“No account of this story would give any idea of the profound interest that pervades the work from the first page to the last.”—Athenæum.
“A novel of uncommon merit. Sir Walter Scott said he would advise no man to try to read ‘Clarissa Harlowe’ out loud in company if he wished to keep his character for manly superiority to tears. We fancy a good many hardened old novel-readers will feel a rising in the throat as they follow the fortunes of Alec and Annie.”—Pall Mall Gazette.
XXXV.—AGNES.
BY MRS. OLIPHANT.
“‘Agnes’ is a novel superior to any of Mrs. Oliphant’s former works.”—Athenæum.
“Mrs. Oliphant is one of the most admirable of our novelists. In her works there are always to be found high principle, good taste, sense, and refinement. ‘Agnes’ is a story whose pathetic beauty will appeal irresistibly to all readers.”—Morning Post.
XXXVI.—A NOBLE LIFE.
BY THE AUTHOR OF “JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN.”
“Few men and no women will read ‘A Noble Life’ without feeling themselves the better for the effort.”—Spectator.
“A beautifully written and touching tale. It is a noble book.”—Morning Post.