PALL MALL GAZETTE.—'The "Noisy Years" is really delicious. Indeed, among the books about those small folk who have a "kingdom of their own," we cannot think of any other coming within reasonable distance of it for tenderness, grace, and charming humour.'
THE ADVENTURES OF DOWNY V. GREEN, RHODES SCHOLAR AT OXFORD. By George Calderon. FOURTH IMPRESSION. With 16 Illustrations by the Author. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.
MONTHLY REVIEW.—'Mr. George Calderon has joined in a conspiracy with the Kiplings, the Somervilles, and other persons of ambidextrous gifts to raise the standard of authorship to a height beyond the reach of ordinary genius.'
THE STORY OF THE BOLD PÉCOPIN: a Legend of the Rhine. By Victor Hugo. Done into English by Eleanor and Augustine Birrell. With 8 Illustrations by H.R. Millar. Fcp. 4to. 7s. 6d.
GENTLEWOMAN.—'Too high praise cannot be given to the translators for the manner in which they have rendered the legend into pure and delightful English, whilst preserving the beauty of thought and the romantic picturesqueness of the original.'
WELLINGTON'S LIEUTENANTS. By Alexander Innes Shand, Author of 'The Life of General Sir Edward Hamley,' 'General John Jacob of Jacobabad,' 'The War in the Peninsula,' &c. With 8 Portraits and a Map. Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d.
YORKSHIRE POST.—'A series of soldiers' memoirs which, on the whole, make the most fascinating and exciting reading we have encountered for a long time. There is not a dull page in the book; it is everywhere bright and spirited.'
SONGS OF AN ENGLISH ESAU. By Clive Phillipps-Wolley, Author of 'One of the Broken Brigade,' 'The Chicamon Stone,' &c. Fcp. 8vo. 5s.
TIMES.—'These are bracing songs, full of the Imperial spirit, of healthy sentiment and fresh air, and not without a true sense of poetic style.'
OUTLOOK.—'They throb with love of Britain and Empire, and are appropriately virile and straightforward.'