A Story of Home Life in France and England. By Edna Lyall. With Frontispiece by Frank Murray.
Opinions of the Press.
The Daily News says:—“The book is full of promise, the story soon deepens into real interest and develops considerable power of construction and character drawing.”
The Spectator says:—“The characters are drawn with considerable skill, with force, and without exaggeration.”
The Academy says:—“The Dean’s daughters are perfectly real characters—the learned Cornelia especially;—the little impulsive French heroine, who endures their cold hospitality and at last wins their affection, is thoroughly charming; while throughout the book there runs a golden thread of pure brotherly and sisterly love, which pleasantly reminds us that the making and marring of marriage is not, after all, the sum total of real life.”
The Freeman says:—“A very pleasing and well-written tale: full of graphic descriptions of French and English life, with incidents and characters well sustained. A book with such pleasant reading, and with such a healthy tone and influence, is a great boon to the young people in our families.”
Cloth elegant, 5s.
POEMS, Domestic and Miscellaneous.
By James Giles.
The Sheffield Independent says:—“Very pretty poems, full of a dainty and airy melody. It is beautifully got up.”