‘It is quite excellent. Zoe is wonderfully pretty and attractive; she is also selfish, sensuous, and designing—just the sort of spider that plays havoc with the heart of the poor male butterfly.’—Sheffield Daily Telegraph.
The Forward in Love. An Improbable Comedy. By RICHARD BIRD. 6s.
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The Hermit of Dreams. By The Hon. Mrs LINDSAY. With Three Drawings by Claude Shepperson. Beth, Incense and Myrrh, The Trembling of the Scales, The Story of Innocent Heart, Mary Had a Little Lamb. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d. net.
‘A book of absorbing interest. At the first assault she has carried the difficult citadel of literary achievement and has planted thereon her distinctive flag.’—Tablet.
‘Five stories instinct with mystic charm, with grace, beauty and reverence. They are told by the tall, emaciated, suffering Hermit, and they seem to bring the three worlds—the Past, the Present, and the Future—very simply, clearly, naturally and beautifully close to one another and to us. It is a little book to stir thought, to give comfort and to win affection.’—The Bookman.
The Land of the Yellow Spring and other Japanese Stories. By F. HADLAND DAVIS. 5s. net.
‘Stories which are all poems in prose, beautifully conceived and carefully executed. Lafcadio Hearn would have welcomed these ardent studies of exotic romance.’—Morning Post.
In the Fighting Days at Sea. A Book for Boys. By EDWARD FRASER. With numerous Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 6s.