“Original men and men with styles are so uncommon as to make Mr. Barrie’s appearance as a novelist a matter for general congratulation.”—Saturday Review.
77, 78. THE RAILWAY MAN AND HIS CHILDREN. By Mrs. Oliphant, Author of “Kirsteen,” “Within the Precincts,” “At His Gates,” &c. 2 vols.
79. THE DOINGS OF RAFFLES HAW. By A. Conan Doyle, Author of “The White Company,” “Micah Clarke,” &c. 1 vol.
“An entirely new story of stirring life and incident by the author of ‘Micah Clarke.’ ”
80, 81. ESTHER VANHOMRIGH. By Margaret L. Woods, Author of “A Village Tragedy,” 2 vols.
The Speaker, announcing the first appearance of “Esther Vanhomrigh” in serial form, said: “If the public had paid half the attention it ought to ‘A Village Tragedy,’ it would have found that tale to be the one and only thoroughly successful tale that has been printed of late.”
82. SELECTED POEMS. By Austin Dobson, Author of “Old-World Idylls,” “At the Sign of the Lyre,” &c. 1 vol.
Mr. Austin Dobson has himself made this selection from his poems expressly for “The English Library.”
83. STAGELAND. By Jerome K. Jerome, Author of “Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow,” “Three Men in a Boat,” &c. 1 vol.
“This characteristic burlesque of the modern dramatic method is universally considered one of the most successful products of any living humorist.”