XXXII.—SAM SLICK’S TRAITS OF AMERICAN HUMOUR.
“Dip where you will into this lottery of fun, you are sure to draw out a prize. These ‘Traits’ exhibit most successfully the broad national features of American humour.”—Post.
XXXIII.—CHRISTIAN’S MISTAKE.
BY THE AUTHOR OF “JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN.”
“A more charming story has rarely been written. It is a choice gift to be able thus to render human nature so truly, to penetrate its depths with such a searching sagacity, and to illuminate them with a radiance so eminently the writer’s own.”—Times.
XXXIV.—ALEC FORBES OF HOWGLEN.
BY GEORGE MAC DONALD, LL.D.
“No account of this story would give any idea of the profound interest that pervades the work from the first page to the last.”—Athenæum.
“A novel of uncommon merit. Sir Walter Scott said he would advise no man to try to read ‘Clarissa Harlowe’ out loud in company if he wished to keep his character for manly superiority to tears. We fancy a good many hardened old novel-readers will feel a rising in the throat as they follow the fortunes of Alec and Annie.”—Pall Mall Gazette.
XXXV.—AGNES.
BY MRS. OLIPHANT.
“‘Agnes’ is a novel superior to any of Mrs. Oliphant’s former works.”—Athenæum.
“Mrs. Oliphant is one of the most admirable of our novelists. In her works there are always to be found high principle, good taste, sense, and refinement. ‘Agnes’ is a story whose pathetic beauty will appeal irresistibly to all readers.”—Morning Post.
XXXVI.—A NOBLE LIFE.
BY THE AUTHOR OF “JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN.”
“Few men and no women will read ‘A Noble Life’ without feeling themselves the better for the effort.”—Spectator.
“A beautifully written and touching tale. It is a noble book.”—Morning Post.
“‘A Noble Life’ is remarkable for the high types of character it presents, and the skill with which they are made to work out a story of powerful and pathetic interest.”—Daily News.
XXXVII.—NEW AMERICA.
BY W. HEPWORTH DIXON.
“A very interesting book. Mr. Dixon has written thoughtfully and well.”—Times.
“We recommend everyone who feels any interest in human nature to read Mr. Dixon’s very interesting book.”—Saturday Review.
XXXVIII.—ROBERT FALCONER.
BY GEORGE MAC DONALD, LL.D.
“‘Robert Falconer’ is a work brimful of life and humour and of the deepest human interest. It is a book to be returned to again and again for the deep and searching knowledge it evinces of human thoughts and feelings.”—Athenæum.
XXXIX.—THE WOMAN’S KINGDOM.
BY THE AUTHOR OF “JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN.”
“‘The Woman’s Kingdom’ sustains the author’s reputation as a writer of the purest and noblest kind of domestic stories.”—Athenæum.
“‘The Woman’s Kingdom’ is remarkable for its romantic interest. The characters are masterpieces. Edna is worthy of the hand that drew John Halifax.”—Morning Post.
XL.—ANNALS OF AN EVENTFUL LIFE.
BY GEORGE WEBBE DASENT, D.C.L.
“A racy, well-written, and original novel. The interest never flags. The whole work sparkles with wit and humour.”—Quarterly Review.
XLI.—DAVID ELGINBROD.
BY GEORGE MAC DONALD, LL.D.
“A novel which is the work of a man of genius. It will attract the highest class of readers.”—Times.
XLII.—A BRAVE LADY.
BY THE AUTHOR OF “JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN.”
“We earnestly recommend this novel. It is a special and worthy specimen of the author’s remarkable powers. The reader’s attention never for a moment flags.”—Post.
“‘A Brave Lady’ thoroughly rivets the unmingled sympathy of the reader, and her history deserves to stand foremost among the author’s works.”—Daily Telegraph.
XLIII.—HANNAH.
BY THE AUTHOR OF “JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN.”
“A very pleasant, healthy story, well and artistically told. The book is sure of a wide circle of readers. The character of Hannah is one of rare beauty.”—Standard.
“A powerful novel of social and domestic life. One of the most successful efforts of a successful novelist.”—Daily News.