∵ The book, which is largely autobiographical, describes the effect of diffidence upon an individual life, and contains, with a consideration of the nature of shyness, a plea for a kindlier judgment of the inveterate case.
Daily Mail.—“Mr. Leith has written a very beautiful book, and perhaps the publisher’s claim that this will be a new classic is not too bold.”
THE TRUE STORY OF MY LIFE: an Autobiography by Alice M. Diehl, Novelist, Writer, and Musician. Demy 8vo. 10s. 6d. net.
BOOKS AND PERSONALITIES: Essays. By H. W. Nevinson. Crown 8vo. 5s. net.
Daily Chronicle.—“It is a remarkable thing and probably unique, that a writer of such personality as the author of ‘Between the Acts’ should not only feel, but boldly put on paper, his homage and complete subjection to the genius of one after another of these men. He is entirely free from that one common virtue of critics, which is superiority to the author criticised.”
OTIA: Essays. By Armine Thomas Kent. Crown 8vo. 5s. net.
BOOKS AND PLAYS: A Volume of Essays on Meredith, Borrow, Ibsen, and others. By Allan Monkhouse. Crown 8vo. 5s. net.
LIBER AMORIS; or, The New Pygmalion. By William Hazlitt. Edited, with an introduction, by Richard Le Gallienne. To which is added an exact transcript of the original MS., Mrs. Hazlitt’s Diary in Scotland, and Letters never before published. Portrait after Bewick, and facsimile Letters. 400 copies only. 4to. 364 pp. Buckram. 21s. net.
TERRORS OF THE LAW: being the Portraits of Three Lawyers—the original Weir of Hermiston, “Bloody Jeffreys,” and “Bluidy Advocate Mackenzie.” By Francis Watt. With 3 Photogravure Portraits. Fcap. 8vo. 4s. 6d. net.
The Literary World.—“The book is altogether entertaining; it is brisk, lively, and effective. Mr. Watt has already, in his two series of ‘The Law’s Lumber Room,’ established his place as an essayist in legal lore, and the present book will increase his reputation.”