"Places beyond question the right of Mr. MacIlwaine to be considered the successor of Henry Kingsley as the novelist of Australia. It does not require a knowledge of the country or a particularly enthusiastic Imperialism to interest one in 'Fate the Fiddler.' Whatever scene the author had chosen for his tale would have been illumined by his power of seizing the essential things in nature and in character."—Speaker.
"We have certainly never met with anything on Australian life that can be classed with 'Fate the Fiddler.'"—Manchester Guardian.
"Every page is enriched with delightful descriptions of Australian scenery."—Daily Telegraph.
"It proclaims its author as a serious and promising literary artist who must be reckoned with, whose work must be watched book by book as it appears, whose achievement is already notable."—Academy.
BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
DINKINBAR.
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"There is good food for thought as well as a right good story in Mr. MacIlwaine's record of 'Dinkinbar.'"—Daily Chronicle.
THE OLD DOMINION.
By MARY JOHNSTON.