POPULAR FICTION
An Obscure Apostle. A Powerful and Dramatic Tale, translated from the Polish of Mdme. Orzeszko by Count S. C. de Soissons. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.
Saturday Review.—“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.”
British Weekly.—“A good story, dramatic, poetic and pathetic.”
Daily Graphic.—“An admirable translation of a fine, intensely human tragedy. One reads it from first to last entirely fascinated.”
Bookman.—“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.”
St James’s Gazette.—“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 entourage to a very remarkable story.… It is pictorial, poetic and dramatic.”
The Modern Argonauts. A Novel. By Eliza Orzeszko, Author of “An Obscure Apostle.” Translated from the Polish by Count S. C. de Soissons. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.
Liverpool Review.—“‘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.”
Spectator.—“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.”
Daily News.—“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.”
Daily Chronicle.—“A powerful story, clever and amusing.”
Dundee Courier.—“The story is powerful; the English vigorous; the moral commendable.”
Evening Times.—“Its power fascinates us. The originality of the conception, the skill with which the characters are drawn, and the vigour and vividness of the writing testify not only to keen insight into human nature, but to Madame Orzeszko’s maintenance to the eve of threescore years rare and youthful freshness.”
A Girl of the North. A Tale of London and Canada. By Helen Milecete. Second Edition. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.
Saturday Review.—“It is piquant and up-to-date. Miss Milecete’s style is engagingly direct and simple, and she has a natural talent for story-telling.”
Topical Times.—“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.”
Outlook.—“There is some clever writing in this novel, and the Canadian chapters are particularly fresh and picturesque.”
An Exile in Bohemia. A powerful and enthralling Novel. By Ernest E. Williams, Author of “Made in Germany,” etc., etc. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.
A Detached Pirate. A Novel. By Helen Milecete, Author of “A Girl of the North.” Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.
Ladies’ Pictorial.—“A clever and audacious book. The story is told in letters, and very clever letters they are … Miss Vandeleur is not nervy, and I prefer her wholesome audacity to the wild wailing of ‘The Love Letters of an Englishwoman.’”
Court Circular.—“A bright and fascinating book.”
Truth.—“A light and bright modern story of a divorcée 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.”
Committed to His Charge. A Canadian Romance. By Kate and Robina Lizars. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.
Athenæum.—“This book is decidedly interesting. The authors have a very pleasant gift of gaiety and an agreeable way of expressing themselves.”
Daily News.—“Both interesting and amusing.”
Record.—“Very clever and humorous.”
Daily Graphic.—“A clever and entertaining novel.”
Christian World.—“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.’”
His Grace’s Grace. A Powerful Novel. By the Author of “The Hypocrite,” “Miss Malevolent,” etc. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.
Where the Oranges Grow. A Humorous Novel. By N. A. Leyken (the Russian Mark Twain). Translated from the original by Count S. C. de Soissons. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.
The Tragedy of a Pedigree. An Interesting Story. By Hugo Ames. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.
Sketch.—“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.”
Scotsman.—“An excellent story, well written and easily read.”
Sunday Special.—“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.”
Vanity Fair.—“This novel is entertaining, suggestive, gently cynical and quick with promise.”
Madame.—“It is a crisp delineation of modern social life, abounding in excellent characterisation, sparkling dialogue and epigrams that are new and smart. There is scarcely a page of the book that does not contain a sentence worth reading a second time and then marking with pencil for another perusal.”
Red Fate. A Powerful Novel. By Edmund Forbes. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 6s.
Daily Despatch.—“In ‘Red Fate’ we have a daring book. Messrs Greening have in Mr Forbes the writer of a strong book that will cause some talk.”
The Scotsman.—“The story possesses the merits of freshness, originality and ingenuity. It is written in an animated and picturesque style, and is full of life and incident.”
Onlooker.—“Mr Edmund Forbes has drawn a striking study, and his style and language are always most scholarly. Grellier is a real and living character. It is a book that could only have been written by one endowed with the imagination and musical pen that betray the poet.”
The Prettiness of Fools. A Realistic and Powerful Novel. By Edgar Hewitt. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.
Literary World.—“Very entertaining reading.”
Dundee Advertiser.—“A singularly strong story.”
Morning Post.—“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.”
Gentlewoman.—“A powerful and interesting book, with the interest kept up till the end … altogether a very amusing and clever book.”
The Magnetism of Sin. A Tale Founded on Fact. By “Æsculapius.” Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.
Midland Mail.—“An interesting story.… Exceedingly well written.”
Daily Despatch.—“‘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.’”
Evening News (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.”
The After-Taste. A Novel. By Compton Reade, Author of “Hard Lines,” “Under which King,” etc. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.
Dr Parker (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.”
Literary World.—“This novel is decidedly above the average.”
Daily Graphic.—“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.”
Daughters of Pleasure. A Novel. By Anna, Comtesse de Brémont. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 6s.
Topical Times.—“Brisk and spicy without being blatant and salacious … a very good book, which says a lot of things that wanted saying frankly but delicately. It is, at the same time, an engrossing romance.”
Globe.—“Readers will find plenty of cleverness and ‘go,’ the Bohemian side of artistic life being described with verisimilitude as well as graphic force.”
Books of To-day.—“A story of deep human interest, set forth with undoubted literary talent, sense of style, and an ability to handle pure narrative that is rare and welcome. A book which can not only be read with interest, but re-read.”
The Seekers Of Sentiment. A Series of Powerful Stories. By a “Westminster Schoolboy.” Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.
The Power of the Past. A Novel. By Daisy Hugh Pryce, Author of “The Pasha,” “Goddesses Three,” “Valda Hanem,” etc. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 6s.
A Son of Africa. A Tale of Marvellous Adventures. By Anna, Comtesse de Brémont, Author of “Daughters of Pleasure,” “The Gentleman Digger,” etc. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.
Morning Post.—“Written with unmistakable power.”
Weekly Times.—“Deserves to be the success of the season.”
World.—“Contains striking incidents graphically related. We cannot fail to admire the ingenuity displayed by the writer.”
St James’s Gazette.—“A strange and weird story is ‘A Son of Africa,’ the latest from the pen of Anna, Comtesse de Brémont, author of ‘The Gentleman Digger.’ From the writer of that story we expect and get vivid word-pictures and local colouring. The descriptions of scenery and incident are wonderfully striking and impressive.… 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.”
The Gentleman Digger. Realistic Pictures of Life in Johannesburg. By Anna, Comtesse de Brémont, Author of “A Son of Africa,” etc. New Edition, revised to date, with a new Preface. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.
Academy.—“The Comtesse de Brémont presents us with a terribly realistic picture of life in Johannesburg during the raging of the gold fever.”
Daily Telegraph.—“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.”
Spectator.—“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.”
Cynthia’s Damages. A Story of Stage-craft. By Reginald Turner. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 6s.
In The World of Mimes. A Story of Theatrical Life. By Lewis Melville, Author of “The Life of Thackeray,” etc. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.
Mora: One Woman’s History. An Interesting Novel by T. W. Speight, Author of “The Crime in the Wood,” “The Mysteries of Heron Dyke,” etc. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.
Scotsman.—“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.”
Athenæum.—“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.”
Two Days in a Life-time. a Novel. By T. W. Speight, Author of “Mora,” etc. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.
For Himself Alone. A Novel. By T. W. Speight, Author of “The Mystery of Heron Dyke,” etc. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.
Ashes Tell no Tales. A Novel. By Mrs Albert S. Bradshaw, Author of “False Gods,” “The Gates of Temptation,” “Wife or Slave,” etc. Cloth, 3s. 6d.
Lady.—“A strong and dramatic novel.”
Record.—“The story shows great power and the character of Julie is a wonderful creation.”
North Star.—“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.”
Ira Lorraine. A Story of To-day. By Coralie Fevez. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 6s.
Illustrated London News.—“Full of incident and movement.”
Weekly Despatch.—“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.”
A Comedy of Temptation; or, The Amateur Fiend. A Tale. By Tristram Coutts, Author of “The Pottle Papers.” Cloth, 3s. 6d.
Daily News.—“A very bright and breezy little story, wholesome and amusing.”
Athenæum.—“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.”
Echo.—“A very sprightly tale, which, despite the extravagance of its leading motive, is full of humour—good humour and human nature.”
Daily Telegraph.—“The author of the unquestionably humorous and conspicuously successful ‘Pottle Papers’ has given the novel-reading public another ‘taste of his quality’ in this fantastic story.… The element of surprise predominates throughout this eminently entertaining narrative; unexpectedness is the essential characteristic of all its more salient incidents, comical or tragical; its dialogue sparkles with genuine, irresistible fun.”
Spectator.—“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.”
The Weird Well. A Tale of To-day. By Mrs Alec M’Millan, Author of “The Evolution of Daphne,” “So Runs my Dream,” etc. Art cloth, 3s. 6d.
Scotsman.—“Carefully constructed and written with skill, which makes it always agreeable to read.”
Literary World.—“An interesting, brightly-written story.”
Weekly Times.—“Very powerfully written. Will be read with breathless interest.”
Such is the Law. An Interesting Story. By Marie M. Sadleir, Author of “An Uncanny Girl,” etc. Cloth, 6s.
Vanity Fair.—“A very entertaining novel.”
Sun.—“An undoubtedly clever novel, told in vigorous language.”
St James’s Budget.—“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.”
—— And Afterwards? A Powerful Novel. By Mrs Harold Gorst, Author of “Possessed of Devils.” Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.
A Virtue of Necessity. A Powerful Tale. By Herbert Adams. Cloth gilt, 6s.
Sun.—“A powerful, stirring tale of the present day. From start to finish it is interesting, especially to lady readers.”
Literary World.—“The writing is good, and many of the remarks are smart and pungent while free from any straining after cleverness.”
Record.—“Eminently readable throughout.”
Athenæum.—“The dialogue is natural and well rendered.”
The Shadow on the Manse. A Story of Religion and the Stage. By Campbell Rae-Brown, Author of “Kissing-Cup’s Race,” etc. Cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.
Public Opinion.—“An excellent novel in every way.”
Bookman.—“An interesting story well told.”
Weekly Sun.—“A touching story and a clever one.”
Literature.—“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.”
A Social Upheaval. An Unconventional Dramatic Satirical Tale. By Isidore G. Ascher, Author of “An Odd Man’s Story,” “The Doom of Destiny,” etc. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 6s.
Daily Telegraph.—“The hero is an interesting dreamer, absorbed in his schemes, which are his one weakness. To women, save when they can further the good of his cause, he is obdurate; in business, strong, energetic and powerful. He is shown to us as the man with a master mind and one absorbing delusion, and as such is a pathetic figure. No one can dispute the prodigality and liveliness of the author’s imagination; his plot teems with striking incidents.”
Vanity Fair.—“The story tells itself very clearly in three hundred pages of very pleasant and entertaining reading. The men and women we meet are not the men and women we really come across in this world. So much the better for us. But we are delighted to read about them, for all that; and we prophesy success for Mr Ascher’s book, particularly as he has taken the precaution of telling us that he is ‘only in fun.’”
A Cry in the Night. An exciting Detective Story. By Arnold Golsworthy, Author of “Death and the Woman,” “Hands in the Darkness,” etc. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.
Pall Mall Gazette.—“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.”
Athenæum.—“A creditably ingenious tale of crime and detection, drawn with spirit and humour.”
Morning Post.—“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.”
A Dead Woman’s Vow. A Powerful Story. By Emile Zola. Translated by Count S. C. de Soissons. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.
Sapho. A new Translation, by G. F. Monkshood, of Daudet’s celebrated Romance. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.
Thaïs. A new Translation, by E. F. Moody, of the celebrated Romance of Old Egypt by the great French novelist, Anatole France. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.
Shams! 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.
Public Opinion.—“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.”
The Outlook.—“Something wrong-headed, sensual, and Corellian is anticipated, nor is one disappointed.… Bound to command the public.”
Christian World.—“A pungent, cleverly-written, and altogether out-of-the-common-rut Society novel. The author unsparingly exposes the ‘little ways’ of smart people.… Every sane reader will wish the author success in his efforts to expose the hollowness and rottenness of ‘aristocratic virtuous London.’”
The North Star.—“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.”
Romance Of a Harem. Translated from the French of “Dans L’ombre du Harem” by Clarence Forestier-Walker. Crown 8vo, art vellum, 5s.
The Idealist. A Realistic Roman-a-clef. By Grove Johnson. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.
Zoroastro. An Historical Romance. By Creswick J. Thompson, Author of “Poison Romance and Poison Mysteries,” “The Mystery and Romance of Alchemy and Pharmacy,” etc. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.
To-day.—“There is no lack of excitement in ‘Zoroastro.’ The tale is a good one, and should be popular.”
St James’s Gazette.—“A sound and entertaining piece of work.”
Universe.—“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.”
The Sword of Fate. An Interesting Novel. By Henry Herman, Author of “Eagle Joe,” “Scarlet Fortune,” etc., and Joint Author of the “Silver King,” “Claudian.” Crown 8vo, art cloth, 6s.
Vanity Fair says:—“The hand that wrote the ‘Silver King’ has by no means lost its cunning in painting broad effects of light and shadow. The description of life in Broadmoor is, we fancy, done from actual observation. It is quite new.” And the critic of Black and White sums it up pithily as “A story which holds our attention and interests us right from the first chapter. The book is as exciting as even a story of sensation has any need to be.” Speaking of the scene of Mr Herman’s drama, the beautiful county of Devonshire, where the greater part of the story takes place, the Manchester Courier 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.”
Outrageous Fortune. 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.
Liverpool Review.—“A smart, anonymous novel. The story is capitally written, and is extremely interesting. Evelyn Gray’s adventures are narrated in a style so realistic as to leave the impression that the writer is either a medical man or one who has had very intimate acquaintance with hospital life.”
Lloyd’s.—“A strong book, and one that readers will find interesting. It is undoubtedly clever and well written.”
Daily Graphic.—“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.”
Seven Nights with Satan. A Novel. By J. L. Owen, Author of “The Great Jekyll Diamond.” Cover designed by W. S. Rogers. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.
St James’s Gazette.—“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.”
Truth.—“I much prefer the ghastly story ‘Seven Nights with Satan,’ a very clever study of degeneration.”
The Green Passion. The Study of a Jealous Soul. A Powerful Novel. By Anthony P. Vert. Cover designed by Alfred Praga. Crown 8vo, art cloth, 3s. 6d.
Mr Douglas Sladen in The Queen.—“A remarkably clever book.… There is no disputing the ability with which the writer handles her subject. I say her 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.”
The Monitor.—“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.’”
Whitehall Review.—“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.”
An Idol of Bronze. An Exciting Novel of Life in Western America. By Louise Palmer Heaven, Author of “Chata and Chinita?” Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.
Our Lady of the Ice. An Interesting Story of Alpine Adventure. By Miss Constance Sutcliffe. Crown 8vo, ornamental cloth, 6s.
Madonna Mia, and other Stories. By Clement Scott, Author of “The Wheel of Life,” “Sisters by the Sea,” etc. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.
Punch.—“‘Madonna Mia’ is genuinely interesting. All the stories are good; you are ‘Scott free’ to pick ’em where you like.” (The Baron de B. W.)
Weekly Sun.—“Shows Mr Scott’s sturdy character-painting and love of picturesque adventure.”
World.—“Clement Scott is nothing if not sympathetic, and every one of the ten stories is not only thoroughly readable, but is instinct with sentiment; for Mr Scott still retains a wonderful enthusiasm, usually the attribute of youth. ‘Drifting’ is a very fresh and convincing narrative, founded, we understand, upon truth, and containing within a small compass the materials for a very stirring drama. ‘A Cross of Heather,’ too, is a charming romance, told with real pathos and feeling.”
The Dolomite Cavern. An Exciting Tale of Adventure. By W. Patrick Kelly, Author of “Schoolboys Three,” etc. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.
Observer.—“A story full of exciting adventure.”
Saturday Review.—“The plot is ingenious, and the style pleasant.”
Daily Telegraph.—“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?”
The Lady of the Leopard. A Powerful and Fascinating Novel. By Chas. L’Epine, Author of “The Devil in a Domino.” A new edition. Crown 8vo, art cloth, 6s.
Public Opinion.—“A remarkable book.… We are plunged into a delicious and tantalising romance; incident follows incident like a panorama of exciting pictures. Fertility of imagination is everywhere apparent, and the dénouement is artfully concealed till it bursts upon the reader with a suddenness that fairly takes away his breath.”
Liverpool Post.—“A very skilfully-constructed story, mysterious and strange, with a natural explanation suggested of all the mystery which does not spoil one’s enjoyment (here follows analysis of plot). 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.”
The Love Thirst of Elaine. A Powerful Novel. By Justin Hannaford. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.
Miss Malevolent. A Realistic Study of Modern Life in London. By the Author of “The Hypocrite.” Second edition, with a new Preface. Art cloth, 3s. 6d.
Saturday Review.—“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.”
St James’s Gazette.—“It is decidedly clever.… An improvement on ‘The Hypocrite.’ There is real power shown in the drawing of Kitty Nugent.”
Scotsman.—“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.”
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The Hypocrite. 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.
⁂ 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.”
Daily Telegraph.—“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.”
The Tragedy of the Lady Palmist. By W. Luther Longstaff, 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.
Literature.—“The story strikes the fresh note of having been lived, experienced, and does not come to one as a stale invention. There is human nature in it, and passion, of a kind: tragedy too.… We should say, ‘Read the book by all means.’”
Echo.—“Its general air of out-Bourget-ing Bourget. You will ‘see life’ in its story, no doubt, for it has a measure of pathos, insight and power, but most certainly you will not see life steadily.”
Morning Leader.—“Vivid with the strange lusts and cruel desires of an imagination enslaved to the body … powerful enough in the imaginative treatment of the characters.… The luridness is simply Titanic.”
In Monte Carlo. A Tale by Henryk Sienkiewicz, Author of “Quo Vadis,” “With Fire and Sword,” etc., etc. Translated by S. C. de Soissons. Crown 8vo, art cloth, with a new Portrait of the Author, 2s. 6d.
M. A. P.—“Very light and dainty in its tone. ‘In Monte Carlo’ is a typical example of the work of the great Polish writer.… It is the old, old tale of a man with a maid—plus a lady with the instincts of the vampire, who lives in the gambling hell of Europe.”
Pall Mall Gazette.—“It is beyond all question the work of a great artist. It is subtly analytical and psychologically true. So triumphant is the art of the Polish novelist that we follow the story with lively sympathy and unflagging interest.… It is always interesting; 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.”
My Lady Ruby and John Basileon: Chief of Police. Two stories by G. F. Monkshood, Author of “Rudyard Kipling: The Man and His Work,” etc. Cloth, 2s. 6d.
Monitor.—“‘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.”
“Fame, the Fiddler.” A Story of Literary and Theatrical Life. By S. J. Adair Fitz-Gerald. Crown 8vo, cloth, new and cheaper edition, 2s. 6d.
Graphic.—“The volume will please and amuse numberless people.”
Pall Mall Gazette.—“A pleasant, cheery story. Displays a rich vein of robust imagination.”
Standard.—“There are many pleasant pages in ‘Fame, the Fiddler,’ which reminds us of ‘Trilby,’ with its pictures of Bohemian life, and its happy-go-lucky group of good-hearted, generous scribblers, artists and playwrights. Some of the characters are so true to life that it is impossible not to recognise them. 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.”
Darab’s Wine-Cup, and other Powerful and Vividly-Written Stories. By Bart Kennedy, Author of “The Wandering Romanoff,” etc. New and cheaper Edition. Crown 8vo, cloth, 2s. 6d.
St James’s Budget.—“A volume characteristic of the author’s splendid powers.”
M. A. P.—“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.”
Critic.—“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.”
Cork Herald.—“Gracefully written, easy and attractive in diction and style, the stories are as choice a collection as we have happened on for a long time. They are clever; they are varied; they are fascinating. We admit them into the sacred circle of the most beautiful that have been told by the most sympathetic and skilled writers.… Mr Kennedy has a style, and that is rare enough nowadays—as refreshing as it is rare.”
Dona Rufina. A Nineteenth Century Romance. Being a Story of Carlist Conspiracy. By Heber Daniels, Author of “Our Tenants.” Second Edition. Crown 8vo, cloth, 2s. 6d.
Lady.—“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.”
Eastern Morning News.—“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.”
Lord Jimmy. A Story of Music-Hall Life. By George Martyn. Second Edition. Crown 8vo, cloth, 2s. 6d.
Outlook.—“The book is both humorous and dramatic.”
Vanity Fair.—“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.”
The Wandering Romanoff. A Romance. By Bart Kennedy, Author of “A Man Adrift,” “Darab’s Wine-Cup,” etc. New and Cheaper Edition, crown 8vo, cloth, 2s. 6d.
The Outlook.—“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.”
Weekly Times.—“‘The Wandering Romanoff’ is really good work.… We have read nothing finer for a long while.”
A Tragedy of Grub Street. By S. J. Adair Fitz-Gerald, Author of “Fame, the Fiddler.” A new and cheaper edition of this popular book, cloth, 2s. 6d.
The Gates of Temptation. A Natural Novel by Mrs Albert S. Bradshaw, Author of “False Gods,” “Wife or Slave,” etc. Crown 8vo, cloth, 2s. 6d.
Midland Mail.—“The characters are vividly drawn. There are many pleasant and painful incidents in the book, which is interesting from beginning to end.”
Aberdeen Free Press.—“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.”
Mad? An Exciting Story of Predestination. By J. Pym Loughnan. Crown 8vo, cloth, 2s. 6d.
Evening Times.—“We must congratulate Mr Loughnan on his originality in conceiving an extraordinary character, and on working out the story with quite blood-curdling thrill.”
Glasgow Herald.—“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.”
The Lady of Criswold. A Sensational Story. By Leonard Outram. Crown 8vo, cloth, 2s. 6d.
North British Advertiser.—“A thrilling tale of love and madness.”
Whitehall Review.—“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.”
Court Circular.—“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.”
The Resurrection of His Grace. Being the very candid Confessions of the Honourable Bertie Beauclerc. A Sporting Novel. By Campbell Rae-Brown, Author of “The Shadow on the Manse.” Crown 8vo, cloth, 2s. 6d.
Scotsman.—“The book is lightly and briskly written throughout. Its pleasant cynicism is always entertaining.”
St James’s Budget.—“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.”
Sporting Life.—“The character of the heartless roue, who tells his story, is very well sustained, and the rich parvenu, 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.”
Anna Marsden’s Experiment. An Interesting Novel. By Ellen Williams. Crown 8vo, art cloth, 2s. 6d.
Outlook.—“A good story cleverly told and worked out.”
Echo.—“A very natural and interesting tale is carefully set forth in Ellen Williams’s clever little book.”
Monitor.—“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.”
Sheffield Independent.—“The writer has treated a delicate and unusual situation with delicacy and originality. The heroine’s character is drawn with firmness and clearness, and the whole story is vivid and picturesque.… 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.”
Farthest South. Being an account of the Startling Discovery made by the Wise Antarctic Expedition. A Humorous Story. By Harold E. Gorst, Author of “Without Bloodshed,” “Sketches of the Future,” etc. Crown 8vo, cloth, 2s. 6d.
Daily Graphic.—“Very easy, light reading, and reminds one of ‘Three Men in a Boat.’ Just the book for a railway journey.”
Bookman.—“A lively and very amusing tale of a wonderful discovery made by the Wise Antarctic Expedition.”
Glasgow Herald.—“An amusing skit on Polar expeditions.… The book contains plenty of fun.”
Whitehall Review.—“It is an amusing book, worth reading by those who are on the lookout for a hearty laugh.”
Vanity Fair.—“An amusing little book. It is very good fooling, and good fooling is sometimes better than heavy wisdom.”
An Uncanny Girl. A Story. By Marie M. Sadleir, Author of “Such is the Law,” etc. Crown 8vo, cloth, 2s. 6d.
Daily Telegraph.—“A remarkable tale. The narrative teems with surprises.… There is plenty of ‘go’ in ‘An Uncanny Girl.’”
Sir Edward Russell says in Liverpool Post:—“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.”
The Cigarette Smoker. A Powerful and Daring Story. By the Author of “The Hypocrite.” Crown 8vo, cloth, 2s. 6d.