The Pottle Papers. Written by Tristram Coutts, Author of “A Comedy of Temptation.” Illustrated by L. Raven Hill. Fourth Edition. Crown 8vo, cloth, 2s. 6d.
Sheffield Daily Telegraph.—“Anyone who wants a good laugh should get ‘The Pottle Papers.’ They are very droll reading for an idle afternoon, or picking up at any time when ‘down in the dumps.’ They are very brief and very bright, and it is impossible for anyone with the slightest sense of humour to read the book without bursting into ‘the loud guffaw’ which does not always ‘bespeak the empty mind.’”
Pall Mall Gazette.—“It contains plenty of boisterous humour of the Max Adeler kind … humour that is genuine and spontaneous. The author, for all his antics, has a good deal more in him than the average buffoon. There is, for example, a very clever and subtle strain of feeling running through the comedy in ‘The Love that Burned’—a rather striking bit of work. Mr Raven Hill’s illustrations are as amusing as they always are.”
The Pottle’s Progress. Being the Further Adventures of Mr and Mrs Pottle. By Tristram Coutts, Author of “The Pottle Papers,” etc. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d. (In preparation.)
Dan Leno, Hys Booke. A Volume of Frivolities: Autobiographical, Historical, Philosophical, Anecdotal and Nonsensical. Written by Dan Leno. Profusely illustrated by Popular Artists. Seventh Edition. Crown 8vo, art cloth, gilt edges, 1s. 6d. Popular Edition, sewed, picture cover, 6d.
DAN LENO, HYS BOOKE, is, says the Liverpool Review, “the funniest publication since ‘Three Men in a Boat.’ In this autobiographical masterpiece the inimitable King of Comedians tells his life story in a style that would make a shrimp laugh.”
This enormously successful book of genuine and spontaneous humour has been received with a complete chorus of complimentary criticisms and pleasing “Press” praise and approval. Here are a few reviewers’ remarks:—
Scotsman.—“Bombshells of fun.”
Lloyd’s.—“One long laugh from start to finish.”
Globe.—“Full of exuberant and harmless fun.”