A CHANGED MAN, THE WAITING SUPPER, and other Tales, concluding with THE ROMANTIC ADVENTURES OF A MILKMAID.
By THOMAS HARDY. Extra crown 8vo. 6s.
Daily Graphic.—“In all these stories there is a uniformity of high achievement, a clearness of conception, and a perfection in achievement which it is difficult to discover in the pages of any other living author.”
Times.—“There is not a page in the collection that does not bear the unmistakable imprint of Mr. Hardy’s personality; and for those who have acquired the complete Wessex Edition of the works there could not be a more characteristic and delightful makeweight.”
Daily Chronicle.—“Most readers will be astonished that so delightful a tale as The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid has been hitherto uncollected.... The whole book is alive and treasurable.”
Evening Standard.—“Decidedly no edition of Mr. Hardy could have vaunted itself complete had it lacked these minor novels.”
Daily News.—“There has been no such a collection of short stories since Life’s Little Ironies appeared.”
Pall Mall Gazette.—“These local tales, which Mr. Hardy has made into ‘minor novels,’ must be of endless interest for those who appreciate the fuller products of his art.”
Standard.—“In every one of them there is the glimpse and glint of supreme genius.... They put us out of conceit with the best flights of newer talent.”