herald.</span>—“A knowledge of Shakspeare unrivalled except by Mr Swinburne.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Scotsman.</span>—“Really profound insight. Keen and clever analysis.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">A Book of the Poster.</span> By <span class="smcap">W. S. Rogers</span>. -Profusely Illustrated with Examples of Poster Work by the -famous Poster Artists of the day. 4to, cloth, 7s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Sketch.</span>—“A complete and valuable work upon an important and interesting subject.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">St James’s Gazette.</span>—“A large and handsome book. Well written and beautifully -illustrated.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Whitehall Review.</span>—“The way Mr Rogers has done his work is a testimonial at once -to his knowledge and a monument to his taste. This very handsome volume … is -worthy of a place in anybody’s library.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Bookman.</span>—“An interesting and valuable book for all interested in poster work and -poster collections. The illustrations are thoroughly representative and excellently -produced.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">Northern Lights and Shadows.</span> Stories of -Eskimo Life. By <span class="smcap">R. G. Taber</span>, with some folk lore tales -translated from the original Eskimo, and an autograph letter -from the Marquis of Lorne reproduced in facsimile. Crown 8vo, -cloth, 3s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Daily Chronicle.</span>—“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.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Umpire</span> (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. There is undoubted -fascination in his pages.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Outlook.</span>—“Well written and decidedly entertaining. It is to be hoped that Mr Taber -may produce another series of characteristic stories, as direct in their appeal to the -sympathy as are these.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Literature.</span>—“Fresh and uncommon. Mr Taber really gets the Arctic atmosphere -and feeling into his work.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">Woman:</span> A Study and Defence. Adapted from the -French of <span class="smcap">Alfred Fouillée</span> by the Rev. <span class="smcap">T. A. Seed</span>. Crown -8vo, cloth gilt, 2s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Review of the Week.</span>—“An interesting little book. The scientific arguments are -lucidly and convincingly put.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Sunday Special.</span>—“There is much curious information in this little book, first as to -the scientific origin and formation of the feminine portion of humanity, and next as to -woman’s limitations and powers.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Scotsman.</span>—“It is a suggestive essay on the eternal question of the Eternal Feminine, -the principal points in which problem it states with neatness and brevity, and argues out -with commendable conciseness.”</p> - -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_6" id="Page_6">[6]</a></span></p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">Some Home Truths</span> re <span class="title-it">The Maori War</span>, -1863 to 1869, on the West Coast of New Zealand. By Lt.-Col. -<span class="smcap">Edward Gorton</span> (New Zealand Militia), late Captain H. M. -29th and 57th Regiments. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 2s. 6d.</p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">A Trip to Paradoxia</span>, and other Humours of the -Hour. Being Contemporary Pictures of Social Fact and Political -Fiction. By <span class="smcap">T. H. S. Escott</span>, Author of “Personal Forces -of the Period,” “Social Transformation of the Victorian Age,” -“Platform, Press, Politics, and Play,” Etc. A new and cheaper -edition. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Standard.</span>—“A book which is amusing from cover to cover. Bright epigrams abound -in Mr Escott’s satirical pictures of the modern world.… Those who know the inner -aspects of politics and society will, undoubtedly, be the first to recognise the skill and -adroitness with which he strikes at the weak places in a world of intrigue and fashion.… -There is a great deal of very clever sword-play in Mr Escott’s description of -Dum-Dum (London), the capital of Paradoxia (England).”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">Bye-Ways of Crime.</span> With some Stories from -the Black Museum. By <span class="smcap">R. J. Power-Berrey</span>. Profusely -Illustrated. Crown 8vo, cloth, 2s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Outlook.</span>—“Decidedly you should read Mr Power-Berrey’s interesting book, taking laugh -and shudder as they come.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Sheffield Independent.</span>—“We do not remember to have ever seen a more popularly-written -summary of the methods of thieves than this bright and chatty volume. It is -the work of a writer who evidently has a most intimate knowledge of the criminal -classes, and who can carry on a plain narrative briskly and forcibly. The book fascinates -by its freshness and unusualness.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Liverpool Review.</span>—“This is no fanciful production, but a clear, dispassionate revelation -of the dodges of the professional criminal. Illustrated by numerous pen and ink -sketches, Mr Power-Berrey’s excellent work is useful as well as interesting, for it will -certainly not assist the common pilferer to have all his little tricks made public property -in this lucid and easily-rememberable style.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">The Art of Elocution</span> and Public Speaking. By -<span class="smcap">Ross Ferguson</span>. With an Introduction by <span class="smcap">Geo. Alexander</span>. -Dedicated by permission to Miss <span class="smcap">Ellen Terry</span>. Second Edition. -Crown 8vo, strongly bound in cloth, 1s.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Australian Mail.</span>—“A useful little book. We can strongly recommend it to the -chairmen of public companies.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Stage.</span>—“A carefully-composed treatise, obviously written by one as having authority. -Students will find it of great service.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Literary World.</span>—“The essentials of elocution are dealt with in a thoroughly capable -and practical way. The chapter on public speaking is particularly satisfactory.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">The Path of the Soul.</span> Being Essays on Continental -Art and Literature. By S. C. de <span class="smcap">Soissons</span>, Author of -“A Parisian in America,” etc. Illustrated with portraits, etc. -Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 10s. 6d. (in preparation).</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_7" id="Page_7">[7]</a></span></p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">From the Book Beautiful.</span> Being Some Old -Lights Re-lit. By the Author of “The Hypocrite” and “Miss -Malevolent.” Cloth gilt, gilt edges, 3s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Lloyd’s.</span>—“Full of reverence, yet glows with vivid imagination.… These are Bible -stories in a most novel and attractive form, never irreverent, but full of the keenest -interest.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">British Weekly.</span>—“Among the many attempts which have recently been made to fill -out the Bible stories with the realistic touches suggested by our increased knowledge -of the conditions of life in ancient times, this anonymous volume will take a high -place. Seven stories are retold, some from the Old, some from the New Testament. -To certain tastes they may seem too elaborately wrought, the author evidently relishes -what is gorgeous, and his descriptions of Potiphar’s house are very richly inlaid with -ornament, but whatever be the judgment of readers in this respect, there can be no -question as to the effective realism of the narratives. Certainly some of the stories will -convey both to children and adults fresh and memorable conceptions of Biblical scenes.”</p> - -</div> - - - - -<h2>MARIE CORELLI</h2> - - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">Patriotism or Self-Advertisement?</span> -A Social Note on the Transvaal War, 1899-1900. By <span class="smcap">Marie -Corelli</span>. Sixth Edition. 4to, sewed, 2d.</p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">Nebo:</span> The Merchant of Susa. A Drama in Three Acts. -By <span class="smcap">A. J. Ferreira</span>. Small 8vo, hand-made paper, art cloth, -gilt, 2s. 6d. nett.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Daily Mail</span> (Glasgow).—“The story unfolded is very interesting and full of exciting -incidents.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Aberdeen Free Press.</span>—“A highly readable piece of work, and it would, we feel -sure, if suitably mounted and in the hands of capable actors, prove eminently effective -on the stage. The action is rapid, there are no diffuse vapourings, and there is ample -scope for attractive scenic effect.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Independent</span> (Sheffield).—“The Assyrian setting makes a novel background, and there -is movement and some striking situations in the play.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">Ideal Physical Culture</span>, And the Truth about -the Strong Man. By <span class="smcap">Apollo</span> (the Scottish Hercules and Sandow’s -Challenger). Fourth Edition. Profusely illustrated, cloth, 2s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">To-day.</span>—“It is a very sensible book, and Apollo knows what he is talking about.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">County Gentleman.</span>—“Will prove useful to aspiring young athletes.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Westminster Gazette.</span>—“Those who take an interest in Physical Culture will find -the manual instructive and useful.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Football Echo.</span>—“‘Ideal Physical Culture’ scatters to the wind much of the nonsense -and bunkum written <i>ad nauseam</i> about the strong man, his biceps, his triceps, the -muscular fat, and his stupendous feats.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">The Year Book of the Stage.</span> Being an -annual record of criticisms of all the important productions of the -English Stage, with copious Index and complete Cast of each -Play recorded. Compiled by <span class="smcap">L. Arthur Greening</span>. About -260 pages, strongly bound in cloth, 3s. 6d.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_8" id="Page_8">[8]</a></span></p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">A History of Nursery Rhymes.</span> By <span class="smcap">Percy -B. Green</span>. This interesting Book is the result of many years -research among nursery folklore of all nations, and traces the -origin of nursery rhymes from the earliest times. Crown 8vo, -cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Morning Post.</span>—“Contains a great deal of pleasing information concerning the origin of -our nursery songs, fairy tales and games … and the author treats his subject in a -manner which is both entertaining and intelligible.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">World.</span>—“Will be found entertaining by everybody.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Spectator.</span>—“The reader will find much curious matter in Mr Green’s volume.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Examiner</span> (Cork).—“A comprehensive and thoroughly interesting book.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Madame.</span>—“A most interesting book.… To those mothers who have their children -round them in the story-telling twilight this book of Mr Green’s should be a treasury of -delight.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">In Quaint East Anglia.</span> Descriptive Sketches. -By <span class="smcap">T. West Carnie</span>. Illustrated by <span class="smcap">W. S. Rogers</span>. Long -12mo, cloth, 1s.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Observer.</span>—“That East Anglia exercises a very potent spell over those who once come -under its influence is proved by the case of George Borrow, and all who share in the -fascination will delight in this brightly written, companionable little volume.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Graphic.</span>—“It is a prettily got up and readable little book.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Saturday Review.</span>—“Will be welcomed by all who have come under the charm of -East Anglia.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">A Man Adrift.</span> Being Leaves from a Nomad’s -Portfolio. By <span class="smcap">Bart Kennedy</span>, Author of “Darab’s Wine-Cup,” -“The Wandering Romanoff,” etc. This very entertaining book -is a narrative of adventures in all parts of the world. Crown 8vo, -cloth, 6s.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p>Mr <span class="smcap">Andrew Lang</span>, in the course of a long and laudatory notice in <span class="review-source">Longman’s -Magazine</span>, 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; a kind of labouring Trelawny might have fathered these <i>adventures of -a younger son</i>.”</p> - -<p>Mr <span class="smcap">Richard Le Gallienne</span> (in the <span class="review-source">Idler</span>).—“‘A Man Adrift’ has held me as few -recent books have power to do. The book is ‘real’ because it has first been really lived, -and then been really written. Mr Kennedy’s book has held me, not only by its reality, -but by its courage, its pity, its humour, its all-embracing humanity, its quiet fierceness. -‘A Man Adrift’ is a brave book.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Morning Leader.</span>—“The record of an adventurous life, when well told, always appeals -to the imagination and sympathy of the reader, and ‘A Man Adrift’ is such a record. -Presumably the adventures are real; they have all the vividness of reality at all events, -and one follows the hardships and wanderings of the narrator with keen interest.… -Mr Kennedy is to be congratulated on his ‘Man Adrift.’”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">County Gentleman.</span>—“This is the book of a strong man. It has vigour, originality -and power, and comes as a refreshing change after the maudlin sentimentality of most -modern stories.… Mr Kennedy has a characteristic style. He writes in short, crisp -sentences that are at once direct and fearless. It is mainly his own story that he tells in -this strangely fascinating volume.”</p> - -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_9" id="Page_9">[9]</a></span></p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">Woman and the Wits.</span> Epigrams on Woman, Love, -and Beauty. Collected and edited by <span class="smcap">G. F. Monkshood</span>, Author -of “Rudyard Kipling: The Man and His Work,” “Lady Ruby,” -etc. New and revised edition. Small 8vo, art vellum, gilt extra, -gilt edges, 3s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Great Thoughts.</span>—“The most beautiful book on my table is ‘Woman and the Wits.’… -In this lovely volume of about 200 pages some of the wisest, wittiest, tenderest -epigrams on woman and on cognate topics to be found in ancient and modern times, have -been brought together with taste and judgment.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Ladies’ Pictorial.</span>—“The compiler of this dainty little volume has produced a veritable -lucky bag for the dipper who is anxious to find something smart and clever.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Madame.</span>—“A book that should find favour on every woman’s table.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Literary World.</span>—“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.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">Dress in a Nutshell.</span> By “R.” A Booklet every -woman who wishes to dress tastefully should certainly possess. -Crown 16mo, cloth, 1s.; sewed, 6d.</p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">Weeds and Flowers.</span> Poems by <span class="smcap">William Luther -Longstaff</span>, Author of “The Tragedy of the Lady Palmist.” -Crown 8vo, art cloth, gilt extra, gilt top, 2s. 6d. nett.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Sun.</span>—“Mr Longstaff has real fire and passion in all of his work. He has a graceful -touch and a tuneful ear. There is exquisite melody in his metre.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Times.</span>—“He has passion and energy enough to stock half a dozen average minor -poets.… But he has in him something of the stuff of which poetry—as opposed to -verse—is made.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Court Circular.</span>—“Unquestionably a poet of a very high order—musical, suggestive, -imaginative and picturesque. ‘In the Times to come’ is a beautiful poem, full of -suggestion, with a subtle melody of its own. How well Mr Longstaff can write is seen -in ‘A Hopeless Dawn.’ It is the work of a true poet. Mr Longstaff’s poems deserve -more extended notice. There is art in his work, and music; and his verse is full of -promise. Mr Longstaff’s muse is frank and sincere, and many of his readers will forgive -her for not posing as a prude.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">Ballads of Ghostly Shires.</span> By <span class="smcap">George -Bartram</span>, Author of “The People of Clopton,” “The White-headed -Boy,” etc. Dedication accepted by Theodore Watts-Dunton. -Small 8vo, cloth, 2s. 6d. nett.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Speaker.</span>—“We hail with the greatest pleasure Mr George Bartram’s ‘Ballads of -Ghostly Shires.’”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Academy.</span>—“His descriptive passages have the true poetic touch, and a fresh grace -about them. He is, in truth, well worth reading, and has the distinction of writing -narrative verse well in a lyric age. It is a breezy, picturesque, taking little book.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Athenæum.</span>—“Mr Bartram has the gift of description, and his vigorous narrative verse -moves swiftly.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Sunday Sun.</span>—“Remarkable and beautiful poems. Enjoyable reading.”</p> - -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_10" id="Page_10">[10]</a></span></p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">Village Life and Feeling.</span> Songs and Verses. -By <span class="smcap">Rupert Upperton</span>, the Ploughboy Poet. 2s. 6d. nett.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Scotsman.</span>—“This is a pleasant and an interesting volume of healthy English -verse.… The book deserves to be read, and will interest any curious lover of -poetry.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">North Star.</span>—“Amusing and instructive poems illustrative of village life. Those who -are on the lookout for new recitations should examine this volume.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Glasgow Herald.</span>—“His humour and satire are genial and well-meaning. He is not -without sentiment, and his lyrical pieces will be heartily appreciated.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Morning Leader.</span>—“There is some good stuff and not a little quaint feeling in the -verses of Rupert Upperton.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">St Andrew’s.</span>—“Many a simple soul—and there are millions of such in our land—utterly -unable to appreciate the poetry of the critics, will find itself charmed, purified -and elevated by the kindly muse of Mr Upperton. Messrs Greening & Co. have done -their work well, and enshrined these ‘woodnotes wild’ in a beautiful piece of letterpress.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="center">HER MAJESTY’S EDITION</p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">Rip Van Winkle</span>, together with “THE LEGEND -OF SLEEPY HOLLOW.” By <span class="smcap">Washington Irving</span>, and the -Complete Literary and Theatrical History of the Story by <span class="smcap">S. J. -Adair Fitz-Gerald</span>, Author of “Fame, the Fiddler.” With -Portraits of Her Majesty’s Theatre Company, and Illustrations by -<span class="smcap">W. G. Mein</span>. Dedicated to Mr H. Beerbohm-Tree. Crown 8vo, -art cloth, decorative cover by Will Smart, top edge gilt, 2s.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Bookman.</span>—“This edition of Irving’s famous legends is in every way to be commended. -Type, paper and illustrations are good, and Mr Fitz-Gerald adds to the originals the -stage and literary history of ‘Rip van Winkle,’ which is well worth reading.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Pall Mall Gazette.</span>—“A pretty and interesting little book.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Topical Times.</span>—“A really interesting memento, and it costs only 2s.—a perfectly -absurd price for a book of this size and quality. Beautifully bound in green cloth, red -lettered, it is well printed, and artistically illustrated by Mr Will G. Mein.”</p> - -</div> - -<h2>Greening’s Masterpiece Library</h2> - -<p class="center">“A handsome and artistic series.” <i>Vide</i> Press.</p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">Ringan Gilhaize.</span> A Romance of the Covenanters. By -<span class="smcap">John Galt</span>. Edited, with an Introduction, by Sir <span class="smcap">George -Douglas</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth, gilt edges, 3s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">St James’s Gazette.</span>—“The splendid panorama it gives of some of the most stirring -and far-reaching events in Scottish history, and the skill shown by the author in so -arranging his materials that the historic is always subordinated to the human interest, -render the book in every way worthy of revival.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">Rasselas.</span> A Romance of Abyssinia. By Dr <span class="smcap">Johnson</span>. -Edited, with an Introduction, by <span class="smcap">Justin Hannaford</span>. Illustrated -by <span class="smcap">W. S. Rogers</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth, gilt edges, 3s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Morning Leader.</span>—“Well printed and pleasant to handle.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Globe.</span>—“A very acceptable edition. The text is set forth in large, bold type; 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.”</p> - -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_11" id="Page_11">[11]</a></span></p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">Vathek.</span> An Eastern Romance. By <span class="smcap">William Beckford</span>. -Edited, with an Introduction, by <span class="smcap">Justin Hannaford</span>. Illustrated -by <span class="smcap">W. S. Rogers</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth, gilt edges, 3s 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Saturday Review.</span>—“A work of vivid and picturesque imagination, great power, and -no small originality. It is saturated with the fragrance and voluptuousness of the East.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Outlook.</span>—“In the way of Eastern romances ‘Vathek’ has always easily stood -first. The present edition is handsomely got up, and contains several well-executed -illustrations.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">The Black Tulip.</span> A Romance of Old Holland. -By <span class="smcap">Alexandre Dumas</span>. Newly done into English, with Introduction, -by <span class="smcap">S. J. Adair Fitz-Gerald</span>. Illustrated by <span class="smcap">John -Hassall</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Sun.</span>—“A delightful edition artistically bound and attractively got up. Mr John -Hassall is seen at his best in the illustrations.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Glasgow Herald.</span>—“We recommend it, not only as one of the most interesting, but as -without exception, and in every sense of the word, the most readable of Dumas’s works.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">The Epicurean.</span> A Tale of Mystery and Adventure. -By <span class="smcap">Thomas Moore</span>. Edited, with an Introduction, by <span class="smcap">Justin -Hannaford</span>. Illustrated by <span class="smcap">Will Smart</span>. 8vo, cloth, gilt -edges, 3s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Bookman.</span>—“An interesting, well-produced reprint of Moore’s popular Eastern -romance.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Great Thoughts.</span>—“It is as bright, and fresh and entertaining as when first it took -the reading world by storm in 1827.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Whitehall Review.</span>—“This reprint is welcome, and the manner in which it is printed, -bound and produced, is a credit to the eminent firm who are responsible for the edition.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">Salathiel;</span> or, The Immortal. A Wonderful Romance -of Old Palestine. By Dr <span class="smcap">Geo. Croly</span>. Edited and revised, with -an Introduction, by Rev. <span class="smcap">T. A. Seed</span>. Illustrated by <span class="smcap">W. G. Mein</span>. -Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d. (In preparation.)</p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">Asmodeus;</span> or, The Devil on Two Sticks. An Illustrated -Edition of the Celebrated Novel by <span class="smcap">Le Sage</span>, Author of -“Gil Blas.” Edited by <span class="smcap">Justin Hannaford</span>. Illustrated by -<span class="smcap">John Hassall</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d. (In preparation.)</p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">Colomba.</span> A Corsican Romance. By <span class="smcap">Prosper Merimée</span>, -Author of “Carmen.” Edited, with an Introduction, by Rev. -<span class="smcap">T. A. Seed</span>. Illustrated by <span class="smcap">W. S. Rogers</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth -gilt, 3s. 6d. (In preparation.)</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><i>Several well-known and popular works by great writers are in -active preparation for this artistic series of masterpieces.</i></p> - -</div> - - - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[12]</a></span></p> - - - - -<h2>POPULAR FICTION</h2> - - -<p class="book"><span class="title">An Obscure Apostle.</span> A Powerful and Dramatic -Tale, translated from the Polish of Mdme. <span class="smcap">Orzeszko</span> by Count -S. C. de <span class="smcap">Soissons</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Saturday Review.</span>—“An absorbing and delightful story, and we are sure it will be -read with the greatest pleasure by those who can best appreciate the merits of the finer -kinds of fiction.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">British Weekly.</span>—“A good story, dramatic, poetic and pathetic.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Daily Graphic.</span>—“An admirable translation of a fine, intensely human tragedy. One -reads it from first to last entirely fascinated.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Bookman.</span>—“A deeply impressive story it is, and if Madame Orzeszko has written -others equally good, we must hope Count de Soissons will translate them for us.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">St James’s Gazette.</span>—“A curious and interesting story, which, apart from its -power, deserves notice because of the novelty of its material. The jaded appetite, weary -of English drawing-rooms, Californian mines, and Indian flirtations, will here find an -absolutely fresh <i>entourage</i> to a very remarkable story.… It is pictorial, poetic and -dramatic.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title">The Modern Argonauts.</span> A Novel. By <span class="smcap">Eliza -Orzeszko</span>, Author of “An Obscure Apostle.” Translated from -the Polish by Count S. C. de <span class="smcap">Soissons</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Liverpool Review.</span>—“‘The Modern Argonauts’ is a remarkable piece of fiction; a -work of powerful conception, of original and charming expression, and of noble and -exhilarating thought.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Spectator.</span>—“Madame Orzeszko paints in ‘The Modern Argonauts’ the domestic -tragedy of a successful modern millionaire with a boldness and a vigour that remind one -of Jokai. The characterisation shows the influence of modern ideas in their most -advanced and disintegrating form.… It is a luridly picturesque problem novel.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Daily News.</span>—“The picture which Madame Orzeszko presents, painted on impressionist -lines, with suggestions of the symbolistic school, is distinctly striking.… Each of the -characters in this stirring work is individualised with great skill.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Daily Chronicle.</span>—“A powerful story, clever and amusing.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Dundee Courier.</span>—“The story is powerful; the English vigorous; the moral commendable.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Evening Times.</span>—“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.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title">A Girl of the North.</span> A Tale of London and -Canada. By <span class="smcap">Helen Milecete</span>. Second Edition. Crown 8vo, -cloth, 6s.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Saturday Review.</span>—“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.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Topical Times.</span>—“A pretty story, charmingly written.… It is pleasant to read, -mainly because it is well written, but its glimpses of existence in Canada and West End -life do not lack either picturesqueness or humour.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Outlook.</span>—“There is some clever writing in this novel, and the Canadian chapters are -particularly fresh and picturesque.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title">An Exile in Bohemia.</span> A powerful and enthralling -Novel. By <span class="smcap">Ernest E. Williams</span>, Author of “Made in Germany,” -etc., etc. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[13]</a></span></p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title">A Detached Pirate.</span> A Novel. By <span class="smcap">Helen Milecete</span>, -Author of “A Girl of the North.” Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Ladies’ Pictorial.</span>—“A clever and audacious book. The story is told in letters, and -very clever letters they are … Miss Vandeleur is not <i>nervy</i>, and I prefer her wholesome -audacity to the wild wailing of ‘The Love Letters of an Englishwoman.’”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Court Circular.</span>—“A bright and fascinating book.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Truth.</span>—“A light and bright modern story of a <i>divorcée</i> with herself as co-respondent. -Her habit of masquerading as a man got her into this truly American scrape, and the -truly American way in which she got out of it and was re-united to her Othello, is told in -the difficult form of letters with a spirit worthy of so whimsical a plot.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title">Committed to His Charge.</span> A Canadian Romance. -By <span class="smcap">Kate</span> and <span class="smcap">Robina Lizars</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Athenæum.</span>—“This book is decidedly interesting. The authors have a very pleasant -gift of gaiety and an agreeable way of expressing themselves.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Daily News.</span>—“Both interesting and amusing.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Record.</span>—“Very clever and humorous.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Daily Graphic.</span>—“A clever and entertaining novel.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Christian World.</span>—“The incidents connected with the four years’ rectorship of Tom -Huntley are cleverly arranged and as cleverly told.… We have nothing but praise -for this book, which is strongly suggestive of George Eliot’s ‘Scenes from Clerical Life.’”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title">His Grace’s Grace.</span> A Powerful Novel. By the -Author of “The Hypocrite,” “Miss Malevolent,” etc. Crown -8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.</p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title">Where the Oranges Grow.</span> A Humorous Novel. -By <span class="smcap">N. A. Leyken</span> (the Russian Mark Twain). Translated from -the original by Count S. C. de <span class="smcap">Soissons</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.</p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title">The Tragedy of a Pedigree.</span> An Interesting -Story. By <span class="smcap">Hugo Ames</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Sketch.</span>—“Such easy epigrammatic talk as is to be found in this book is not often met -with. It is witty and delightful, and the characters seem to be drawn from life with a -master-pen.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Scotsman.</span>—“An excellent story, well written and easily read.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Sunday Special.</span>—“Can be recommended as a bright, terse, epigrammatic novel of -to-day. There are so few writers who are capable of constructing a neat and telling -epigram that the present volume is doubly welcome.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Vanity Fair.</span>—“This novel is entertaining, suggestive, gently cynical and quick with -promise.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Madame.</span>—“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.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title">Red Fate.</span> A Powerful Novel. By <span class="smcap">Edmund Forbes</span>. -Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 6s.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Daily Despatch.</span>—“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.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">The Scotsman.</span>—“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.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Onlooker.</span>—“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.”</p> - -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_14" id="Page_14">[14]</a></span></p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title">The Prettiness of Fools.</span> A Realistic and -Powerful Novel. By <span class="smcap">Edgar Hewitt</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Literary World.</span>—“Very entertaining reading.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Dundee Advertiser.</span>—“A singularly strong story.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Morning Post.</span>—“An ambitious book, ambitious in its style and in the bold way it -affects to tackle matters which are generally reserved for private conversation. At the -same time it were ungracious to deny that Mr Edgar Hewitt has written a very clever -book, full of keen observation, and not unseasoned with humour.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Gentlewoman.</span>—“A powerful and interesting book, with the interest kept up till the -end … altogether a very amusing and clever book.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title">The Magnetism of Sin.</span> A Tale Founded on -Fact. By “<span class="smcap">Æsculapius</span>.” Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Midland Mail.</span>—“An interesting story.… Exceedingly well written.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Daily Despatch.</span>—“‘The Magnetism of Sin’ is a story as choke full of mystery as any -tale could be.… The author of the book—who is obviously a very daring young man—has -written a story which is as remarkable in its way as ‘The Mystery of a Hansom -Cab.’”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Evening News</span> (Manchester).—“Lovers of the sensational in fiction will find plenty to -interest them in ‘The Magnetism of Sin.’… The story is full of romance and dramatic -incident, the chapters dealing with the raid on the house by the police, the fight for -liberty, the bold escape of the double-dyed traitor, and his subsequent capture and -execution in Australia being particularly thrilling.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title">The After-Taste.</span> A Novel. By <span class="smcap">Compton Reade</span>, -Author of “Hard Lines,” “Under which King,” etc. Crown 8vo, -cloth, 6s.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p>Dr <span class="smcap">Parker</span> (of the City Temple) says:—“From beginning to end the action of the story -is most vivid and most natural. It must certainly win itself many readers.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Literary World.</span>—“This novel is decidedly above the average.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Daily Graphic.</span>—“Amply repays for the reading, for it is written with a keen sense -of the fitness of things, and without setting probability at nought—qualities not too -frequently found in novels. It is written in a sympathetic style, and keeps the attention -centred in the interesting career of the heroine.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title">Daughters of Pleasure.</span> A Novel. By <span class="smcap">Anna, -Comtesse de Brémont.</span> Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 6s.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Topical Times.</span>—“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.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Globe.</span>—“Readers will find plenty of cleverness and ‘go,’ the Bohemian side of artistic -life being described with verisimilitude as well as graphic force.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Books of To-day.</span>—“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. -A book which can not only be read with interest, but re-read.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title">The Seekers Of Sentiment.</span> A Series of Powerful -Stories. By a “<span class="smcap">Westminster Schoolboy</span>.” Crown 8vo, -cloth, 6s.</p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title">The Power of the Past.</span> A Novel. By <span class="smcap">Daisy -Hugh Pryce</span>, Author of “The Pasha,” “Goddesses Three,” -“Valda Hanem,” etc. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 6s.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[15]</a></span></p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title">A Son of Africa.</span> A Tale of Marvellous Adventures. -By <span class="smcap">Anna, Comtesse de Brémont</span>, Author of “Daughters of -Pleasure,” “The Gentleman Digger,” etc. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Morning Post.</span>—“Written with unmistakable power.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Weekly Times.</span>—“Deserves to be the success of the season.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">World.</span>—“Contains striking incidents graphically related. We cannot fail to admire -the ingenuity displayed by the writer.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">St James’s Gazette.</span>—“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.… Such -is the story of ‘A Son of Africa’ in brief outline. The filling in is sometimes lurid, but -always forceful. It is written with power and grip.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title">The Gentleman Digger.</span> Realistic Pictures of Life -in Johannesburg. By <span class="smcap">Anna, Comtesse de Brémont</span>, Author of -“A Son of Africa,” etc. New Edition, revised to date, with a new -Preface. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Academy.</span>—“The Comtesse de Brémont presents us with a terribly realistic picture of -life in Johannesburg during the raging of the gold fever.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Daily Telegraph.</span>—“Those who like a good story, pleasantly told, should read ‘The -Gentleman Digger.’… Readers who turn their attention to this volume will, apart -from the interesting plot, gain much insight into the manners and customs of a land -which is only just breaking into civilisation as we understand it.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Spectator.</span>—“The characters are true to life, and the narration is continuous and -spirited. The Comtesse de Brémont knows how to describe people and places, and there -is local colouring.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title">Cynthia’s Damages.</span> A Story of Stage-<i>craft</i>. By -<span class="smcap">Reginald Turner</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 6s.</p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title">In The World of Mimes.</span> A Story of Theatrical -Life. By <span class="smcap">Lewis Melville</span>, Author of “The Life of Thackeray,” -etc. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.</p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title">Mora:</span> One Woman’s History. An Interesting Novel by -<span class="smcap">T. W. Speight</span>, Author of “The Crime in the Wood,” “The -Mysteries of Heron Dyke,” etc. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Scotsman.</span>—“One may run through the story of ‘Mora’ with considerable enjoyment -of the brisk development of an amusing little drama.… It is clever in contrivance, -and lively and entertaining.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Athenæum.</span>—“The story is pleasing and wholesome. Its general character is that of -a comedy with occasional lapses into the realm of drama.… ‘Mora’ is quite like -literature, with some amusing scenes, and a general prevalence of good temper.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title">Two Days in a Life-time.</span> a Novel. By <span class="smcap">T. W. -Speight</span>, Author of “Mora,” etc. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.</p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title">For Himself Alone.</span> A Novel. By <span class="smcap">T. W. Speight</span>, -Author of “The Mystery of Heron Dyke,” etc. Crown 8vo, -cloth, 3s. 6d.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[16]</a></span></p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title">Ashes Tell no Tales.</span> A Novel. By Mrs <span class="smcap">Albert -S. Bradshaw</span>, Author of “False Gods,” “The Gates of Temptation,” -“Wife or Slave,” etc. Cloth, 3s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Lady.</span>—“A strong and dramatic novel.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Record.</span>—“The story shows great power and the character of Julie is a wonderful -creation.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">North Star.</span>—“The book is considerably above the average, and bears evidence of -insight into character and skill in plot construction of no mean order. The story has -a thrilling interest, and is dramatically told.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title">Ira Lorraine.</span> A Story of To-day. By <span class="smcap">Coralie Fevez</span>. -Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 6s.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Illustrated London News.</span>—“Full of incident and movement.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Weekly Despatch.</span>—“This is a very pretty love story charmingly told. The -characters are cleverly drawn. There are, of course, trials, and the lights and shadows of -a woman’s troubled career, but what love story was ever written without its trials and the -inevitable ‘all’s well’? In the case of ‘Ira Lorraine’ the end is satisfactory.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title">A Comedy of Temptation;</span> or, The Amateur -Fiend. A Tale. By <span class="smcap">Tristram Coutts</span>, Author of “The Pottle -Papers.” Cloth, 3s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Daily News.</span>—“A very bright and breezy little story, wholesome and amusing.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Athenæum.</span>—“May be heartily recommended. A really ingenious story, and provides -quite pleasurable excitement, while throughout the book runs a vein of facetious humour -which will make it doubly welcome.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Echo.</span>—“A very sprightly tale, which, despite the extravagance of its leading motive, -is full of humour—good humour and human nature.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Daily Telegraph.</span>—“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.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Spectator.</span>—“Mr Tristram Coutts has a genuine gift of humour, and his account of the -chequered courtship of a young London clerk is enlivened with many hilarious touches. -The account of the household of Mr Merridew, the irrepressible, if impecunious, optimist -who named all his numerous progeny after famous commanders and authors, is really -delightful.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title">The Weird Well.</span> A Tale of To-day. By Mrs -<span class="smcap">Alec M’Millan</span>, Author of “The Evolution of Daphne,” “So -Runs my Dream,” etc. Art cloth, 3s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Scotsman.</span>—“Carefully constructed and written with skill, which makes it always -agreeable to read.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Literary World.</span>—“An interesting, brightly-written story.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Weekly Times.</span>—“Very powerfully written. Will be read with breathless interest.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title">Such is the Law.</span> An Interesting Story. By <span class="smcap">Marie -M. Sadleir</span>, Author of “An Uncanny Girl,” etc. Cloth, 6s.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Vanity Fair.</span>—“A very entertaining novel.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Sun.</span>—“An undoubtedly clever novel, told in vigorous language.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">St James’s Budget.</span>—“So full of incident is ‘Such is the Law’ that we are unable to -do more than touch the fringe of the plot, and must leave to the reader the task of watching -the development of the new romance, which produces an aftermath of happiness for -Lavender, and brings a thoroughly interesting story to a satisfactory close.”</p> - -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_17" id="Page_17">[17]</a></span></p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title">—— And Afterwards?</span> A Powerful Novel. By -Mrs <span class="smcap">Harold Gorst</span>, Author of “Possessed of Devils.” Crown -8vo, cloth, 6s.</p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title">A Virtue of Necessity.</span> A Powerful Tale. By -<span class="smcap">Herbert Adams</span>. Cloth gilt, 6s.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Sun.</span>—“A powerful, stirring tale of the present day. From start to finish it is interesting, -especially to lady readers.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Literary World.</span>—“The writing is good, and many of the remarks are smart and -pungent while free from any straining after cleverness.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Record.</span>—“Eminently readable throughout.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Athenæum.</span>—“The dialogue is natural and well rendered.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title">The Shadow on the Manse.</span> A Story of Religion -and the Stage. By <span class="smcap">Campbell Rae-Brown</span>, Author of “Kissing-Cup’s -Race,” etc. Cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Public Opinion.</span>—“An excellent novel in every way.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Bookman.</span>—“An interesting story well told.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Weekly Sun.</span>—“A touching story and a clever one.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Literature.</span>—“The situations are … treated with a satirical bitterness of tone. But -many of the scenes are strong in themselves, cleverly arranged, and treated with -power and reticence.… There are occasional faults, but the tenderness with which -Mary Paul’s self-sacrifice is recorded, makes us inclined to condone them and to congratulate -the author.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title">A Social Upheaval.</span> An Unconventional Dramatic -Satirical Tale. By <span class="smcap">Isidore G. Ascher</span>, Author of “An Odd -Man’s Story,” “The Doom of Destiny,” etc. Crown 8vo, cloth -gilt, 6s.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Daily Telegraph.</span>—“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.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Vanity Fair.</span>—“The story tells itself very clearly in three hundred pages of very -pleasant and entertaining reading. 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.’”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title">A Cry in the Night.</span> An exciting Detective Story. -By <span class="smcap">Arnold Golsworthy</span>, Author of “Death and the Woman,” -“Hands in the Darkness,” etc. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Pall Mall Gazette.</span>—“The book is ingenious and cleverly constructed, and there is -no lack of exciting reading, it is melodramatic, but is relieved by humour characteristic -of Mr Golsworthy.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Athenæum.</span>—“A creditably ingenious tale of crime and detection, drawn with spirit -and humour.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Morning Post.</span>—“We must give Mr Golsworthy high praise for the way in which he -plays the game. 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.”</p> - -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_18" id="Page_18">[18]</a></span></p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title">A Dead Woman’s Vow.</span> A Powerful Story. By -<span class="smcap">Emile Zola</span>. Translated by Count S. C. de <span class="smcap">Soissons</span>. Crown -8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.</p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title">Sapho.</span> A new Translation, by <span class="smcap">G. F. Monkshood</span>, of -<span class="smcap">Daudet’s</span> celebrated Romance. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.</p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title">Thaïs.</span> A new Translation, by <span class="smcap">E. F. Moody</span>, of the celebrated -Romance of Old Egypt by the great French novelist, -<span class="smcap">Anatole France</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.</p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title">Shams!</span> A Social Satire. By ——? This is a remarkable -and interesting story of Modern Life in London Society. It -is a powerful work, written with striking vividness. The plot is -fascinating, the incidents exciting, and the dialogue epigrammatic -and brilliant. “Shams” is written by one of the most popular -novelists of the day. Sixth Edition. Crown 8vo, art cloth, gilt, -3s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Public Opinion.</span>—“This novel is a daring attack. The author, whoever he may be, -is a clever writer, and the pictures of the seamy side of idle London life are described by -him with vivid power.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">The Outlook.</span>—“Something wrong-headed, sensual, and Corellian is anticipated, nor -is one disappointed.… Bound to command the public.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Christian World.</span>—“A pungent, cleverly-written, and altogether out-of-the-common-rut -Society novel. The author unsparingly exposes the ‘little ways’ of smart people.… -Every <i>sane</i> reader will wish the author success in his efforts to expose the hollowness and -rottenness of ‘aristocratic <i>virtuous</i> London.’”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">The North Star.</span>—“The book is of a most daring character, but the author has -treated his theme in a very clever manner.… Messrs W. H. Smith & Son refuse to -circulate ‘Shams,’ objecting to it on moral grounds. This act on their part, however, -will not greatly interfere with the sale of the book, which really castigates vice. We -believe it will be as widely read as the works of Ouida and Marie Corelli.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title">Romance Of a Harem.</span> Translated from the -French of “Dans L’ombre du Harem” by <span class="smcap">Clarence Forestier-Walker</span>. -Crown 8vo, art vellum, 5s.</p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title">The Idealist.</span> A Realistic <i>Roman-a-clef</i>. By <span class="smcap">Grove -Johnson</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.</p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title">Zoroastro.</span> An Historical Romance. By <span class="smcap">Creswick J. -Thompson</span>, Author of “Poison Romance and Poison Mysteries,” -“The Mystery and Romance of Alchemy and Pharmacy,” etc. -Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">To-day.</span>—“There is no lack of excitement in ‘Zoroastro.’ The tale is a good one, and -should be popular.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">St James’s Gazette.</span>—“A sound and entertaining piece of work.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Universe.</span>—“A splendidly-written romance of a sixteenth-century magician, and there -is no lack of interest throughout the book. The various ideas of the time, descriptions -of the customs and modes of living, are cleverly woven into the story.”</p> - -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[19]</a></span></p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title">The Sword of Fate.</span> An Interesting Novel. By -<span class="smcap">Henry Herman</span>, Author of “Eagle Joe,” “Scarlet Fortune,” etc., -and Joint Author of the “Silver King,” “Claudian.” Crown 8vo, -art cloth, 6s.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Vanity Fair</span> 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 -<span class="review-source">Black and White</span> 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.” Speaking of the scene of Mr Herman’s drama, the beautiful -county of Devonshire, where the greater part of the story takes place, the <span class="review-source">Manchester -Courier</span> says: “The author’s descriptive powers vividly portray the lovely spots by the -winding Tamar, while the rich dialect of the district is so faithfully reproduced as to become -not the least feature of an exciting tale.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title">Outrageous Fortune.</span> Being the Confessions of -Evelyn Gray, Hospital Nurse. A Story founded on fact, proving -that truth is stranger than fiction. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Liverpool Review.</span>—“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.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Lloyd’s.</span>—“A strong book, and one that readers will find interesting. It is undoubtedly -clever and well written.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Daily Graphic.</span>—“The characters are cleverly drawn, and the revelations of hospital -life, of private nursing, and of the manners and customs of the ‘celibate’ clergy should -ensure the volume considerable popularity.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title">Seven Nights with Satan.</span> A Novel. By <span class="smcap">J. L. -Owen</span>, Author of “The Great Jekyll Diamond.” Cover designed -by <span class="smcap">W. S. Rogers</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">St James’s Gazette.</span>—“We have read the book from start to finish with unflagging -interest—an interest, by the way, which derives nothing from the ‘spice,’ for though its -title may be suggestive of Zolaism, there is not a single passage which is open to objection. -The literary style is good.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Truth.</span>—“I much prefer the ghastly story ‘Seven Nights with Satan,’ a very clever -study of degeneration.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title">The Green Passion.</span> The Study of a Jealous Soul. -A Powerful Novel. By <span class="smcap">Anthony P. Vert</span>. Cover designed by -<span class="smcap">Alfred Praga</span>. Crown 8vo, art cloth, 3s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p>Mr <span class="smcap">Douglas Sladen</span> in <span class="review-source">The Queen</span>.—“A remarkably clever book.… There is no -disputing the ability with which the writer handles her subject. I say <i>her</i> subject, -because the minuteness of the touches, and the odd, forcible style in which this book is -written, point to it being the work of a female hand. The book is an eminently readable -one, and it is never dull for a minute.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">The Monitor.</span>—“A wonderful piece of writing. The only modern parallel we can find -is supplied in Mr F. C. Philipps’s ‘As in a Looking Glass.’”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Whitehall Review.</span>—“In ‘The Green Passion’ the author traces with much ability, -and not a little analytical insight, the progress of jealousy in the breast of a woman who -is born with a very ‘intense,’ although not a very deep, nature.… There is in Mr -Vert’s work a certain tendency towards realism which has its due effect in making his -characters real. They are no loosely-built fancies of the journalistic brain, but portraits—almost -snapshot portraits—of men and women of to-day.”</p> - -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_20" id="Page_20">[20]</a></span></p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title">An Idol of Bronze.</span> An Exciting Novel of Life in -Western America. By <span class="smcap">Louise Palmer Heaven</span>, Author of -“Chata and Chinita?” Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.</p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title">Our Lady of the Ice.</span> An Interesting Story of -Alpine Adventure. By Miss <span class="smcap">Constance Sutcliffe</span>. Crown -8vo, ornamental cloth, 6s.</p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title">Madonna Mia,</span> and other Stories. By <span class="smcap">Clement -Scott</span>, Author of “The Wheel of Life,” “Sisters by the Sea,” -etc. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Punch.</span>—“‘Madonna Mia’ is genuinely interesting. All the stories are good; you are -‘Scott free’ to pick ’em where you like.” (The Baron de B. 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Patrick Kelly</span>, Author of “Schoolboys Three,” -etc. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Observer.</span>—“A story full of exciting adventure.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Saturday Review.</span>—“The plot is ingenious, and the style pleasant.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Daily Telegraph.</span>—“Lovers of the sensational in fiction will find abundance of congenial -entertainment in Mr W. P. Kelly’s new story. In the way of accessories to -startling situations all is fish that comes to this ingenious author’s net. The wonders of -primitive nature, the marvels of latter-day science, the extravagances of human passion—all -these he dexterously uses for the purpose of involving his hero in perilous scrapes from -which he no less dexterously extricates him by expedients which, however far-fetched -they may appear to the unimaginative, are certainly not lacking in originality of device -or cleverness of construction.… This is a specimen incident—those which succeed it -derive their special interest from the action of Rontgen rays, subterranean torrents, and -devastating inundations. The book is very readable throughout, and ends happily. -What more can the average novel reader wish for in holiday time?”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title">The Lady of the Leopard.</span> A Powerful and -Fascinating Novel. By <span class="smcap">Chas. L’Epine</span>, Author of “The Devil in -a Domino.” A new edition. Crown 8vo, art cloth, 6s.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Public Opinion.</span>—“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 <i>dénouement</i> is artfully -concealed till it bursts upon the reader with a suddenness that fairly takes away his -breath.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Liverpool Post.</span>—“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). This is the bare outline of the story up to a certain point; -it is impossible to convey adequately an idea of the awe-inspiring characteristics of the -story. Readers can safely be recommended to turn to the book itself.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title">The Love Thirst of Elaine.</span> A Powerful -Novel. By <span class="smcap">Justin Hannaford</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_21" id="Page_21">[21]</a></span></p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title">Miss Malevolent.</span> A Realistic Study of Modern Life -in London. By the Author of “The Hypocrite.” Second -edition, with a new Preface. Art cloth, 3s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Saturday Review.</span>—“The great novel-reading public, which found ‘The Hypocrite’ -to its taste, will not be disappointed in the author’s latest effort. The writer has a knack -of character-presentment which means that his people live; he has a dramatic instinct; -he is at times on the verge of real wit; he knows certain phases of literary and artistic -life well; and his story is original enough to hold the interest throughout.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">St James’s Gazette.</span>—“It is decidedly clever.… An improvement on ‘The -Hypocrite.’ There is real power shown in the drawing of Kitty Nugent.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Scotsman.</span>—“You don’t get far into this novel—about a couple of pages—before the -epigrams begin exploding and the repartee detonating, and the subtle terse and quart of -wit with wit fuffuffing, like so many squibs and crackers on the Queen’s Birthday; and -this coruscation is kept up in a way to make your hair curl until the end of the story.… -The author has abundant literary aptitudes, exemplified over and over again by the pages -of this clever book.”</p> - -</div> - -<h2>GREENING & CO.’S -POPULAR HALF-CROWN NOVELS</h2> - -<p class="center">Well Printed in Large Type, and Strongly Bound in -Artistically-Designed Cloth Covers.</p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">The Hypocrite.</span> A Modern Realistic Novel of Oxford -and London Life. By the Author of “Miss Malevolent,” “From -the Book Beautiful,” etc., etc. Seventh Impression. Crown 8vo, -cloth, 2s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p>⁂ <i>This book has been “boycotted” by Messrs Mudie and Messrs W. H. Smith & Son -as being “unfit to circulate in their libraries,” yet it has been praised by the press -as being “a powerful sermon and a moral book.”</i></p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Daily Telegraph.</span>—“A book by an anonymous author always arouses a certain inquiry, -and when the book is clever and original the interest becomes keen, and conjecture is rife, -endowing the most unlikely people with authorship.… It is very brilliant, very -forcible, very sad.… It is perfect in its way, in style clear, sharp and forcible, the -dialogue epigrammatic and sparkling.… Enough has been said to show that ‘The -Hypocrite’ is a striking and powerful piece of work, and that its author has established -his claim to be considered a writer of originality and brilliance.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">The Tragedy of the Lady Palmist.</span> -By <span class="smcap">W. Luther Longstaff</span>, Author of “Weeds and Flowers,” -etc. An exciting tale, descriptive of the “Behind-the-Scenes of -the Palmist’s Bohemia.” Crown 8vo, cloth, 2s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Literature.</span>—“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.’”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Echo.</span>—“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.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Morning Leader.</span>—“Vivid with the strange lusts and cruel desires of an imagination -enslaved to the body … powerful enough in the imaginative treatment of the characters.… -The luridness is simply Titanic.”</p> - -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_22" id="Page_22">[22]</a></span></p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">In Monte Carlo.</span> A Tale by <span class="smcap">Henryk Sienkiewicz</span>, -Author of “Quo Vadis,” “With Fire and Sword,” -etc., etc. Translated by S. C. de <span class="smcap">Soissons</span>. Crown 8vo, art -cloth, with a new Portrait of the Author, 2s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">M. A. P.</span>—“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.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Pall Mall Gazette.</span>—“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; the clear, able and convincing portrayal of the two leading characters gives -the book its chief value. There are wise sayings and occasional epigrams, and the -thumbnail sketches of Mrs Elsen’s lovers are wholly admirable.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">My Lady Ruby <span class="smaller">and</span> John Basileon: Chief of Police.</span> Two stories by <span class="smcap">G. F. Monkshood</span>, Author -of “Rudyard Kipling: The Man and His Work,” etc. Cloth, -2s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Monitor.</span>—“‘My Lady Ruby’ is charming, and as witty as she is charming.… -‘John Basileon’ evinces imagination and subtlety of a highly vivid and intense quality. -The note of the book is modern, but of a modernity far removed from that of the term -understood by the French Symbolists and the English Degenerates. Messrs Greening -& Co. are to be congratulated on a publication which is likely to arouse considerable -attention in those literary circles from which approbation is praise indeed.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">“Fame, the Fiddler.”</span> A Story of Literary and -Theatrical Life. By <span class="smcap">S. J. Adair Fitz-Gerald</span>. Crown 8vo, -cloth, new and cheaper edition, 2s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Graphic.</span>—“The volume will please and amuse numberless people.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Pall Mall Gazette.</span>—“A pleasant, cheery story. Displays a rich vein of robust -imagination.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Standard.</span>—“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. Among the best incidents in the -volume must be mentioned the production of Pryor’s play, and the account of poor -Jimmy Lambert’s death, which is as moving an incident as we have read for a long -time. Altogether, ‘Fame, the Fiddler’ is a very human book, and an amusing one -as well.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">Darab’s Wine-Cup,</span> and other Powerful and -Vividly-Written Stories. By <span class="smcap">Bart Kennedy</span>, Author of “The -Wandering Romanoff,” etc. New and cheaper Edition. Crown -8vo, cloth, 2s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">St James’s Budget.</span>—“A volume characteristic of the author’s splendid powers.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">M. A. P.</span>—“Mr Kennedy writes powerfully, and can grip the reader’s imagination, or -whirl it off into the strangest domains of glamour and romance at will.… There is a -future for this clever young man from Tipperary. He will do great things.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Critic.</span>—“Of a highly imaginative order, and distinctly out of the ordinary run.… -The author has a remarkable talent for imaginative and dramatic presentation. He sets -before himself a higher standard of achievement than most young writers of fiction.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Cork Herald.</span>—“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.”</p> - -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_23" id="Page_23">[23]</a></span></p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">Dona Rufina.</span> A Nineteenth Century Romance. -Being a Story of Carlist Conspiracy. By <span class="smcap">Heber Daniels</span>, Author -of “Our Tenants.” Second Edition. Crown 8vo, cloth, 2s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Lady.</span>—“A thrilling romance with a mediæval atmosphere, although the scene is laid -in the Cotswolds in the year of grace 1898. The story is well constructed, and is a good -example of the widely-imaginative type of fiction that is so eagerly devoured by young -people nowadays.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Eastern Morning News.</span>—“Readers will be fascinated by the stirring scenes, the -swiftly-moving panorama, the enacted tragedies, the wild, passionate, lawless loves -depicted in the most sensational manner in this volume.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">Lord Jimmy.</span> A Story of Music-Hall Life. By -<span class="smcap">George Martyn</span>. Second Edition. Crown 8vo, cloth, 2s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Outlook.</span>—“The book is both humorous and dramatic.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Vanity Fair.</span>—“The author has a peculiar knowledge of the ‘Halls’ and those who -frequent them; and especially, as it seems to us, of those Jewish persons who sometimes -run them. And he has made good use of his knowledge here. But there is more than -this in the book; for ‘George Martyn’ has considerable descriptive talent. His account, -for instance, of the fight between the hero and the butcher is quite good. The story is -straightforward, convincing, and full of human nature and promise.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">The Wandering Romanoff.</span> A Romance. By -<span class="smcap">Bart Kennedy</span>, Author of “A Man Adrift,” “Darab’s Wine-Cup,” -etc. New and Cheaper Edition, crown 8vo, cloth, 2s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">The Outlook.</span>—“Mr Bart Kennedy, a young writer of singular imaginative gifts, and -a style as individual as Mr Kipling’s.… The writing of this story is strongly original -in manner.… A powerful book.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Weekly Times.</span>—“‘The Wandering Romanoff’ is really good work.… We have -read nothing finer for a long while.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">A Tragedy of Grub Street.</span> By <span class="smcap">S. J. Adair -Fitz-Gerald</span>, Author of “Fame, the Fiddler.” A new and -cheaper edition of this popular book, cloth, 2s. 6d.</p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">The Gates of Temptation.</span> A Natural Novel by -<span class="smcap">Mrs Albert S. Bradshaw</span>, Author of “False Gods,” “Wife or -Slave,” etc. Crown 8vo, cloth, 2s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Midland Mail.</span>—“The characters are vividly drawn. There are many pleasant and -painful incidents in the book, which is interesting from beginning to end.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Aberdeen Free Press.</span>—“Mrs Bradshaw has written several good novels, and the -outstanding feature of all of them has been her skilful development of plot, and her tasteful, -pleasing style. In connection with the present story we are able to amply reiterate -those praises. The plot again is well developed and logically carried out, while the -language used by the authoress is always happy and well chosen, and never commonplace.… -The story is a very powerful one indeed, and may be highly commended as -a piece of painstaking fiction of the very highest kind.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">Mad?</span> An Exciting Story of Predestination. By <span class="smcap">J. -Pym Loughnan</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth, 2s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Evening Times.</span>—“We must congratulate Mr Loughnan on his originality in conceiving -an extraordinary character, and on working out the story with quite blood-curdling -thrill.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Glasgow Herald.</span>—“If the leading idea of the story is a little exaggerated, there can -be no doubt as to the skill with which the author has worked out the details.”</p> - -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_24" id="Page_24">[24]</a></span></p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">The Lady of Criswold.</span> A Sensational Story. By -<span class="smcap">Leonard Outram</span>. Crown 8vo, cloth, 2s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">North British Advertiser.</span>—“A thrilling tale of love and madness.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Whitehall Review.</span>—“No one can complain of lack of sensation, it is full of startling -episodes. The characters are drawn with a rapid and vigorous touch. The interest -is well maintained.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Court Circular.</span>—“It reminds us forcibly of a story in real life that engrossed public -attention many years ago. Whether this was in the author’s mind we cannot say, but -the book is deeply interesting, the characters well and strongly drawn, and we doubt -not this tale will fascinate many a reader.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">The Resurrection of His Grace.</span> Being the -very candid Confessions of the Honourable <span class="smcap">Bertie Beauclerc</span>. -A Sporting Novel. By <span class="smcap">Campbell Rae-Brown</span>, Author of -“The Shadow on the Manse.” Crown 8vo, cloth, 2s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Scotsman.</span>—“The book is lightly and briskly written throughout. Its pleasant -cynicism is always entertaining.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">St James’s Budget.</span>—“A sporting romance which is indisputably cleverly written.… -The book is full of interesting items of sporting life which are fascinating to lovers -of the turf.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Sporting Life.</span>—“The character of the heartless <i>roue</i>, who tells his story, is very well -sustained, and the rich <i>parvenu</i>, Peter Drewitt, the owner of the favourite that is very -nearly nobbled by the unscrupulous Beauclerc, is cleverly drawn. Altogether it is an -exciting and an uncommon tale, and is quite correct in all the sporting details.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">Anna Marsden’s Experiment.</span> An Interesting -Novel. By <span class="smcap">Ellen Williams</span>. Crown 8vo, art cloth, 2s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Outlook.</span>—“A good story cleverly told and worked out.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Echo.</span>—“A very natural and interesting tale is carefully set forth in Ellen Williams’s -clever little book.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Monitor.</span>—“Miss Williams has here seized on an original concept, and given it fitting -presentation. 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.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Sheffield Independent.</span>—“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.… The history of the experiment -is exceedingly well told. Keen insight into character, and cleverness in its delineation, -as well as shrewd observation and intense sympathy, mark the writer’s work, while the -style is terse and clear, and the management of trying scenes extremely good.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">Farthest South.</span> Being an account of the Startling -Discovery made by the Wise Antarctic Expedition. A Humorous -Story. By <span class="smcap">Harold E. Gorst</span>, Author of “Without Bloodshed,” -“Sketches of the Future,” etc. Crown 8vo, cloth, 2s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Daily Graphic.</span>—“Very easy, light reading, and reminds one of ‘Three Men in a -Boat.’ Just the book for a railway journey.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Bookman.</span>—“A lively and very amusing tale of a wonderful discovery made by the -Wise Antarctic Expedition.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Glasgow Herald.</span>—“An amusing skit on Polar expeditions.… The book contains -plenty of fun.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Whitehall Review.</span>—“It is an amusing book, worth reading by those who are on the -lookout for a hearty laugh.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Vanity Fair.</span>—“An amusing little book. It is very good fooling, and good fooling is -sometimes better than heavy wisdom.”</p> - -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_25" id="Page_25">[25]</a></span></p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">An Uncanny Girl.</span> A Story. By <span class="smcap">Marie M. Sadleir</span>, -Author of “Such is the Law,” etc. Crown 8vo, cloth, 2s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Daily Telegraph.</span>—“A remarkable tale. The narrative teems with surprises.… -There is plenty of ‘go’ in ‘An Uncanny Girl.’”</p> - -<p>Sir <span class="smcap">Edward Russell</span> says in <span class="review-source">Liverpool Post</span>:—“A very clever and subtle story.… -The action is exciting, and the invention of incidents adroit. But beyond this popular -merit there is that of clever and characteristic description.… Mrs Sadleir is ingenious -as a story-teller, and vigorous and pungent as a writer.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">The Cigarette Smoker.</span> A Powerful and -Daring Story. By the Author of “The Hypocrite.” Crown -8vo, cloth, 2s. 6d.</p> - - - - -<h2>CHEAPER FICTION</h2> - - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">The Derelict and Tommy.</span> By the Author of -“’Twixt the Devil and the Deep Sea.” Cloth, top edge gilt, 2s.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Graphic.</span>—“A simple story invested with an unusual distinction and charm.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Glasgow Times.</span>—“A capital tale. Entertaining reading.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Nottingham Guardian.</span>—“A romance which holds one’s interest enthralled.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Literary World.</span>—“The story has a frank directness and a reality that make it -thoroughly readable.… The story is well expressed and the characters have vitality. -Altogether a satisfactory little tale.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Daily Telegraph.</span>—“The story is out of the common, both in manner and treatment.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Lloyd’s.</span>—“Clear and brilliant.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">The Black Tulip.</span> <span class="smcap">Alexandre Dumas’s</span> Celebrated -Romance. Translated by <span class="smcap">S. Adair Fitz-Gerald</span>. Illustrated -with Portraits. 260 pp. Crown 8vo, cloth, gilt top, 2s.</p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">Pelican Tails.</span> A Collection of smart, up-to-date Tales -of Modern Life, written, edited and selected by <span class="smcap">Frank M. Boyd</span> -(Editor of “The Pelican.”) One of the most popular and entertaining -volumes of short stories that has ever been published. An -ideal companion for a railway journey or a spare hour or two. -Demy 8vo, picture wrapper designed and drawn by <span class="smcap">W. S. Rogers</span>, -1s.</p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">The Devil in a Domino.</span> A Psychological Mystery. -By <span class="smcap">Chas. L’Epine</span>, Author of “The Lady of the Leopard,” -“Miracle Plays,” etc. Long 12mo, cloth, 1s.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Truth.</span>—“The story is written with remarkable literary skill, and, notwithstanding its -gruesomeness, is undeniably fascinating.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Sketch.</span>—“It is a well-written story. An admirable literary style, natural and concise -construction, succeed in compelling the reader’s attention through every line. We hope -to welcome the author again, working on a larger scene.”</p> - -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[26]</a></span></p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">Shadows.</span> A Series of Side Lights on Modern Society. -By <span class="smcap">Ernest Martin</span>. (Dedicated to Sir Henry Irving.) Crown -8vo, art cloth, gilt tops, 2s.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Western Mercury.</span>—“Clever sketches, intensely dramatic, original and forceful, -based on scenes from actual life, and narrated with much skill.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Weekly Times.</span>—“A series of pictures sketched with considerable power. The last -one, ‘Hell in Paradise,’ is terrible in the probable truth of conception.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Northern Figaro.</span>—“Mr Martin’s descriptive paragraphs are couched in trenchant, -convincing language, without a superfluous word sandwiched in anywhere.… -‘Shadows’ may be read with much profit, and will give more than a superficial insight -into various phases of society life and manners.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">Death and the Woman.</span> A Powerful Tale. By -<span class="smcap">Arnold Golsworthy</span>. Picture cover drawn by <span class="smcap">Sydney H. -Sime</span>. Crown 8vo, 1s.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Literary World.</span>—“We do not remember having read a book that possessed the -quality of <i>grip</i> 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 <i>dénouements</i> 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. -‘Death and the Woman’ will supply to the brim the need of those in search of a holding -drama of modern London life.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">The Fellow-Passengers.</span> A Mystery and its -Solution. A Detective Story. By <span class="smcap">Rivington Pyke</span>, Author of -“The Man who Disappeared.” Long 12mo, cloth, 1s.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Whitehall Review.</span>—“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. The -book is brightly written, and of detective stories it is the best I have read lately.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">That Fascinating Widow</span>, and other Frivolous -and Fantastic Tales, for River, Road and Rail. By <span class="smcap">S. J. Adair -Fitz-Gerald</span>. Long 12mo, cloth, 1s.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">The Referee.</span>—“Another little humorous book is ‘That Fascinating Widow,’ by Mr S. -J. Adair Fitz-Gerald, who can be very funny when he tries. The story which gives the -title to the book would make a capital farce. ‘The Blue-blooded Coster’ is an amusing -piece of buffoonery.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">The Globe.</span>—“The author, Mr S. J. Adair Fitz-Gerald, has already shown himself to be -the possessor of a store of humour, on which he has again drawn for the furnishing of the -little volume he has just put together. Among the tales included are several which might -be suitable for reading or recitation, and none which are dull. Mr Fitz-Gerald frankly -addresses himself to that portion of the public which desires nothing so much as to be -amused, and likes even its amusements in small doses. Such a public will entertain itself -very pleasantly with Mr Fitz-Gerald’s lively tales, and will probably name as its favourites -those titled ‘Pure Cussedness,’ ‘Splidgings’ First Baby,’ and ‘The Blue-blooded Coster.’”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">Rip Van Winkle</span>, together with “<span class="smcap">The Legend of -Sleepy Hollow</span>.” By <span class="smcap">Washington Irving</span>. Illustrated with -Drawings by <span class="smcap">W. G. Mein</span>. Crown 8vo, art cloth, decorative -cover by <span class="smcap">Will Smart</span>, top edge gilt, 2s.</p> - - - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_27" id="Page_27">[27]</a></span></p> - - - - -<h2>Illustrated Books for Children</h2> - - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">The Grand Panjandrum</span>, and other fanciful Fairy -Tales for the youthful of all Ages, Climes and Times. By <span class="smcap">S. J. -Adair Fitz-Gerald</span>, Author of “The Zankiwank and the -Bletherwitch,” etc. Many full-page and smaller Illustrations by -<span class="smcap">Gustave Darré</span>. Second Edition. Square 8vo, art cloth, gilt, -3s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Truth.</span>—“A decided acquisition to the children’s library.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Ladies’ Pictorial.</span>—“Quite one of the brightest of the season’s gift books.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Morning Post.</span>—“Bright and thoroughly amusing. It will please all children. The -pictures are excellent.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Echo.</span>—“Of the pile (of children’s books) before us, Mr Adair Fitz-Gerald’s ‘Grand -Panjandrum’ is the cleverest. Mr Fitz-Gerald needs no introduction to the nursery of -these days.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Pall Mall Gazette.</span>—“A charming little book. Simply written, and therefore to be -comprehended of the youthful mind. It will be popular, for the writer has a power of -pleasing which is rare.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Literary World.</span>—“A handsomely-bound, mouth-watering, in every way up-to-date -volume, written especially for and on behalf of the toddler or the newly breeched.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">People.</span>—“A delightful story for children, something in the style of ‘Alice in Wonderland,’ -but also having some flavour of Kingsley’s ‘Water Babies.’”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Sun.</span>—“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.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Weekly Sun.</span>—“Mr Adair Fitz-Gerald is a well-known writer of fairy stories and -humorous books for the young. ‘The Grand Panjandrum’ is just the sort of book to -please youngsters of all ages, being full of pleasant imaginings, and introducing its -readers to a host of curious people.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">Nonsense Numbers and Jocular Jingles For Funny Little Folk.</span> Written by <span class="smcap">Druid Grayl</span>, with -full-page Illustrations by <span class="smcap">Walter J. Morgan</span>. 4to, cloth -boards, 3s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">St James’s Gazette.</span>—“Full of quaint pictures, which will delight and amuse the -little folks.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Record.</span>—“A really witty book. Just the sort of nonsense that appeals to little folk, -and the pictures are quite laughable. There is an abundance of really good humour to -be got from these pages, which are altogether free from vulgarity.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">World.</span>—“Appeals directly to children, and would make a delightful present for any -little boy or girl.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Daily Telegraph.</span>—“Will be productive of many a happy half-hour.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Lloyd’s Newspaper.</span>—“A very amusing book indeed is this volume of nonsense verse. -The jingles are excellent and such as children delight in, while the pictures are also -ludicrously funny.”</p> - -</div> - - - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_28" id="Page_28">[28]</a></span></p> - - - - -<h2>Greening’s Humorous Books</h2> - - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">The Pillypingle Pastorals.</span> A Series of Amusing -Rustic Tales and Sketches. By <span class="smcap">Druid Grayl</span>. Profusely Illustrated -by <span class="smcap">Walter J. Morgan</span>. Crown 8vo, art cloth, 3s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Vanity Fair.</span>—“Most certainly entertaining, and readers will enjoy it. It is well -illustrated.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Scotsman.</span>—“A lively book of comical yarns. It is frivolous, doubtless, but it is funny, -and any reader will like it who enjoys a hearty laugh.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Outlook.</span>—“The stories are well told, and tend to provoke laughter.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Phœnix.</span>—“A delightful collection of stories. There is something refreshing and -invigorating about them.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Literary World.</span>—“An amusing bit of humour.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Midland Mail.</span>—“A budget of fun, and good fun too. There is not a dull page in it.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">The Pottle Papers.</span> Written by <span class="smcap">Tristram Coutts</span>, -Author of “A Comedy of Temptation.” Illustrated by <span class="smcap">L. Raven -Hill</span>. Fourth Edition. Crown 8vo, cloth, 2s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Sheffield Daily Telegraph.</span>—“Anyone who wants a good laugh should get ‘The -Pottle Papers.’ They are very droll reading for an idle afternoon, or picking up at -any time when ‘down in the dumps.’ They are very brief and very bright, and it is -impossible for anyone with the slightest sense of humour to read the book without -bursting into ‘the loud guffaw’ which does not always ‘bespeak the empty mind.’”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Pall Mall Gazette.</span>—“It contains plenty of boisterous humour of the Max Adeler -kind … humour that is genuine and spontaneous. The author, for all his antics, has -a good deal more in him than the average buffoon. There is, for example, a very clever -and subtle strain of feeling running through the comedy in ‘The Love that Burned’—a -rather striking bit of work. Mr Raven Hill’s illustrations are as amusing as they -always are.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">The Pottle’s Progress.</span> Being the Further Adventures -of Mr and Mrs Pottle. By <span class="smcap">Tristram Coutts</span>, Author of -“The Pottle Papers,” etc. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d. (In preparation.)</p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">Dan Leno, Hys Booke.</span> A Volume of Frivolities: -Autobiographical, Historical, Philosophical, Anecdotal and -Nonsensical. Written by <span class="smcap">Dan Leno</span>. Profusely illustrated by -Popular Artists. Seventh Edition. Crown 8vo, art cloth, gilt -edges, 1s. 6d. Popular Edition, sewed, picture cover, 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><b>DAN LENO, HYS BOOKE</b>, is, says the <span class="review-source">Liverpool Review</span>, “the funniest publication -since ‘Three Men in a Boat.’ In this autobiographical masterpiece the inimitable King -of Comedians tells his life story in a style that would make a shrimp laugh.”</p> - -<p>This enormously successful book of genuine and spontaneous humour has been received -with a complete chorus of complimentary criticisms and pleasing “Press” praise and -approval. Here are a few reviewers’ remarks:—</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Scotsman.</span>—“Bombshells of fun.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Lloyd’s.</span>—“One long laugh from start to finish.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Globe.</span>—“Full of exuberant and harmless fun.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">English Illustrated Magazine.</span>—“A deliciously humorous volume.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Catholic Times.</span>—“The fun is fast and furious.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">St Paul’s.</span>—“It is very funny.”</p> - -<p>These are a few opinions taken at random from hundreds of notices.</p> - -<p>Says the <span class="review-source">Daily News</span> (Hull):—“The funniest book we have read for some time. You -must perforce scream with huge delight at the dry sayings and writings of the funny -little man who has actually killed people with his patter and his antics. Page after page -of genuine fun is reeled off by the great little man.”</p> - -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_29" id="Page_29">[29]</a></span></p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">Bachelor Ballads</span> and other Lazy Lyrics. By -<span class="smcap">Harry A. Spurr</span>, Author of “A Cockney in Arcadia.” With -Fifty Illustrations by <span class="smcap">John Hassall</span>. Crown 8vo, art cloth, 3s. 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">St James’s Gazette.</span>—“Distinctly clever.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Globe.</span>—“Mr Spurr goes in for humour, and with very considerable success.… -Altogether he is as funny as he is fluent. Mr Hassall’s illustrations are also genuinely -comic.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Nottingham Guardian.</span>—“The fun is genuine and hearty.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Weekly Sun.</span>—“These ‘Bachelor Ballads’ are excellent fun.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Literary World.</span>—“The book is good from beginning to end, and its excellent illustrations -by John Hassall are fittingly humorous.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Sheffield Independent.</span>—“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. Mr Spurr is the -exception. His unostentatious rhymes abound in neat literary turns, brim with good -humour, and jig to a natural sprightliness. He can pass, too, the test of persistent -punning without causing the gorge of the reader to rise. In brief, he is a really humorous -versifier, and the illustrator of his work has happily caught his spirit. A man who can -turn out in thirty-two lines twenty-five puns on cricket, and work in a love story too, may -be regarded as having shouldered the mantle of Hood.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">That Fascinating Widow.</span> By <span class="smcap">S. J. A. Fitz-Gerald</span>. -Cloth, 1s. (<i>For particulars <a href="#Page_26">see page 26</a>.</i>)</p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">Farthest South.</span> A Humorous Story. By <span class="smcap">Harold -E. Gorst</span>. 2s. 6d. (<i>For particulars <a href="#Page_24">see page 24</a>.</i>)</p> - - - - -<h2>Guides, Etc.</h2> - - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">London.</span> A Handy Guide for the Visitor, Sportsman and -Naturalist. By <span class="smcap">J. W. Cundall</span>. Numerous Illustrations. -Fourth Year of Publication. Long 12mo, cloth, 6d.</p> - -<div class="smaller"> - -<p><span class="review-source">Vanity Fair.</span>—“A capital little guide book. No bulky volume this, but a handy -booklet full of pithy information on all the most important subjects connected with our -great city.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Outlook.</span>—“A handy booklet, more tasteful than one is accustomed to.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Pelican.</span>—“As full of useful and entertaining information as is an egg of meat.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Bookman.</span>—“A very lively and readable little guide.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">To-day.</span>—“One of the best guide books for visitors to London. It is a model of -lucidity and informativeness, and the profuse illustrations are admirably executed.”</p> - -<p><span class="review-source">Glasgow Herald.</span>—“A useful little work for those who have no desire to wade -through many pages of information before getting what they want.”</p> - -</div> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">America Abroad.</span> A Handy Guide for Americans in -England. Edited by <span class="smcap">J. W. Cundall</span>. With Map and numerous -Illustrations. Eleventh Year of Publication. 6d.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_30" id="Page_30">[30]</a></span></p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">In Quaint East Anglia.</span> Descriptive Sketches. -By <span class="smcap">T. West Carnie</span>. Illustrated by <span class="smcap">W. S. Rogers</span>. Long -12mo, cloth, 1s. (<i><a href="#Page_8">See page 8.</a></i>)</p> - -<p class="book"><span class="title-it">“Sisters by the Sea.”</span> Seaside and Country Sketches. -By <span class="smcap">Clement Scott</span>, Author of “Blossom Land,” “Amongst the -Apple Orchards,” Etc. Frontispiece and Vignette designed by -<span class="smcap">George Pownall</span>. Long 12mo, attractively bound in cloth, 1s. -(<i><a href="#Page_4">See page 4.</a></i>)</p> - -<h2>INDEX</h2> - -<table summary="More of a table of contents, really"> - <tr> - <td colspan="2"></td> - <td class="tdr smaller">PAGE</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="td1" colspan="2">Adams, H. A Virtue of Necessity,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_17">17</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Alexander, George. Introduction to Art of Elocution,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_6">6</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">After-Taste, The. (Compton Reade),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_14">14</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">America Abroad. (J. W. Cundall),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_29">29</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Ames, H. The Tragedy of a Pedigree,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_13">13</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Anna Marsden’s Experiment. (E. Williams),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_24">24</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">—— And Afterwards. (Mrs H. E. Gorst),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_17">17</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Apollo. Ideal Physical Culture,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_7">7</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Asia, A Vagabond in. (E. Candler),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_4">4</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Asmodeus. (Le Sage),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_11">11</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">“Æsculapius.” The Magnetism of Sin,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_14">14</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Ascher, Isidore. A Social Upheaval,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_17">17</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Ashes Tell no Tales. (Mrs A. S. Bradshaw),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_16">16</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="td1" colspan="2">Bartram, George. Ballads of Ghostly Shires,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_9">9</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Bachelor Ballads. (Harry A. Spurr),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_29">29</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Beckford, W. Vathek,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_11">11</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Black Tulip, The (Alexandre Dumas),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_11">11</a> and <a href="#Page_25">25</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Boyd, F. M. Pelican Tails,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_25">25</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Book of the Poster, A. (W. S. Rogers),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_5">5</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Book Beautiful, From the,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_7">7</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Bradshaw, Mrs A. S. Ashes Tell no Tales,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_16">16</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Bradshaw, Mrs A. S. Gates of Temptation, The,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_23">23</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Bye-Ways of Crime. (R. J. Power-Berrey),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_6">6</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="td1" colspan="2">Candler, E. A Vagabond in Asia,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_4">4</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Carnie, T. W. In Quaint East Anglia,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_8">8</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Clelia. Messiahship of Shakspeare, The,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_4">4</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Clelia. God in Shakspeare,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_5">5</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Cigarette Smoker, The. (Author of “The Hypocrite”),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_25">25</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Comedy of temptation, A. (T. Coutts),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_16">16</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Committed to His Charge. (Kate and Robina Lizars),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_13">13</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Colomba. (Prosper Merimée),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_11">11</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Corelli, Marie. Patriotism or Self-Advertisement?,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_7">7</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Coutts, T. The Pottle Papers,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_28">28</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Coutts, T. A Comedy of Temptation,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_16">16</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Croly, George. Salathiel,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_11">11</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Cry in the Night, A (A. Golsworthy),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_17">17</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Cundall, J. W. London,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_29">29</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Cundall, J. W. America Abroad,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_29">29</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Cynthia’s Damages. (E. Turner),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_15">15</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="td1" colspan="2">Dan Leno, Hys Booke. (Dan Leno),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_28">28</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Daniels, Heber. Dona Rufina,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_23">23</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Daughters of Pleasure. (De Brémont),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_14">14</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Darab’s Wine-Cup. (Bart Kennedy),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_22">22</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Daudet. Sapho,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_18">18</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Dead Woman’s Vow, A. (Emile Zola),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_18">18</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Death and the Woman. (Golsworthy),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_26">26</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">De Brémont, Comtesse. A Son of Africa,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_15">15</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">De Brémont, Comtesse. Daughters of Pleasure,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_14">14</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">De Brémont, Comtesse. The Gentleman Digger,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_15">15</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">De Soissons, Count. The Path of the Soul,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_6">6</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Derelict and Tommy, The. (C. Forestier-Walker),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_25">25</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Detached Pirate, A. (Helen Milecete),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_13">13</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Devil in a Domino, The. (C. L’Epine),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_25">25</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Dona Rufina. (Heber Daniels),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_23">23</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Downing, C. Messiahship of Shakspeare,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_4">4</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Downing, C. God in Shakspeare,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_5">5</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Dolomite Cavern, The. (W. Kelly),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_20">20</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Dress in a Nutshell. (“R.”),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_9">9</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Dumas. The Black Tulip,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_11">11</a> and <a href="#Page_25">25</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="td1" colspan="2">East Anglia, In Quaint. (Carnie),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_8">8</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">“English Writers of To-day” Series—</td> - <td class="tdr"></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="tdsub" colspan="2">Rudyard Kipling. (G. F. Monkshood),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_1">1</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="tdsub" colspan="2">Bret Harte. (T. E. Pemberton),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_2">2</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="tdsub" colspan="2"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_31" id="Page_31">[31]</a></span>Swinburne. (Theodore Wratislaw),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_2">2</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="tdsub" colspan="2">George Meredith. (Walter Jerrold),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_2">2</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="tdsub" colspan="2">Hall Caine. (C. Fred. Kenyon),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_2">2</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="tdsub" colspan="2">A. W. Pinero. (Hamilton Fyffe),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_2">2</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="tdsub" colspan="2">W. E. Henley. (George Gamble),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_2">2</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="tdsub">Mrs Humphry Ward,</td> - <td class="valign" rowspan="2">} (W. L. Courtney), in one volume,</td> - <td class="valign-r" rowspan="2"><a href="#Page_3">3</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="tdsub">Mrs Craigie,</td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="tdsub" colspan="2">Thomas Hardy,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_3">3</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="tdsub" colspan="2">Realistic Writers of To-day. (J. Hannaford),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_3">3</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="tdsub" colspan="2">The Parnassian School in English Poetry. (Sir G. Douglas),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_3">3</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="tdsub" colspan="2">Richard Le Gulliene. (Ranger Gull),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_3">3</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Elocution, The Art of. (R. Ferguson),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_7">7</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Epicurean, The. (Thomas Moore),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_11">11</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Escott, T. H. S. A Trip to Paradoxia,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_6">6</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Exile in Bohemia, An. (Ernest E. Williams),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_12">12</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="td1" colspan="2">“Fame, the Fiddler.” (S. J. Adair Fitz-Gerald),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_22">22</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Farthest South. (H. G. Gorst),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_24">24</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Ferguson, Ross. The Art of Elocution,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_6">6</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Ferreira, A. J. Nebo,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_7">7</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Fevez, Coralie. Ira Lorraine,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_16">16</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Fellow-Passengers, The. (R. Pyke),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_26">26</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Fitz-Gerald, S. J. A. A Tragedy of Grub Street,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_23">23</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Fitz-Gerald, S. J. A. The Grand Panjandrum,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_27">27</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Fitz-Gerald, S. J. A. That Fascinating Widow,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_27">27</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Fitz-Gerald, S. J. A. Fame, the Fiddler,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_22">22</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Forbes, Edmund. Red Fate,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_13">13</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">For Himself Alone. (T. W. Speight),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_15">15</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Forestier-Walker, C. The Derelict and Tommy,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_25">25</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Fouillée, Alfred. Woman,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_5">5</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">France, Anatole. Thaïs,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_18">18</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">From the Book Beautiful. (Author of “The Hypocrite”),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_7">7</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="td1" colspan="2">Galt, J. Ringan Gilhaize,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_10">10</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Gates of Temptation, The. (Mrs A. Bradshaw),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_23">23</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Gentleman Digger, The. (Comtesse de Brémont),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_15">15</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Girl of the North, The. (H. Milecete),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_12">12</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">God in Shakspeare. (C. Downing),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_5">5</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Gorton, Lieut.-Col. The Maori War,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_6">6</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Gorst, H. E. Farthest South,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_24">24</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Gorst, Mrs H. —— And Afterwards,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_17">17</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Golsworthy, A. Death and the Woman,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_26">26</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Golsworthy, A. A Cry in the Night,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_17">17</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Grand Panjandrum, The. (S. J. A. Fitz-Gerald),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_27">27</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Green, Percy B. A History of Nursery Rhymes,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_10">10</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Green Passion, The. (A. P. Vert),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_19">19</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Grayl, Druid. Nonsense Numbers and Jocular Jingles,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_27">27</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Grayl, Druid. Pillypingle Pastorals, Guides, etc.,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_29">29</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="td1" colspan="2">Hamlets, Some Notable. (C. Scott),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_3">3</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Hannaford, Justin. The Love Thirst of Elaine,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_20">20</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Harem, Romance of a,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_18">18</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Heaven, Louise P. An Idol of Bronze,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_20">20</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Herman, H. The Sword of Fate,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_19">19</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Hewitt, E. Prettiness of Fools,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_14">14</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Hypocrite, The. (Anonymous),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_21">21</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Hypocrite, The. (Author of “Miss Malevolent”),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_21">21</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Hypocrite, The. (Author of “From the Book Beautiful”),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_7">7</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Hypocrite, The. (Author of “His Grace’s Grace”),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_13">13</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Hypocrite, The. (Author of “The Cigarette Smoker”),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_25">25</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="td1" colspan="2">Ideal Physical Culture. (Apollo),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_7">7</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Idealist, The. (Grove Johnson),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_18">18</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Idol of Bronze. (L. P. Heaven),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_20">20</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">In Monte Carlo. (H. Sienkiewicz),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_22">22</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">In the World of Mimes. (L. Melville),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_15">15</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">In Quaint East Anglia. (T. W. Carnie),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_8">8</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Ira Lorraine. (Coralie Fevez),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_16">16</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Irving, Washington. Rip Van Winkle,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_10">10</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="td1" colspan="2">John Basileon. (<i>See</i> “<a href="#ruby">My Lady Ruby</a>”),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_22">22</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Johnson, Dr. Rasselas,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_10">10</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Johnson, Grove. The Idealist,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_18">18</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="td1" colspan="2">Kelly, W. P. The Dolomite Cavern,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_20">20</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Kennedy, Bart. A Man Adrift,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_3">3</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Kennedy, Bart. Darab’s Wine-Cup,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_22">22</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Kennedy, Bart. The Wandering Romanoff,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_23">23</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="td1" colspan="2">Lady of Criswold, The. (L. Outram),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_24">24</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Lady of the Leopard, The. (C. L’Epine),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_20">20</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Le Sage. Asmodeus,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_11">11</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Leno, D. Dan Leno, Hys Booke,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_28">28</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">L’Epine, C. The Devil in a Domino,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_25">25</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">L’Epine, C. The Lady of the Leopard,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_20">20</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Leyken, N. Where the Oranges Grow,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_13">13</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Lizars, K. and R. Committed to His Charge,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_13">13</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Longstaff, W. L. Weeds and Flowers,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_9">9</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Longstaff, W. L. The Tragedy of the Lady Palmist,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_21">21</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">London. (J. W. Cundall),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_29">29</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Loughnan, J. Pym. Mad?</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_23">23</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Love Thirst of Elaine, The. (J. Hannaford),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_20">20</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Lord Jimmy. (G. Martyn),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_23">23</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="td1" colspan="2">Mad? (J. Pym Loughnan),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_23">23</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Madonna Mia. (C. Scott),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_20">20</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Man Adrift, A. (B. Kennedy),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_8">8</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Magnetism of Sin, The. (“Æsculapius”),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_14">14</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Maori War, The. (Lt.-Col. E. Gorton),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_6">6</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Martin, E. Shadows,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_26">26</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Martyn, G. Lord Jimmy,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_23">23</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Mayne Reid, Captain. (Mrs M. Reid),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_4">4</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">M’Millan. A. The Weird Well,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_16">16</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Messiahship of Shakspeare, The. (Clelia),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_4">4</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Merimée, P. Colomba,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_11">11</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_32" id="Page_32">[32]</a></span>Melville, L. In the World of Mimes,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_15">15</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Miss Malevolent. (Author of “The Hypocrite”),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_21">21</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Milecete, H. A Girl of the North,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_12">12</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Milecete, H. A Detached Pirate,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_13">13</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Mora. (T. W. Speight),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_15">15</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Moore, Thomas. The Epicurean,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_11">11</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Modern Argonauts, The. (Eliza Orzeszko),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_12">12</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Monkshood, G. F. Rudyard Kipling,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_1">1</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2" id="ruby">Monkshood, G. F. My Lady Ruby,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_22">22</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Monkshood, G. F. Woman and the Wits,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_9">9</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">My Lady Ruby. (G. F. Monkshood),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_22">22</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="td1" colspan="2">Nebo. (A. J. Ferreira),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_7">7</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Nonsense Numbers and Jocular Jingles. (Druid Grayl),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_27">27</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Northern Lights and Shadows. (R. G. Taber),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_5">5</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Nursery Rhymes, A History of. (P. B. Green),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_8">8</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="td1" colspan="2">Obscure Apostle, An. (Madame Orzeszko),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_12">12</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Orzeszko, Madame. The Modern Argonauts,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_12">12</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Orzeszko, Madame. An Obscure Apostle,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_12">12</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Our Lady of the Ice. (Constance Sutcliffe),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_20">20</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Outrageous Fortune. (Anonymous),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_19">19</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Outram, L. The Lady of Criswold,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_24">24</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Owen, J. L. Seven Nights with Satan,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_19">19</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="td1" colspan="2">Path of the Soul, The. (De Soissons),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_6">6</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Patriotism or Self-Advertisement? (Marie Corelli),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_7">7</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Pemberton, T. E. Bret Harte,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_2">2</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Pelican Tails. (F. M. Boyd),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_25">25</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Physical Culture, Ideal. (Apollo),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_7">7</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Pillypingle Pastorals. (Druid Grayl),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_28">28</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Pottle Papers. (T. Coutts),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_28">28</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Poster, A Book of the. (W. S. Rogers),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_5">5</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Power of the Past, The. (Daisy Pryce),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_14">14</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Power-Berrey, R. J. Bye-Ways of Crime,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_6">6</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Prettiness of Fools, The. (E. Hewitt),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_14">14</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Pyke, R. The Fellow-Passengers,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_26">26</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Pryce, Daisy Hughes. The Power of the Past,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_14">14</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="td1" colspan="2">Rae-Brown, C. The Shadow on the Manse,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_17">17</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Rae-Brown, C. The Resurrection of His Grace,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_24">24</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Rasselas. (Dr Johnson),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_10">10</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Reade, C. The After-Taste,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_14">14</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Red Fate. (E. Forbes),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_13">13</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Resurrection of His Grace, The. (Rae-Brown),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_24">24</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Ringan Gilhaize. (J. Galt),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_10">10</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Rip Van Winkle. (W. Irving),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_10">10</a> and <a href="#Page_26">26</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Rogers, W. S. A Book of the Poster,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_5">5</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Romance of a Harem,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_18">18</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="td1" colspan="2">Sadleir, Mrs. An Uncanny Girl,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_25">25</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Sadleir, Mrs. Such is the Law,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_16">16</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Salathiel. (Dr Croly),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_11">11</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Sapho. (Daudet),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_18">18</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Scott, C. The Wheel of Life,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_3">3</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Scott, C. Madonna Mia,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_20">20</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Scott, C. Some Notable Hamlets,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_3">3</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Scott, C. Sisters by the Sea,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_4">4</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Seed, Rev. T. A. Woman,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_5">5</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Seekers of Sentiment,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_14">14</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Seven Nights with Satan. (J. L. Owen),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_19">19</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Shadow on the Manse, The. (Rae-Brown),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_17">17</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Shadows. (E. Martin),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_26">26</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Shams! (Anonymous),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_18">18</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Sienkiewicz, H. In Monte Carlo,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_22">22</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Social Upheaval, A. (I. G. Ascher),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_17">17</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Son of Africa, A. (De Brémont),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_15">15</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Speight, T. W. Mora,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_15">15</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Speight, T. W. Two Days in a Life-time,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_15">15</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Speight, T. W. For Himself Alone,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_15">15</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Spurr, H. Bachelor Ballads,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_29">29</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Stage, The Year Book of the. (L. A. Greening),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_7">7</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Such is the Law. (Sadleir, Mrs),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_16">16</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Sutcliffe, Constance. Our Lady of the Ice,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_20">20</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Sword of Fate, The. (H. Herman),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_19">19</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="td1" colspan="2">Taber, R. G. Northern Lights and Shadows,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_5">5</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Thaïs. (Anatole France),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_18">18</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">That Fascinating Widow. (S. J. A. Fitz-Gerald),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_26">26</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Thompson, C. J. S. Zoroastro,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_18">18</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Tragedy of Grub Street, A. (S. J. Adair Fitz-Gerald),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_23">23</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Tragedy of a Pedigree, The. (Hugo Ames),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_13">13</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Tragedy of the Lady Palmist, The. (W. L. Longstaff),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_21">21</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Trip to Paradoxia, A. (T. H. Escott),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_6">6</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Two Days in a Life-time. (T. Speight),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_15">15</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Turner, R. Cynthia’s Damages,</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_15">15</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="td1" colspan="2">Uncanny Girl, An. (Mrs Sadleir),</td> - <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_25">25</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td colspan="2">Upperton, R. 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