Daily Chronicle.—“A powerfully realistic story which has been excellently translated.”
Gentlewoman.—“The consummate art of the writer prevents this tragedy from sinking to melodrama. Not a single situation is forced or a circumstance exaggerated.”
PEPITA JIMÉNEZ. From the Spanish of Juan Valera.
New Review (Mr. George Saintsbury):—“There is no doubt at all that it is one of the best stories that have appeared in any country in Europe for the last twenty years.”
THE COMMODORE’S DAUGHTERS. From the Norwegian of Jonas Lie.
Athenæum.—“Everything that Jonas Lie writes is attractive and pleasant; the plot of deeply human interest, and the art noble.”
THE HERITAGE OF THE KURTS. From the Norwegian of Björnstjerne Björnson.
Pall Mall Gazette.—“A most fascinating as well as a powerful book.”
National Observer.—“It is a book to read and a book to think about, for, incontestably, it is the work of a man of genius.”