NEW FICTION.
TANTE.
By ANNE DOUGLAS SEDGWICK
(Mrs. Basil de Sélincourt),
Author or ‘Franklin Kane,’ ‘Valérie Upton,’ etc.
Crown 8vo. 6s. Fourth Impression.
“I stand amazed by the qualities of the author’s genius. She really can create characters, quite original, and, as it were, not fanciful, not fantastic, but solid samples of human nature. When one lights on something really good in contemporary fiction one has pleasure in saying how excellent one finds the rarity.”—Mr. Andrew Lang in the Illustrated London News.
“‘Tante’ is a fine piece of work, well thought out, well constructed, and full of human nature. There is no possible doubt that it will stand out among the most distinguished novels of the year.”—Daily Telegraph.
“There can be but one opinion as to the merits of this entirely fascinating and able novel, which marks a fresh stage in the development of one of the most remarkable writers of the present day.”—Westminster Gazette.
“One does not know of any woman writing novels in England to-day who is capable of anything so imposing in invention and so refined in execution as ‘Tante.’ ‘Tante’ is a remarkable novel, full of brilliant things and of beautiful things—the strongest work of a very distinguished writer.”—Manchester Guardian.
THE BRACKNELS.
By FORREST REID.
One Volume. Crown 8vo. 6s.
“A work of rare distinction. ‘The Bracknels’ is more than brilliant; it is actual; it is true; it is an accurate reproduction of an experience.”—Daily News.
“An admirable novel, from which one has had no ordinary amount of pleasure.”—Manchester Guardian.
“A remarkable novel and a novel of character. It is as fine a piece of work as we have come upon for a long time.”—Daily Chronicle.
MORE GHOST STORIES.
By Dr. M. R. JAMES,
Provost of King’s College, Cambridge.
Author of “Ghost Stories of an Antiquary,” etc.
Medium 8vo. 6s. Second Impression.
“I wish to place myself on record as unreservedly recommending ‘More Ghost Stories.’ It is Dr. James’s method that makes his tales so fascinating. As he puts it in his preface, a ghost story ought to be told in such a way that the reader shall say to himself: ‘If I am not very careful something of this kind may happen to me.’”—Punch.
“What makes these stories impressive is not only the artistic skill shown in the application of supernatural elements, but the air of vraisemblance that distinguishes each narrative. Dr. James is a master of the art of ‘true relation.’”—Westminster Gazette.
THE MOTTO OF MRS. McLANE. The Story of an American Farm. By Shirley Carson. 3s. 6d.
“Here is a story about which, given space and time, we should like to pour out our souls in rapturous eulogies. It is absolutely fascinating.”—Irish Times.
A ROMANCE OF THE SIMPLE. By Mary J. H. Skrine, Author of “A Stepson of the Soil.” 6s.
“In ‘A Stepson of the Soil’ Mrs. Skrine touched her highest point so far. In ‘A Romance of the Simple’ she goes beyond it. It is the best thing she has done.”—Country Life.
“To those who read it it must for its truth and originality remain one of the most remarkable books of the year.”—Standard.
LOVE IN BLACK. By Sir H. Hesketh Bell, K.C.M.G., Governor of Northern Nigeria. 6s.
“The last volume in our list also concerns West Africa. Sir Hesketh Bell’s ‘Love in Black’ is a delightful and successful experiment in a very difficult form of art. His seven short stories are almost wholly concerned with native life, but out of his far-away material he constructs very living dramas. The grim irony of the ‘Yam Custom’ and ‘A Woman of Ashanti,’ the broad comedy of ‘His Highness Prince Kwakoo,’ and the pathos of ‘On Her Majesty’s Service’ are relieved by such charming idylls as the title-story and ‘The Tale of a Tail-Girl.’ A curious tenderness, especially when dealing with children, and a very real imaginative sympathy are the keynotes of the book.”—Spectator.