S. G. Tallentyre
Author of “Bassett,” “Life of Voltaire,” etc.
12º.
To those discriminating readers of fiction who put human interest above the eccentric and exceptional, this new book by S. G. Tallentyre, recounting with rare fidelity the progress through life of Matthew Hargraves, son of the portly landlord of the Hope and Anchor, with all the qualities one respects and the limitations one recognizes in the average man, will afford delightful hours. The delicate way in which the author conveys to the reader the sense of growing sympathy between Matthew and the girl whom he and his wife have taken into their coldly correct household is a refreshing escape from the clumsy, or even gross, manner in which many writers of fiction, with an artistry less perfect, would have done violence to the situation. But the supreme achievement of the author’s artistry is to have made a commonplace man thoroughly interesting.
DRAKE, NELSON, AND
NAPOLEON: Studies
By
Sir Walter Runciman, Bart.
Author of “The Tragedy of St. Helena,” etc.
Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Cloth.