“Miss Jacomb has written in ‘Esther’ a very interesting novel; its situations are original, and the characters are sufficiently individual to make a convincing whole....”—Morning Post.
by HENRY HANDEL RICHARDSON 6/-
Author of “[Maurice Guest].”
“An extraordinarily intimate and sympathetic study of a little girl and of the influence school-life has upon her gives unusual charm and interest to this story.”—Daily Mail.
“‘Stalky for Girls’ might very well be the sub-title of Mr. Richardson’s story. What ‘Stalky & Co.’ did for the boy, ‘The Getting of Wisdom’ tries to do for the girl. It is a bright, vivid piece of character writing.”—Saturday Review.
by JACK LONDON 6/-
Author of “[The Call of the Wild],” “[Martin Eden],” etc.
“I have long regarded the stories of Mr. Jack London as a welcome relief from the dulness of most contemporary fiction, and his latest, ‘Burning Daylight,’ did not disappoint me in this respect. No one who has read the author’s previous works will need to be told with what wonderful skill the atmosphere of this grim and unfriendly land is conveyed. There is one chapter, especially, which tells how, for a bet, Daylight raced two thousand miles over an unbroken trail of ice in sixty days that seems to me absolutely the best piece of descriptive writing of its kind that ever I read.”—Punch.