Miss Woolson never once follows the beaten track of the orthodox novelist, but strikes a new and richly-loaded vein which, so far, is all her own; and thus we feel, on reading one of her works, a fresh sensation, and we put down the book with a sigh to think our pleasant task of reading it is finished. The author’s lines must have fallen to her in very pleasant places; or she has, perhaps, within herself the wealth of womanly love and tenderness she pours so freely into all she writes. Such books as hers do much to elevate the moral tone of the day—a quality sadly wanting in novels of the time.—Whitehall Review, London.
By GEORGE DU MAURIER
TRILBY. A Novel. Illustrated by the Author. Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1 75
It is a charming story told with exquisite grace and tenderness.—N. Y. Tribune.
“Trilby” is the best fiction of the older school that the magazines have permitted the public to enjoy for a long while.—N. Y. Evening Post.
Proves Du Maurier to have as great power as George Meredith in describing the anomalies and romances of modern English life; while his style is far more clear and simple, and his gift of illustration adds what few authors can afford. Thackeray had this artistic skill in some degree, but not to compare with Du Maurier.—Springfield Republican.
“Trilby” is so thoroughly human, so free from morbidness and the disposition to touch the unclean thing that it atones for a multitude of sins in contemporaneous fiction.... In giving this wholesome, fascinating history to the world the artist-author has done a favor to novel readers which they cannot well repay nor fitly express.—Indianapolis Journal.
PETER IBBETSON. With an Introduction by his Cousin, Lady ***** (“Madge Plunket”). Edited and illustrated by George du Maurier. Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1 50.