Author of “The Crimson Azaleas,” etc. 6s.

The Times says: “Picturesque and original ... full of air and light and motion.”

The Daily Telegraph says: “A hauntingly beautiful story.”

The Globe says: “Weirdly imaginative, remote, and fateful.”

The Evening Standard says: “A masterpiece.... It has the gift of the most vivid description that makes a scene live before your eyes.”

The Sunday Times says: “A very lovely and fascinating tale, by the side of which ‘Paul and Virginia’ seems tame indeed.”

The Morning Leader says: “It is a true romance, with an atmosphere of true romance which few but the greatest writers achieve.”

The World says: “Original and fascinating.”

The Nottingham Guardian says: “A singularly powerful and brilliantly imagined story.”

The Daily Chronicle says: “Many able authors, an unaccountable number, have written about the South Sea Islands, but none that we know has written so charmingly as Mr. de Vere Stacpoole in ‘The Blue Lagoon.’”