"There is a great deal of grim humor in the 'Suicide Club,' and no lack of subtle irony, while as an example of plot weaving and invention it compares favorably with some of Stevenson's later work."—New York Times.
Irralie's Bushranger
A Story of Australian Adventure. By E. W. Hornung.
"The incidents, just improbable enough to be real, are original and cleverly combined, and there is no flagging in the press and stir of the story."—The Nation.
A Master Spirit
By Harriet Prescott Spofford.
"The theme is the old one of how it takes a great loss, a great grief, a great disappointment to make a really great singer; and this theme Mrs. Spofford has developed with a rare grace and charm."—Boston Advertiser.
Madame Delphine
By George W. Cable.
"There are few living American writers who can reproduce for us more perfectly than Mr. Cable does the speech, the manners, the whole social atmosphere of a remote time and a peculiar people."—New York Tribune.