By the Right Hon. A. J. B. Beresford Hope, M.P.
“A clever story. In ‘Strictly Tied Up’ we have vigorous sketches of life in very different circumstances and conditions. We have the incisive portraiture of character that shows varied knowledge of mankind. We have a novel, besides, which may be read with profit as well as pleasure.”—Times.
“‘Strictly Tied Up’ is entertaining. It is in every sense a novel conceived in a light and happy vein. The scheme of the story is well proportioned and worked out in all its complications with much care and skill.”—Athenæum.
“This novel may be described as a comedy of life and character. There is humour as well as excitement in the book, and not a few of the descriptions both of people and scenery are exceedingly graphic and piquant.”—Saturday Review.
HIS LITTLE MOTHER: and Other Tales.
By the Author of “John Halifax, Gentleman.”
“This is an interesting book, written in a pleasant manner, and full of shrewd observation and kindly feeling. It is a book that will be read with interest, and that cannot be lightly forgotten.”—St. James’s Gazette.
“The Author of ‘John Halifax’ always writes with grace and feeling, and never more so than in the present volume.”—Morning Post.
“‘His Little Mother’ is one of those pathetic stories which the author tells better than anybody else.”—John Bull.
“This book is written with all Mrs. Craik’s grace of style, the chief charm of which, after all, is its simplicity.”—Glasgow Herald.