'A very learned and instructive work.'—Times.

PRIOR. CAMBRIDGE SERMONS. Edited by H.C. PRIOR, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Pembroke College. Crown 8vo. 6s.

A volume of sermons preached before the University of Cambridge by various preachers, including the Archbishop of Canterbury and Bishop Westcott.

'A representative collection. Bishop Westcott's is a noble sermon.'—Guardian.

'Full of thoughtfulness and dignity.—Record.

BEECHING. SERMONS TO SCHOOLBOYS. By H.C. BEECHING, M.A., Rector of Yattendon, Berks. With a Preface by Canon SCOTT HOLLAND. Crown 8vo. 2s. 6d.

Seven sermons preached before the boys of Bradfield College.

LAYARD. RELIGION IN BOYHOOD. Notes on the Religious Training of Boys. With a Preface by J.R. ILLINGWORTH. By E.B. LAYARD, M.A., 18mo. 1s.



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'We must draw attention to the antique style, quaintness, and typographical excellence of the work, its red-letter "initials" and black letter type, and old-fashioned paragraphic arrangement of pages. The antique paper, uncut edges, and illustrations are in accord with the other features of this unique little work.'—Newsagent.

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WORKS BY S. BARING GOULD

OLD COUNTRY LIFE. With Sixty-seven Illustrations by W. PARKINSON, F.D. BEDFORD, and F. MASEY. Large Crown 8vo, cloth super extra, top edge gilt, 10s. 6d. Fifth and Cheaper Edition. 6s.

'"Old Country Life," as healthy wholesome reading, full of breezy life and movement, full of quaint stories vigorously told, will not be excelled by any book to be published throughout the year. Sound, hearty, and English to the core.'—World.

HISTORIC ODDITIES AND STRANGE EVENTS. Third Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s.

'A collection of exciting and entertaining chapters. The whole volume is delightful reading.'—Times.

FREAKS OF FANATICISM. Third Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s.

'Mr. Baring Gould has a keen eye for colour and effect, and the subjects he has chosen give ample scope to his descriptive and analytic faculties. A perfectly fascinating book.'—Scottish Leader.

A GARLAND OF COUNTRY SONG: English Folk Songs with their traditional melodies. Collected and arranged by S. BARING GOULD and H. FLEETWOOD SHEPPARD. Demy 4to. 6s.

SONGS OF THE WEST: Traditional Ballads and Songs of the West of England, with their Traditional Melodies. Collected by S. BARING GOULD, M.A., and H. FLEETWOOD SHEPPARD, M.A. Arranged for Voice and Piano. In 4 Parts (containing 25 Songs each), Parts I., II., III., 3s. each. Part IV., 5s. In one Vol., French morocco, 15s.

'A rich collection of humour, pathos, grace, and poetic fancy.'—Saturday Review.

A BOOK OF FAIRY TALES retold by S. BARING GOULD. With numerous illustrations and initial letters by ARTHUR J. GASKIN. Crown 8vo. Buckram. 6s.

'Mr. Baring Gould has done a good deed, and is deserving of gratitude, in re-writing in honest, simple style the old stories that delighted the childhood of "our fathers and grandfathers." We do not think he has omitted any of our favourite stories, the stories that are commonly regarded as merely "old fashioned." As to the form of the book, and the printing, which is by Messrs. Constable, it were difficult to commend overmuch.'—Saturday Review.

YORKSHIRE ODDITIES AND STRANGE EVENTS Fourth Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s.

STRANGE SURVIVALS AND SUPERSTITIONS. With Illustrations. By S. BARING GOULD. Crown 8vo. Second Edition. 6s.

We have read Mr. Baring Gould's book from beginning to end. It is full Of quaint and various information, and there is not a dull page in it.'—Notes and Queries.

THE TRAGEDY OF THE CAESARS: The Emperors of the Julian and Claudian Lines. With numerous Illustrations from Busts, Gems, Cameos, etc. By S. BARING GOULD, Author of 'Mehalah,' etc. Third Edition. Royal 8vo. 15s.

'A most splendid and fascinating book on a subject of undying interest. The great feature of the book is the use the author has made of the existing portraits of the Caesars, and the admirable critical subtlety he has exhibited in dealing with this line of research. It is brilliantly written, and the illustrations are supplied on a scale of profuse magnificence.'—Daily Chronicle.

'The volumes will in no sense disappoint the general reader. Indeed, in their way, there is nothing in any sense so good in English.... Mr. Baring Gould has presented his narrative in such a way as not to make one dull page.'—Athenaeum.

THE DESERTS OF SOUTHERN FRANCE. By S. BARING GOULD. With numerous Illustrations by F.D. BEDFORD, S. HUTTON, etc. 2 vols. Demy 8vo. 32s.

This book is the first serious attempt to describe the great barren tableland that extends to the south of Limousin in the Department of Aveyron, Lot, etc., a country of dolomite cliffs, and canons, and subterranean rivers. The region is full of prehistoric and historic interest, relics of cave-dwellers, of mediaeval robbers, and of the English domination and the Hundred Years' War.

'His two richly-illustrated volumes are full of matter of interest to the geologist, the archaeologist, and the student of history and manners.'—Scotsman.

'It deals with its subject in a manner which rarely fails to arrest attention.'—Times.



FICTION

SIX SHILLING NOVELS

MARIE CORELLI. BARABBAS: A DREAM OF THE WORLD'S TRAGEDY. By MARIE CORELLI, Author of 'A Romance of Two Worlds,' 'Vendetta,' etc. Seventeenth Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s.

'The tender reverence of the treatment and the imaginative beauty of the writing have reconciled us to the daring of the conception, and the conviction is forced on us that even so exalted a subject cannot be made too familiar to us, provided it be presented in the true spirit of Christian faith. The amplifications of the Scripture narrative are often conceived with high poetic insight, and this "Dream of the World's Tragedy" is, despite some trifling incongruities, a lofty and not inadequate paraphrase of the supreme climax of the inspired narrative.'—Dublin Review.

ANTHONY HOPE. THE GOD IN THE CAR. By ANTHONY HOPE, Author of 'A Change of Air,' etc. Sixth Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s.

'Ruston is drawn with extraordinary skill, and Maggie Dennison with many subtle strokes. The minor characters are clear cut. In short the book is a brilliant one. "The God in the Car" is one of the most remarkable works in a year that has given us the handiwork of nearly all our best living novelists.'—Standard.

'A very remarkable book, deserving of critical analysis impossible within our limit; brilliant, but not superficial; well considered, but not elaborated; constructed with the proverbial art that conceals, but yet allows itself to be enjoyed by readers to whom fine literary method is a keen pleasure; true without cynicism, subtle without affectation, humorous without strain, witty without offence, inevitably sad, with an unmorose simplicity.'—The World.

ANTHONY HOPE. A CHANGE OF AIR. By ANTHONY HOPE, Author of 'The Prisoner of Zenda,' etc. Second Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s.

'A graceful, vivacious comedy, true to human nature. The characters are traced with a masterly hand.'—Times.

ANTHONY HOPE. A MAN OF MARK. By ANTHONY HOPE, Author of 'The Prisoner of Zenda,' 'The God in the Car,' etc. Second Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s.

'A bright, entertaining, unusually able book, quite worthy of its brilliant author.'—Queen.

'Of all Mr. Hope's books, "A Man of Mark" is the one which best compares with "The Prisoner of Zenda." The two romances are unmistakably the work of the same writer, and he possesses a style of narrative peculiarly seductive, piquant, comprehensive, and—his own.'—National Observer.

CONAN DOYLE. ROUND THE RED LAMP. By A. CONAN DOYLE, Author of 'The White Company,' 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes,' etc. Fourth Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s.

'The book is, indeed, composed of leaves from life, and is far and away the best view that has been vouchsafed us behind the scenes of the consulting-room. It is very superior to "The Diary of a late Physician."'—Illustrated London News.

'Dr. Doyle wields a cunning pen, as all the world now knows. His deft touch is seen to perfection in these short sketches—these "facts and fancies of medical life," as he calls them. Every page reveals the literary artist, the keen observer, the trained delineator of human nature, its weal and its woe.'—Freeman's Journal.

'These tales are skilful, attractive, and eminently suited to give relief to the mind of a reader in quest of distraction.'—Athenaeum.

STANLEY WEYMAN. UNDER THE RED ROBE. By STANLEY WEYMAN, Author of 'A Gentleman of France.' With Twelve Illustrations by R. Caton Woodville. Seventh Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s.

A cheaper edition of a book which won instant popularity. No unfavourable review occurred, and most critics spoke in terms of enthusiastic admiration. The 'Westminster Gazette' called it 'a book of which we have read every word for the sheer pleasure of reading, and which we put down with a pang that we cannot forget it all and start again.' The 'Daily Chronicle' said that 'every one who reads books at all must read this thrilling romance, from the first page of which to the last the breathless reader is haled along.' It also called the book 'an inspiration of manliness and courage.' The 'Globe' called it 'a delightful tale of chivalry and adventure, vivid and dramatic, with a wholesome modesty and reverence for the highest.'

EMILY LAWLESS. MAELCHO: a Sixteenth Century Romance. By the Hon. EMILY LAWLESS, Author of 'Grania,' 'Hurrish,' etc. Second Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s.

'A striking and delightful book. A task something akin to Scott's may lie before Miss Lawless. If she carries forward this series of historical pictures with the same brilliancy and truth she has already shown, and with the increasing self-control one may expect from the genuine artist, she may do more for her country than many a politician. Throughout this fascinating book, Miss Lawless has produced something which is not strictly history and is not strictly fiction, but nevertheless possesses both imaginative value and historical insight in a high degree.'—Times.

'A really great book.'—Spectator.

'There is no keener pleasure in life than the recognition of genius. Good work is commoner than it used to be, but the best is as rare as ever. All the more gladly, therefore, do we welcome in "Maelcho" a piece of work of the first order, which we do not hesitate to describe as one of the most remarkable literary achievements of this generation. Miss Lawless is possessed of the very essence of historical genius.'—Manchester Guardian.

E.F. BENSON. DODO: A DETAIL OF THE DAY. By E.F. BENSON. Crown 8vo. Sixteenth Edition, 6s.

A story of society which attracted by its brilliance universal attention. The best critics were cordial in their praise. The 'Guardian' spoke of 'Dodo' as 'unusually clever and interesting'; the 'Spectator' called it 'a delightfully witty sketch of society;' the 'Speaker' said the dialogue was 'a perpetual feast of epigram and paradox'; the 'Athenaeum' spoke of the author as 'a writer of quite exceptional ability'; the 'Academy' praised his 'amazing cleverness;' the 'World' said the book was 'brilliantly written'; and half-a-dozen papers declared there was 'not a dull page in the book.'

E.F. BENSON. THE RUBICON. By E.F. BENSON, Author of 'Dodo.' Fourth Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s.

Of Mr. Benson's second novel the 'Birmingham Post' says it is 'well written, stimulating, unconventional, and, in a word, characteristic'; the 'National Observer congratulates Mr. Benson upon 'an exceptional achievement,' and calls the book 'a notable advance on his previous work.'

M.M. DOWIE. GALLIA. By MENIE MURIEL DOWIE, Author of 'A Girl in the Carpathians.' Second Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s.

'The style is generally admirable, the dialogue not seldom brilliant, the situations surprising in their freshness and originality, while the subsidiary as well as the principal characters live and move, and the story itself is readable from title-page to colophon.'—Saturday Review.

'A very notable book; a very sympathetically, at times delightfully written book.'—Daily Graphic.

MR. BARING GOULD'S NOVELS

'To say that a book is by the author of "Mehalah" is to imply that it contains a story cast on strong lines, containing dramatic possibilities, vivid and sympathetic descriptions of Nature, and a wealth of ingenious imagery.'—Speaker.

'That whatever Mr. Baring Gould writes is well worth reading, is a conclusion that may be very generally accepted. His views of life are fresh and vigorous, his language pointed and characteristic, the incidents of which he makes use are striking and original, his characters are life-like, and though somewhat exceptional people, are drawn and coloured with artistic force. Add to this that his descriptions of scenes and scenery are painted with the loving eyes and skilled hands of a master of his art, that he is always fresh and never dull, and under such conditions it is no wonder that readers have gained confidence both in his power of amusing and satisfying them, and that year by year his popularity widens.'—Court Circular.

BARING GOULD. URITH: A Story of Dartmoor. By S. BARING GOULD. Third Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s.

'The author is at his best.'—Times.

'He has nearly reached the high water-mark of "Mehalah."'—National Observer.

BARING GOULD. IN THE ROAR OF THE SEA: A Tale of the Cornish Coast. By S. BARING GOULD. Fifth Edition. 6s.

BARING GOULD. MRS. CURGENVEN OF CURGENVEN. By S. BARING GOULD. Fourth Edition. 6s.

A story of Devon life. The 'Graphic' speaks of it as 'a novel of vigorous humour and sustained power'; the 'Sussex Daily News' says that 'the swing of the narrative is splendid'; and the 'Speaker' mentions its 'bright imaginative power.'

BARING GOULD. CHEAP JACK ZITA. By S. BARING GOULD. Third Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s.

A Romance of the Ely Fen District in 1815, which the 'Westminster Gazette' calls 'a powerful drama of human passion'; and the 'National Observer' 'a story worthy the author.'

BARING GOULD. THE QUEEN OF LOVE. By S. BARING GOULD. Third Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s.

The 'Glasgow Herald' says that 'the scenery is admirable, and the dramatic incidents are most striking.' The 'Westminster Gazette' calls the book 'strong, interesting, and clever.' 'Punch' says that 'you cannot put it down until you have finished it.' 'The Sussex Daily News' says that it 'can be heartily recommended to all who care for cleanly, energetic, and interesting fiction.'

BARING GOULD. KITTY ALONE. By S. BARING GOULD, Author of 'Mehalah,' 'Cheap Jack Zita,' etc. Fourth Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s.

'A strong and original story, teeming with graphic description, stirring incident, and, above all, with vivid and enthralling human interest.'—Daily Telegraph.

'Brisk, clever, keen, healthy, humorous, and interesting.'—National Observer.

'Full of quaint and delightful studies of character.'—Bristol Mercury.

MRS. OLIPHANT. SIR ROBERT'S FORTUNE. By MRS. OLIPHANT. Crown 8vo. 6s.

'Full of her own peculiar charm of style and simple, subtle character-painting comes her new gift, the delightful story before us. The scene mostly lies in the moors, and at the touch of the authoress a Scotch moor becomes a living thing, strong, tender, beautiful, and changeful. The book will take rank among the best of Mrs. Oliphant's good stories.'—Pall Mall Gazette.

W.E. NORRIS. MATTHEW AUSTIN. By W.E. NORRIS, Author of 'Mademoiselle de Mersac,' etc. Third Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s.

'"Matthew Austin" may safely be pronounced one of the most intellectually satisfactory and morally bracing novels of the current year.'—Daily Telegraph.

'Mr. W.E. Norris is always happy in his delineation of everyday experiences, but rarely has he been brighter or breezier than in "Matthew Austin." The pictures are in Mr. Norris's pleasantest vein, while running through the entire story is a felicity of style and wholesomeness of tone which one is accustomed to find in the novels of this favourite author.'—Scotsman.

W.E. NORRIS. HIS GRACE. By W.E. NORRIS, Author of 'Mademoiselle de Mersac.' Third Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s.

'Mr. Norris has drawn a really fine character in the Duke of Hurstbourne, at once unconventional and very true to the conventionalities of life, weak and strong in a breath, capable of inane follies and heroic decisions, yet not so definitely portrayed as to relieve a reader of the necessity of study on his own behalf.'—Athenaeum.

W.E. NORRIS. THE DESPOTIC LADY AND OTHERS. By W.E. NORRIS, Author of 'Mademoiselle de Mersac.' Crown 8vo. 6s.

'A delightfully humorous tale of a converted and rehabilitated rope-dancer.'—Glasgow Herald.

'The ingenuity of the idea, the skill with which it is worked out, and the sustained humour of its situations, make it after its own manner a veritable little masterpiece.'—Westminster Gazette.

'A budget of good fiction of which no one will tire.'—Scotsman.

'An extremely entertaining volume—the sprightliest of holiday companions.'—Daily Telegraph.

GILBERT PARKER. MRS. FALCHION. By GILBERT PARKER, Author of 'Pierre and His People.' Second Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s.

Mr. Parker's second book has received a warm welcome. The 'Athenaeum' called it 'a splendid study of character'; the 'Pall Mall Gazette' spoke of the writing as 'but little behind anything that has been done by any writer of our time'; the 'St. James's' called it 'a very striking and admirable novel'; and the 'Westminster Gazette' applied to it the epithet of 'distinguished.'

GILBERT PARKER. PIERRE AND HIS PEOPLE. By GILBERT PARKER. Second Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s.

'Stories happily conceived and finely executed. There is strength and genius in Mr. Parker's style.'—Daily Telegraph.

GILBERT PARKER. THE TRANSLATION OF A SAVAGE. By GILBERT PARKER, Author of 'Pierre and His People,' 'Mrs. Falchion,' etc. Crown 8vo. 6s.

'The plot is original and one difficult to work out; but Mr. Parker has done it with great skill and delicacy. The reader who is not interested in this original, fresh, and well-told tale must be a dull person indeed.'—Daily Chronicle.

'A strong and successful piece of workmanship. The portrait of Lali, strong, dignified, and pure, is exceptionally well drawn.'—Manchester Guardian.

'A very pretty and interesting story, and Mr. Parker tells it with much skill. The story is one to be read.'—St. James's Gazette.

GILBERT PARKER. THE TRAIL OF THE SWORD. By GILBERT PARKER, Author of 'Pierre and his People,' etc. Third Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s.

'Everybody with a soul for romance will thoroughly enjoy "The Trail of the Sword."'—St. James's Gazette.

'A rousing and dramatic tale. A book like this, in which swords flash, great surprises are undertaken, and daring deeds done, in which men and women live and love in the old straightforward passionate way, is a joy inexpressible to the reviewer, brain-weary of the domestic tragedies and psychological puzzles of everyday fiction; and we cannot but believe that to the reader it will bring refreshment as welcome and as keen.'—Daily Chronicle.

GILBERT PARKER. WHEN VALMOND CAME TO PONTIAC; The Story of a Lost Napoleon. By GILBERT PARKER. Second Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s.

'Here we find romance—real, breathing, living romance, but it runs flush with our own times, level with our own feelings. Not here can we complain of lack of inevitableness or homogeneity. The character of Valmond is drawn unerringly; his career, brief as it is, is placed before us as convincingly as history itself. The book must be read, we may say re-read, for any one thoroughly to appreciate Mr. Parker's delicate touch and innate sympathy with humanity.'—Pall Mall Gazette.

ARTHUR MORRISON. TALES OF MEAN STREETS. By ARTHUR MORRISON. Third Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s.

'Told with consummate art and extraordinary detail. He tells a plain, unvarnished tale, and the very truth of it makes for beauty. In the true humanity of the book lies its justification, the permanence of its interest, and its indubitable triumph.'—Athenaeum.

'A great book. The author's method is amazingly effective, and produces a thrilling sense of reality. The writer lays upon us a master hand. The book is simply appalling and irresistible in its interest. It is humorous also; without humour it would not make the mark it is certain to make.'—World.

JULIAN CORBETT. A BUSINESS IN GREAT WATERS. By JULIAN CORBETT, Author of 'For God and Gold,' 'Kophetus XIIIth.,' etc. Crown 8vo. 6s.

'There is plenty of incident and movement in this romance. It is interesting as a novel framed in an historical setting, and it is all the more worthy of attention from the lover of romance as being absolutely free from the morbid, the frivolous, and the ultra-sexual.'—Athenaeum.

'A stirring tale of naval adventure during the Great French War. The book is full of picturesque and attractive characters.'—Glasgow Herald.

ROBERT BARR. IN THE MIDST OF ALARMS. By ROBERT BARR, Author of 'From Whose Bourne,' etc. Second Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s.

'A book which has abundantly satisfied us by its capital humour.'—Daily Chronicle.

'Mr. Barr has achieved a triumph whereof he has every reason to be proud.'—Pall Mall Gazette.

'There is a quaint thought or a good joke on nearly every page. The studies of character are carefully finished, and linger in the memory.'—Black and White.

'Distinguished for kindly feeling, genuine humour, and really graphic portraiture.'—Sussex Daily News.

'A delightful romance, with experiences strange and exciting. The dialogue is always bright and witty; the scenes are depicted briefly and effectively; and there is no incident from first to last that one would wish to have omitted.'—Scotsman.

MRS. PINSENT. CHILDREN OF THIS WORLD. By ELLEN F. PINSENT, Author of 'Jenny's Case.' Crown 8vo. 6s.

'There is much clever writing in this book. The story is told in a workmanlike manner, and the characters conduct themselves like average human beings.'—Daily News.

'Full of interest, and, with a large measure of present excellence, gives ample promise of splendid work.'—Birmingham Gazette.

'Mrs. Pinsent's new novel has plenty of vigour, variety, and good writing. There are certainty of purpose, strength of touch, and clearness of vision.'—Athenaeum.

CLARK RUSSELL. MY DANISH SWEETHEART. By W. CLARK RUSSELL, Author of 'The Wreck of the Grosvenor,' etc. Illustrated. Third Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s.

PRYCE. TIME AND THE WOMAN. By RICHARD PRYCE, Author of 'Miss Maxwell's Affections,' 'The Quiet Mrs. Fleming,' etc. Second Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s.

'Mr. Pryce's work recalls the style of Octave Feuillet, by its clearness, conciseness, its literary reserve.'—Athenaeum.

MRS. WATSON. THIS MAN'S DOMINION. By the Author of 'A High Little World.' Second Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s.

'It is not a book to be read and forgotten on a railway journey, but it is rather a study of the perplexing problems of life, to which the reflecting mind will frequently return, even though the reader does not accept the solutions which the author suggests. In these days, when the output of merely amusing novels is so overpowering, this is no slight praise. There is an underlying depth in the story which reminds one, in a lesser degree, of the profundity of George Eliot, and "This Man's Dominion" is by no means a novel to be thrust aside as exhausted at one perusal.'—Dundee Advertiser.

MARRIOTT WATSON. DIOGENES OF LONDON and other Sketches. By H.B. MARRIOTT WATSON, Author of 'The Web of the Spider.' Crown 8vo. Buckram. 6s.

'By all those who delight in the uses of words, who rate the exercise of prose above the exercise of verse, who rejoice in all proofs of its delicacy and its strength, who believe that English prose is chief among the moulds of thought, by these Mr. Marriott Watson's book will be welcomed.'—National Observer.

GILCHRIST. THE STONE DRAGON. By MURRAY GILCHRIST. Crown 8vo. Buckram. 6s.

'The author's faults are atoned for by certain positive and admirable merits. The romances have not their counterpart in modern literature, and to read them is a unique experience.'—National Observer.



THREE-AND-SIXPENNY NOVELS

EDNA LYALL. DERRICK VAUGHAN, NOVELIST. By EDNA LYALL, Author of 'Donovan,' etc. Forty-first Thousand. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.

BARING GOULD. ARMINELL: A Social Romance. By S. BARING GOULD. New Edition. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.

BARING GOULD. MARGERY OF QUETHER, and other Stories. By S. BARING GOULD. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.

BARING GOULD. JACQUETTA, and other Stories. By S. BARING GOULD. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.

MISS BENSON. SUBJECT TO VANITY. By MARGARET BENSON. With numerous Illustrations. Second Edition. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.

'A charming little book about household pets by a daughter of the Archbishop of Canterbury.'—Speaker.

'A delightful collection of studies of animal nature. It is very seldom that we get anything so perfect in its kind.... The illustrations are clever, and the whole book a singularly delightful one.'—Guardian.

'Humorous and sentimental by turns, Miss Benson always manages to interest us in her pets, and all who love animals will appreciate her book, not only for their sake, but quite as much for its own.'—Times.

'All lovers of animals should read Miss Benson's book. For sympathetic understanding, humorous criticism, and appreciative observation she certainly has not her equal.'—Manchester Guardian.

GRAY. ELSA. A Novel. By E. M'QUEEN GRAY. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.

'A charming novel. The characters are not only powerful sketches, but minutely and carefully finished portraits.'—Guardian.

J.H. PEARCE. JACO TRELOAR. By J.H. PEARCE, Author of 'Esther Pentreath.' New Edition. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.

The 'Spectator' speaks of Mr. Pearce as 'a writer of exceptional power'; the 'Daily Telegraph' calls the book 'powerful and picturesque'; the 'Birmingham Post' asserts that it is 'a novel of high quality.'

X.L. AUT DIABOLUS AUT NIHIL, and Other Stories. By X.L. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.

'Distinctly original and in the highest degree imaginative. The conception is almost as lofty as Milton's.'—Spectator.

'Original to a degree of originality that may be called primitive—a kind of passionate directness that absolutely absorbs us.'—Saturday Review.

'Of powerful interest. There is something startlingly original in the treatment of the themes. The terrible realism leaves no doubt of the author's power.'—Athenaeum.

O'GRADY. THE COMING OF CUCULAIN. A Romance of the Heroic Age of Ireland. By STANDISH O'GRADY, Author of 'Finn and his Companions,' etc. Illustrated by MURRAY SMITH. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.

'The suggestions of mystery, the rapid and exciting action, are superb poetic effects.'—Speaker.

'For light and colour it resembles nothing so much as a Swiss dawn.'—Manchester Guardian.

'A romance extremely fascinating and admirably well knit.'—Saturday Review.

CONSTANCE SMITH. A CUMBERER OF THE GROUND. By CONSTANCE SMITH, Author of 'The Repentance of Paul Wentworth,' etc. New Edition. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.

AUTHOR OF 'VERA.' THE DANCE OF THE HOURS. By the Author of 'Vera.' Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.

ESME STUART. A WOMAN OF FORTY. By ESME STUART, Author of 'Muriel's Marriage,' 'Virginia's Husband,' etc. New Edition. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.

'The story is well written, and some of the scenes show great dramatic power.'—Daily Chronicle.

FENN. THE STAR GAZERS. By G. MANVILLE FENN, Author of 'Eli's Children,' etc. New Edition. Cr. 8vo. 3s. 6d.

'A stirring romance.'—Western Morning News.

'Told with all the dramatic power for which Mr. Fenn is conspicuous.'—Bradford Observer.

DICKINSON. A VICAR'S WIFE. By EVELYN DICKINSON. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.

PROWSE. THE POISON OF ASPS. By R. ORTON PROWSE. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.

GREY. THE STORY OF CHRIS. By ROWLAND GREY. Crown 8vo. 5s.

LYNN LINTON. THE TRUE HISTORY OF JOSHUA DAVIDSON, Christian and Communist. By E. LYNN LINTON. Eleventh Edition. Post 8vo. 1s.



HALF-CROWN NOVELS

A Series of Novels by popular Authors.

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1. THE PLAN OF CAMPAIGN. By F. MABEL ROBINSON.

2. DISENCHANTMENT. By F. MABEL ROBINSON.

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