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Fiction
MARIE CORELLI’S ROMANCES
Messrs. Methuen beg to announce that they have commenced the publication of a New and Uniform Edition of Marie Corelli’s Romances. This Edition is revised by the Author, and contains new Prefaces. The volumes are being issued at short intervals in the following order:—
1. A ROMANCE OF TWO WORLDS.
2. VENDETTA.
3. THELMA.
4. ARDATH.
5. THE SOUL OF LILITH.
6. WORMWOOD.
7. BARABBAS.
8. THE SORROWS OF SATAN.
BARING GOULD
A new edition, uniform with the Author’s other novels.
LUCAS MALET
This is the first novel which Lucas Malet has written since her very powerful ‘The Wages of Sin.’
ARTHUR MORRISON
This, the first long story which Mr. Morrison has written, is like his remarkable ‘Tales of Mean Streets,’ a realistic study of East End life.
W. E. NORRIS
L. COPE CORNFORD
J. BLOUNDELLE BURTON
J. MACLAREN COBBAN
J. F. BREWER
A. BALFOUR
M. A. OWEN
A story of life among the American Indians.
RONALD ROSS
A romance of the Sea.
J. A. BARRY
JAMES GORDON
BERTRAM MITFORD
A story of South Africa.
A. SHIELD
G. W. STEEVENS
MONOLOGUES OF THE DEAD. By G. W. Steevens. Foolscap 8vo. 3s. 6d.
A series of Soliloquies in which famous men of antiquity—Julius Cæsar, Nero, Alcibiades, etc., attempt to express themselves in the modes of thought and language of to-day.
S. GORDON
A volume of stories of Jewish life in Russia.
P. NEUMANN
EVELYN DICKINSON
H. A. KENNEDY
A LIST OF
Messrs. Methuen’s
PUBLICATIONS
Poetry
‘Mr. Kipling’s verse is strong, vivid, full of character.... Unmistakable genius rings in every line.’
—Times.
‘“Barrack-Room Ballads” contains some of the best work that Mr. Kipling has ever done, which is saying a good deal. “Fuzzy-Wuzzy,” “Gunga Din,” and “Tommy,” are, in our opinion, altogether superior to anything of the kind that English literature has hitherto produced.’
—Athenæum.
‘The ballads teem with imagination, they palpitate with emotion. We read them with laughter and tears; the metres throb in our pulses, the cunningly ordered words tingle with life; and if this be not poetry, what is?’
—Pall Mall Gazette.
‘A delightful volume: a really golden “Pomp.”’
—Spectator.
‘The verses display a rare and versatile gift of parody, great command of metre, and a very pretty turn of humour.’
—Times.
‘An anthology of high excellence.’
—Athenæum.
‘A charming selection, which maintains a lofty standard of excellence.’
—Times.
‘An attractive and catholic selection.’
—Times.
‘It is edited by the most original and most accomplished of modern Irish poets, and against his editing but a single objection can be brought, namely, that it excludes from the collection his own delicate lyrics.’
—Saturday Review.
‘Everywhere Mr. Mackay displays himself the master of a style marked by all the characteristics of the best rhetoric. He has a keen sense of rhythm and of general balance; his verse is excellently sonorous.’
—Globe.
‘Throughout the book the poetic workmanship is fine.’
—Scotsman.
‘The greatest world-poem of the nineteenth century next to “Faust.” It is in the same set with “Agamemnon,” with “Lear,” with the literature that we now instinctively regard as high and holy,’
—Daily Chronicle.
A small volume of verse by a writer whose initials are well known to Oxford men.
‘A capital specimen of light academic poetry. These verses are very bright and engaging, easy and sufficiently witty.’
—St. James’s Gazette.
‘A very happy conception happily carried out. These “Ballads of the Brave” are intended to suit the real tastes of boys, and will suit the taste of the great majority.’
—Spectator.
‘The book is full of splendid things.’
—World.
This edition contains a carefully collated Text, numerous Notes, critical and textual, a critical and biographical Introduction, and a Glossary.
‘Among the editions in one volume, Mr. Andrew Lang’s will take the place of authority.’
—Times.
‘To the general public the beauty of its type, and the fair proportions of its pages, as well as the excellent chronological arrangement of the poems, should make it acceptable enough. Mr. Lang and his publishers have certainly succeeded in producing an attractive popular edition of the poet, in which the brightly written biographical introduction is not the least notable feature.’
—Glasgow Herald.
English Classics
Edited by W. E. Henley.
‘Very dainty volumes are these; the paper, type, and light-green binding are all very agreeable to the eye. Simplex munditiis is the phrase that might be applied to them.’
—Globe.
‘The volumes are strongly bound in green buckram, are of a convenient size, and pleasant to look upon, so that whether on the shelf, or on the table, or in the hand the possessor is thoroughly content with them.’
—Guardian.
‘The paper, type, and binding of this edition are in excellent taste, and leave nothing to be desired by lovers of literature.’
—Standard.
THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF TRISTRAM SHANDY. By Lawrence Sterne. With an Introduction by Charles Whibley, and a Portrait. 2 vols. 7s.
THE COMEDIES OF WILLIAM CONGREVE. With an Introduction by G. S. Street, and a Portrait. 2 vols. 7s.
THE ADVENTURES OF HAJJI BABA OF ISPAHAN. By James Morier. With an Introduction by E. G. Browne, M.A., and a Portrait. 2 vols. 7s.
THE LIVES OF DONNE, WOTTON, HOOKER, HERBERT, AND SANDERSON. By Izaak Walton. With an Introduction by Vernon Blackburn, and a Portrait, 3s. 6d.
THE LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS. By Samuel Johnson, LL.D. With an Introduction by J. H. Millar, and a Portrait. 3 vols. 10s. 6d.
Illustrated Books
‘Mr. Baring Gould has done a good deed, and is deserving of gratitude, in re-writing in honest, simple style the old stories that delighted the childhood of “our fathers and grandfathers.” We do not think he has omitted any of our favourite stories, the stories that are commonly regarded as merely “old fashioned.” As to the form of the book, and the printing, which is by Messrs. Constable, it were difficult to commend overmuch.
—Saturday Review.
‘A charming volume, which children will be sure to appreciate. The stories have been selected with great ingenuity from various old ballads and folk-tales, and, having been somewhat altered and readjusted, now stand forth, clothed in Mr. Baring Gould’s delightful English, to enchant youthful readers. All the tales are good.’
—Guardian.
‘The volume is very complete in its way, as it contains nursery songs to the number of 77, game-rhymes, and jingles. To the student we commend the sensible introduction, and the explanatory notes. The volume is superbly printed on soft, thick paper, which it is a pleasure to touch; and the borders and pictures are, as we have said, among the very best specimens we have seen of the Gaskin school.’
—Birmingham Gazette.
A collection of the best verse inspired by the birth of Christ from the Middle Ages to the present day. A distinction of the book is the large number of poems it contains by modern authors, a few of which are here printed for the first time.
‘An anthology which, from its unity of aim and high poetic excellence, has a better right to exist than most of its fellows.’
—Guardian.
History
‘The time has certainly arrived for a new edition of Gibbon’s great work.... Professor Bury is the right man to undertake this task. His learning is amazing, both in extent and accuracy. The book is issued in a handy form, and at a moderate price, and it is admirably printed.’
—Times.
‘The edition is edited as a classic should be edited, removing nothing, yet indicating the value of the text, and bringing it up to date. It promises to be of the utmost value, and will be a welcome addition to many libraries.’
—Scotsman.
‘This edition, so far as one may judge from the first instalment, is a marvel of erudition and critical skill, and it is the very minimum of praise to predict that the seven volumes of it will supersede Dean Milman’s as the standard edition of our great historical classic.’
—Glasgow Herald.
‘The beau-ideal Gibbon has arrived at last.’
—Sketch.
‘At last there is an adequate modern edition of Gibbon.... The best edition the nineteenth century could produce.’
—Manchester Guardian.
Vol. I. Prehistoric Times to XVI. Dynasty. W. M. F.
Petrie. Second Edition.
‘A history written in the spirit of scientific precision so worthily represented by Dr. Petrie and his school cannot but promote sound and accurate study, and supply a vacant place in the English literature of Egyptology.’
—Times.
‘A valuable addition to the literature of comparative folk-lore. The drawings are really illustrations in the literal sense of the word.’
—Globe.
‘It has a scientific value to the student of history and archæology.’
—Scotsman.
‘Invaluable as a picture of life in Palestine and Egypt.’
—Daily News.
‘Professor Flinders Petrie is not only a profound Egyptologist, but an accomplished student of comparative archæology. In these lectures, delivered at the Royal Institution, he displays both qualifications with rare skill in elucidating the development of decorative art in Egypt, and in tracing its influence on the art of other countries. Few experts can speak with higher authority and wider knowledge than the Professor himself, and in any case his treatment of his subject is full of learning and insight.’
—Times.
S. Baring Gould. THE TRAGEDY OF THE CÆSARS. The Emperors of the Julian and Claudian Lines. With numerous Illustrations from Busts, Gems, Cameos, etc. By S. Baring Gould, Author of ‘Mehalah,’ etc. Third Edition. Royal 8vo. 15s.
‘A most splendid and fascinating book on a subject of undying interest. The great feature of the book is the use the author has made of the existing portraits of the Caesars, and the admirable critical subtlety he has exhibited in dealing with this line of research. It is brilliantly written, and the illustrations are supplied on a scale of profuse magnificence.’
—Daily Chronicle.
‘The volumes will in no sense disappoint the general reader. Indeed, in their way, there is nothing in any sense so good in English.... Mr. Baring Gould has presented his narrative in such a way as not to make one dull page.’
—Athenæum.
A. Clark. THE COLLEGES OF OXFORD: Their History, their Traditions. By Members of the University. Edited by A. Clark, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Lincoln College. 8vo. 12s. 6d.
‘A work which will certainly be appealed to for many years as the standard book on the Colleges of Oxford.’
—Athenæum.
Perrens. THE HISTORY OF FLORENCE FROM 1434 TO 1492. By F. T. Perrens. Translated by Hannah Lynch. 8vo. 12s. 6d.
A history of Florence under the domination of Cosimo, Piero, and Lorenzo de Medicis.
‘This is a standard book by an honest and intelligent historian, who has deserved well of all who are interested in Italian history.’
—Manchester Guardian.
‘A brilliant essay—simple, sound, and thorough.’
—Daily Chronicle.
‘A study, the most concise, the most lucid, the most critical that has been produced.’
—Birmingham Mercury.
‘A careful and precise study, a fair and impartial criticism, and an eminently readable book.’
—Admiralty and Horse Guards Gazette.
‘Mr. George has undertaken a very useful task—that of making military affairs intelligible and instructive to non-military readers—and has executed it with laudable intelligence and industry, and with a large measure of success.’
—Times.
‘This book is almost a revelation; and we heartily congratulate the author on his work and on the prospect of the reward he has well deserved for so much conscientious and sustained labour.’
—Daily Chronicle.
Vol. I. 1250-1409.—Guelphs and Ghibellines.
Vol. II. 1409-1530.
—The Age of the Condottieri.
‘A vivid picture of mediæval Italy.’
—Standard.
‘Mr. Browning is to be congratulated on the production of a work of immense labour and learning.’
—Westminster Gazette.
’Most delightful, most stimulating. Its racy humour, its original imaginings, make it one of the freshest, breeziest volumes.’
—Methodist Times.
‘A survey at once graphic, acute, and quaintly written.’
—Times.
Biography
‘The Vailima Letters are rich in all the varieties of that charm which have secured for Stevenson the affection of many others besides “journalists, fellow-novelists, and boys.”’
—The Times.
‘Few publications have in our time been more eagerly awaited than these “Vailima Letters,” giving the first fruits of the correspondence of Robert Louis Stevenson. But, high as the tide of expectation has run, no reader can possibly be disappointed in the result.’
—St. James’s Gazette.
‘For the student of English literature these letters indeed are a treasure. They are more like “Scott’s Journal” in kind than any other literary autobiography.’
—National Observer.
‘All the materials have been well digested, and the book gives us a complete picture of the life of one who will ever be held in loving remembrance by his personal friends, and who in the history of music in this country will always occupy a prominent position on account of the many services he rendered to the art.’
—Musical News.
‘This book has been undertaken in quite the right spirit, and written with sympathy, insight, and considerable literary skill.’
—Times.
W. G. Collingwood. THE LIFE OF JOHN RUSKIN. By W. G. Collingwood, M.A., Editor of Mr. Ruskin’s Poems. With numerous Portraits, and 13 Drawings by Mr. Ruskin. Second Edition. 2 vols. 8vo. 32s.
‘No more magnificent volumes have been published for a long time.’
—Times.
‘It is long since we had a biography with such delights of substance and of form. Such a book is a pleasure for the day, and a joy for ever.’
—Daily Chronicle.
‘A noble monument of a noble subject. One of the most beautiful books about one of the noblest lives of our century.’
—Glasgow Herald.
‘A thoughtful, impartial, well-written criticism of Ruskin’s teaching, intended to separate what the author regards as valuable and permanent from what is transient and erroneous in the great master’s writing.’
—Daily Chronicle.
‘The book lays good claim to high rank among our biographies. It is excellently, even lovingly, written.’
—Scotsman.
‘An excellent monograph.’
—Times.
‘A most complete presentation.’
—Daily Chronicle.
A biography of Kingsley, especially dealing with his achievements in social reform.
‘The author has certainly gone about his work with conscientiousness and industry.’
—Sheffield Daily Telegraph.
‘Considerable labour and much skill of presentation have not been unworthily expended on this interesting work.’
—Times.
‘A most excellent and wholesome book, which we should like to see in the hands of every boy in the country.’
—St. James’s Gazette.
‘A really good book.’
—Saturday Review.
‘Admirable and well-told stories of our naval history.’
—Army and Navy Gazette.
‘A brave, inspiriting book.’
—Black and White.
‘The work of a master of style, and delightful all through.’
—Daily Chronicle.
General Literature
‘“Old Country Life,” as healthy wholesome reading, full of breezy life and movement, full of quaint stories vigorously told, will not be excelled by any book to be published throughout the year. Sound, hearty, and English to the core.’
—World.
‘A collection of exciting and entertaining chapters. The whole volume is delightful reading.’
—Times.
‘Mr. Baring Gould has a keen eye for colour and effect, and the subjects he has chosen give ample scope to his descriptive and analytic faculties. A perfectly fascinating book.’
—Scottish Leader.
S. Baring Gould. A GARLAND OF COUNTRY SONG: English Folk Songs with their Traditional Melodies. Collected and arranged by S. Baring Gould and H. Fleetwood Sheppard. Demy 4to. 6s.
S. Baring Gould. SONGS OF THE WEST: Traditional Ballads and Songs of the West of England, with their Traditional Melodies. Collected by S. Baring Gould, M.A., and H. Fleetwood Sheppard, M.A. Arranged for Voice and Piano. In 4 Parts (containing 25 Songs each), Parts I., II., III., 3s. each. Part IV., 5s. In one Vol., French morocco, 15s.
‘A rich collection of humour, pathos, grace, and poetic fancy.’
—Saturday Review.
‘We have read Mr. Baring Gould’s book from beginning to end. It is full of quaint and various information, and there is not a dull page in it.’
—Notes and Queries.
This book is the first serious attempt to describe the great barren tableland that extends to the south of Limousin in the Department of Aveyron, Lot, etc., a country of dolomite cliffs, and cañons, and subterranean rivers. The region is full of prehistoric and historic interest, relics of cave-dwellers, of mediæval robbers, and of the English domination and the Hundred Years’ War.
‘His two richly-illustrated volumes are full of matter of interest to the geologist, the archæologist, and the student of history and manners.’
—Scotsman.
‘It deals with its subject in a manner which rarely fails to arrest attention.’
—Times.
‘A compact, faithful, most readable record of the campaign.’
—Daily News.
‘A bluff and vigorous narrative.’
—Glasgow Herald.
‘A really interesting book.’
—Yorkshire Post.
W. E. Gladstone. THE SPEECHES AND PUBLIC ADDRESSES OF THE RT. HON. W. E. GLADSTONE, M.P. Edited by A. W. Hutton, M.A., and H. J. Cohen, M.A. With Portraits. 8vo. Vols. IX. and X. 12s. 6d. each.
‘A unique volume of extracts—an art gallery of early prose.’
—Birmingham Post.
‘An admirable companion to Mr. Henley’s “Lyra Heroica.”’
—Saturday Review.
‘Quite delightful. The choice made has been excellent, and the volume has been most admirably printed by Messrs. Constable. A greater treat for those not well acquainted with pre-Restoration prose could not be imagined.’
—Athenæum.
This work contains an account of life at Oxford—intellectual, social, and religious—a careful estimate of necessary expenses, a review of recent changes, a statement of the present position of the University, and chapters on Women’s Education, aids to study, and University Extension.
‘We congratulate Mr. Wells on the production of a readable and intelligent account of Oxford as it is at the present time, written by persons who are possessed of a close acquaintance with the system and life of the University.’
—Athenæum.
‘Much sound and well-expressed criticism and acute literary judgments. The bibliography is a boon.’
—Speaker.
‘No better estimate of the late Laureate’s work has yet been published. His sketch of Tennyson’s life contains everything essential; his bibliography is full and concise: his literary criticism is most interesting.’
—Glasgow Herald.
This book is planned on a method similar to the ‘Primer of Tennyson.’ It has also a glossary.
‘A valuable addition to the literature of the poet.’
—Times.
‘An excellent short account.’
—Pall Mall Gazette.
‘An admirable introduction.’
—Globe.
‘An exceedingly useful handbook: a careful and well-arranged study of an obscure subject.’
—Times.
‘Mr. Whibley is never tedious or pedantic.’
—Pall Mall Gazette.
‘An intensely interesting book.’
—Daily Chronicle.
‘A monumental work compressed into a very moderate compass.’
—World.
‘These fine essays illustrate the great breadth of his historical and literary sympathies and the remarkable variety of his intellectual interests.’
—Glasgow Herald.
‘Remarkable for careful handling, breadth of view, and thorough knowledge.’
—Scotsman.
‘Charming essays.’
—Spectator.
‘Ouida is outspoken, and the reader of this book will not have a dull moment. The book is full of variety, and sparkles with entertaining matter.’
—Speaker.
‘This work should be in the possession of every musician and amateur, for it not only embodies a concise and lucid history of the origin of one of the most important forms of musical composition, but, by reason of the painstaking research and accuracy of the author’s statements, it is a very valuable work for reference.’
—Athenæum.
A little book on Fly-Fishing by an old friend of Mr. Ruskin.
Science
A text-book designed to cover the new Schedule issued by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons.
‘A work much in advance of any book in the language treating of this group of organisms. It is indispensable to every student of the Myxogastres. The coloured plates deserve high praise for their accuracy and execution.’
—Nature.
Philosophy
‘The most important contribution to English philosophy since the publication of Mr. Bradley’s “Appearance and Reality.” Full of brilliant criticism and of positive theories which are models of lucid statement.’
—Glasgow Herald.
‘An elaborate and often brilliantly written volume. The treatment is one of great freshness, and the illustrations are particularly numerous and apt.’
—Times.
This volume is expository, not critical, and is intended for senior students at the Universities and others, as a statement of Green’s teaching, and an introduction to the study of Idealist Philosophy.
‘In every way an admirable book. As an introduction to the writings of perhaps the most remarkable speculative thinker whom England has produced in the present century, nothing could be better than Mr. Fairbrother’s exposition and criticism.’
—Glasgow Herald.
‘A highly valuable contribution to the history of ancient thought.’
—Glasgow Herald.
‘A clever and stimulating book, provocative of thought and deserving careful reading.’
—Manchester Guardian.
The author delineates that group of beliefs which stood in close connection with the Roman religion, and among the subjects treated are Dreams, Nature Worship, Roman Magic, Divination, Holy Places, Victims, etc. Thus the book is also a contribution to folk-lore and comparative psychology.
‘A scholarly analysis of the religious ceremonies, beliefs, and superstitions of ancient Rome, conducted in the new instructive light of comparative anthropology.’
—Times.
Theology
‘The tone maintained throughout is not that of the partial advocate, but the faithful exponent.’
—Scotsman.
‘There are ample proofs of clearness of expression, sobriety of judgment, and breadth of view.... The book will be welcome to all students of the subject, and its sound, definite, and loyal theology ought to be of great service.’
—National Observer.
‘So far from repelling the general reader, its orderly arrangement, lucid treatment, and felicity of diction invite and encourage his attention.’
—Yorkshire Post.
‘Learned and reverent: lucid and well arranged.’
—Record.
‘Accurate, well ordered, and judicious.’
—National Observer.
‘A clear and remarkably full account of the main currents of speculation. Scholarly precision... genuine tolerance... intense interest in his subject—are Mr. Ottley’s merits.’
—Guardian.
‘A welcome companion to the author’s famous ‘Introduction.’ No man can read these discourses without feeling that Dr. Driver is fully alive to the deeper teaching of the Old Testament.’
—Guardian.
This important book is a historical sketch of O. T. Criticism in the form of biographical studies from the days of Eichhorn to those of Driver and Robertson Smith. It is the only book of its kind in English.
‘A very learned and instructive work.’
—Times.
A volume of sermons preached before the University of Cambridge by various preachers, including the Archbishop of Canterbury and Bishop Westcott.
‘A representative collection. Bishop Westcott’s is a noble sermon.’
—Guardian.
Seven sermons preached before the boys of Bradfield College.
E. B. Layard. RELIGION IN BOYHOOD. Notes on the Religious Training of Boys. With a Preface by J. R. Illingworth. By E. B. Layard, M.A. 18mo. 1s.
Devotional Books.
THE IMITATION OF CHRIST. By Thomas à Kempis. With an Introduction by Dean Farrar. Illustrated by C. M. Gere, and printed in black and red. Second Edition.
‘Amongst all the innumerable English editions of the “Imitation,” there can have been few which were prettier than this one, printed in strong and handsome type by Messrs. Constable, with all the glory of red initials, and the comfort of buckram binding.’
—Glasgow Herald.
THE CHRISTIAN YEAR.—By John Keble. With an Introduction and Notes by W. Lock, M.A., Sub-Warden of Keble College, Ireland Professor at Oxford, Author of the ‘Life of John Keble.’ Illustrated by R. Anning Bell.
‘The present edition is annotated with all the care and insight to be expected from Mr. Lock. The progress and circumstances of its composition are detailed in the Introduction. There is an interesting Appendix on the mss. of the “Christian Year,” and another giving the order in which the poems were written. A “Short Analysis of the Thought” is prefixed to each, and any difficulty in the text is explained in a note.’
—Guardian.
‘The most acceptable edition of this ever-popular work.’
—Globe.
Leaders of Religion
A series of short biographies of the most prominent leaders of religious life and thought of all ages and countries.
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The following are ready—
CARDINAL NEWMAN. By R. H. Hutton.
JOHN WESLEY. By J. H. Overton, M.A.
BISHOP WILBERFORCE. By G. W. Daniel, M.A.
CARDINAL MANNING. By A. W. Hutton, M.A.
CHARLES SIMEON. By H. C. G. Moule, M.A.
JOHN KEBLE. By Walter Lock, M.A.
THOMAS CHALMERS. By Mrs. Oliphant.
LANCELOT ANDREWES. By R. L. Ottley, M.A.
AUGUSTINE OF CANTERBURY. By E. L. Cutts, D.D.
WILLIAM LAUD. By W. H. Hutton, M.A.
JOHN KNOX. By F. McCunn.
JOHN HOWE. By R. F. Horton, D.D.
BISHOP KEN. By F. A. Clarke, M.A.
GEORGE FOX, THE QUAKER. By T. Hodgkin, D.C.L.
Other volumes will be announced in due course.
Fiction
SIX SHILLING NOVELS
A ROMANCE OF TWO WORLDS. Fourteenth Edition.
VENDETTA. Eleventh Edition.
THELMA. Fourteenth Edition.
ARDATH. Tenth Edition.
THE SOUL OF LILITH. Ninth Edition.
WORMWOOD. Eighth Edition.
BARABBAS: A DREAM OF THE WORLD’S TRAGEDY. Twenty-fifth Edition.
‘The tender reverence of the treatment and the imaginative beauty of the writing have reconciled us to the daring of the conception, and the conviction is forced on us that even so exalted a subject cannot be made too familiar to us, provided it be presented in the true spirit of Christian faith. The amplifications of the Scripture narrative are often conceived with high poetic insight, and this “Dream of the World’s Tragedy” is, despite some trifling incongruities, a lofty and not inadequate paraphrase of the supreme climax of the inspired narrative.’
—Dublin Review.
THE SORROWS OF SATAN. Twenty-ninth Edition.
‘A very powerful piece of work.... The conception is magnificent, and is likely to win an abiding place within the memory of man.... The author has immense command of language, and a limitless audacity.... This interesting and remarkable romance will live long after much of the ephemeral literature of the day is forgotten.... A literary phenomenon... novel, and even sublime.’—W. T. Stead in the Review of Reviews.
‘A very remarkable book, deserving of critical analysis impossible within our limit; brilliant, but not superficial; well considered, but not elaborated; constructed with the proverbial art that conceals, but yet allows itself to be enjoyed by readers to whom fine literary method is a keen pleasure; true without cynicism, subtle without affectation, humorous without strain, witty without offence, inevitably sad, with an unmorose simplicity.’
—The World.
A CHANGE OF AIR. Fourth Edition.
‘A graceful, vivacious comedy, true to human nature. The characters are traced with a masterly hand.’
—Times.
A MAN OF MARK. Third Edition.
‘Of all Mr. Hope’s books, “A Man of Mark” is the one which best compares with “The Prisoner of Zenda.” The two romances are unmistakably the work of the same writer, and he possesses a style of narrative peculiarly seductive, piquant, comprehensive, and—his own.’
—National Observer.
THE CHRONICLES OF COUNT ANTONIO. Third Edition.
‘It is a perfectly enchanting story of love and chivalry, and pure romance. The outlawed Count is the most constant, desperate, and withal modest and tender of lovers, a peerless gentleman, an intrepid fighter, a very faithful friend, and a most magnanimous foe. In short, he is an altogether admirable, lovable, and delightful hero. There is not a word in the volume that can give offence to the most fastidious taste of man or woman, and there is not, either, a dull paragraph in it. The book is everywhere instinct with the most exhilarating spirit of adventure, and delicately perfumed with the sentiment of all heroic and honourable deeds of history and romance.’
—Guardian.
‘That whatever Mr. Baring Gould writes is well worth reading, is a conclusion that may be very generally accepted. His views of life are fresh and vigorous, his language pointed and characteristic, the incidents of which he makes use are striking and original, his characters are life-like, and though somewhat exceptional people, are drawn and coloured with artistic force. Add to this that his descriptions of scenes and scenery are painted with the loving eyes and skilled hands of a master of his art, that he is always fresh and never dull, and under such conditions it is no wonder that readers have gained confidence both in his power of amusing and satisfying them, and that year by year his popularity widens.’
—Court Circular.
ARMINELL: A Social Romance. Fourth Edition.
URITH: A Story of Dartmoor. Fourth Edition.
‘The author is at his best.’
—Times.
‘He has nearly reached the high water-mark of “Mehalah.”’
—National Observer.
IN THE ROAR OF THE SEA. Fifth Edition.
‘One of the best imagined and most enthralling stories the author has produced.’
—Saturday Review.
MRS. CURGENVEN OF CURGENVEN. Fourth Edition.
‘A novel of vigorous humour and sustained power.’
—Graphic.
‘The swing of the narrative is splendid.’
—Sussex Daily News.
CHEAP JACK ZITA. Third Edition.
‘A powerful drama of human passion.’
—Westminster Gazette.
‘A story worthy the author.’
—National Observer.
THE QUEEN OF LOVE. Fourth Edition.
‘The scenery is admirable, and the dramatic incidents are most striking.’
—Glasgow Herald.
‘Strong, interesting, and clever.’
—Westminster Gazette.
‘You cannot put it down until you have finished it.’
—Punch.
‘Can be heartily recommended to all who care for cleanly, energetic, and interesting fiction.’
—Sussex Daily News.
KITTY ALONE. Fourth Edition.
‘A strong and original story, teeming with graphic description, stirring incident, and, above all, with vivid and enthralling human interest.’
—Daily Telegraph.
‘Brisk, clever, keen, healthy, humorous, and interesting.’
—National Observer.
‘Full of quaint and delightful studies of character.’
—Bristol Mercury.
NOÉMI: A Romance of the Cave-Dwellers. Illustrated by R. Caton Woodville. Third Edition.
‘“Noémi” is as excellent a tale of fighting and adventure as one may wish to meet. All the characters that interfere in this exciting tale are marked with properties of their own. The narrative also runs clear and sharp as the Loire itself.’
—Pall Mall Gazette.
‘Mr. Baring Gould’s powerful story is full of the strong lights and shadows and vivid colouring to which he has accustomed us.’
—Standard.
THE BROOM-SQUIRE. Illustrated by Frank Dadd. Third Edition.
‘A strain of tenderness is woven through the web of his tragic tale, and its atmosphere is sweetened by the nobility and sweetness of the heroine’s character.’
—Daily News.
‘A story of exceptional interest that seems to us to be better than anything he has written of late.’
—Speaker.
‘A powerful and striking story.’
—Guardian.
‘A powerful piece of work.’
—Black and White.
‘A rousing and dramatic tale. A book like this, in which swords flash, great surprises are undertaken, and daring deeds done, in which men and women live and love in the old straightforward passionate way, is a joy inexpressible to the reviewer, brain-weary of the domestic tragedies and psychological puzzles of everyday fiction; and we cannot but believe that to the reader it will bring refreshment as welcome and as keen.’
—Daily Chronicle.
WHEN VALMOND CAME TO PONTIAC: The Story of a Lost Napoleon. Third Edition.
‘Here we find romance—real, breathing, living romance, but it runs flush with our own times, level with our own feelings. Not here can we complain of lack of inevitableness or homogeneity. The character of Valmond is drawn unerringly; his career, brief as it is, is placed before us as convincingly as history itself. The book must be read, we may say re-read, for any one thoroughly to appreciate Mr. Parker’s delicate touch and innate sympathy with humanity.’
—Pall Mall Gazette.
‘The one work of genius which 1895 has as yet produced.’
—New Age.
AN ADVENTURER OF THE NORTH: The Last Adventures of ‘Pretty Pierre.’
‘The present book is full of fine and moving stories of the great North, and it will add to Mr. Parker’s already high reputation.’
—Glasgow Herald.
‘The new book is very romantic and very entertaining—full of that peculiarly elegant spirit of adventure which is so characteristic of Mr. Parker, and of that poetic thrill which has given him warmer, if less numerous, admirers than even his romantic story-telling gift has done.’
—Sketch.
THE SEATS OF THE MIGHTY. Illustrated. Fourth Edition.
‘The best thing he has done; one of the best things that any one has done lately.’
—St. James’s Gazette.
‘Mr. Parker seems to become stronger and easier with every serious novel that he attempts.... In “The Seats of the Mighty” he shows the matured power which his former novels have led us to expect, and has produced a really fine historical novel.... The great creation of the book is Doltaire.... His character is drawn with quite masterly strokes, for he is a villain who is not altogether a villain, and who attracts the reader, as he did the other characters, by the extraordinary brilliance of his gifts, and by the almost unconscious acts of nobility which he performs.... Most sincerely is Mr. Parker to be congratulated on the finest novel he has yet written.’
—Athenæum.
‘Mr. Parker’s latest book places him in the front rank of living novelists. “The Seats of the Mighty” is a great book.’
—Black and White.
‘One of the strongest stories of historical interest and adventure that we have read for many a day.... Through all Mr. Parker moves with an assured step, whilst in his treatment of his subject there is that happy blending of the poetical with the prosaic which has characterised all his writings. A notable and successful book.’
—Speaker.
‘The story is very finely and dramatically told.... In none of his books has his imaginative faculty appeared to such splendid purpose as here. Captain Moray, Alixe, Gabord, Vauban—above all, Doltaire—and, indeed, every person who takes part in the action of the story are clearly conceived and finely drawn and individualised.’
—Scotsman.
‘An admirable romance. The glory of a romance is its plot, and this plot is crowded with fine sensations, which have no rest until the fall of the famous old city and the final restitution of love.’
—Pall Mall Gazette.
‘The book is, indeed, composed of leaves from life, and is far and away the best view that has been vouchsafed us behind the scenes of the consulting-room. It is very superior to “The Diary of a late Physician.”’
—Illustrated London News.
‘A book of which we have read every word for the sheer pleasure of reading, and which we put down with a pang that we cannot forget it all and start again.’
—Westminster Gazette.
‘Every one who reads books at all must read this thrilling romance, from the first page of which to the last the breathless reader is haled along. An inspiration of “manliness and courage.”’
—Daily Chronicle.
‘A delightful tale of chivalry and adventure, vivid and dramatic, with a wholesome modesty and reverence for the highest.’
—Globe.
‘The story is a very sad and a very beautiful one, exquisitely told, and enriched with many subtle touches of wise and tender insight. It will, undoubtedly, add to its author’s reputation—already high—in the ranks of novelists.’
—Speaker.
‘We must congratulate Mrs. Clifford upon a very successful and interesting story, told throughout with finish and a delicate sense of proportion, qualities which, indeed, have always distinguished the best work of this very able writer.’
—Manchester Guardian.
A reissue of Miss Lawless’ most popular novel, uniform with ‘Maelcho.’
‘A really great book.’
—Spectator.
‘There is no keener pleasure in life than the recognition of genius. Good work is commoner than it used to be, but the best is as rare as ever. All the more gladly, therefore, do we welcome in “Maelcho” a piece of work of the first order, which we do not hesitate to describe as one of the most remarkable literary achievements of this generation. Miss Lawless is possessed of the very essence of historical genius.’
—Manchester Guardian.
‘A powerful and vivid story.’
—Standard.
‘A beautiful story, sad and strange as truth itself.’
—Vanity Fair.
‘A work of remarkable interest and originality.’
—National Observer.
‘A really original novel.’
—Journal of Education.
‘A very charming and pathetic tale.’
—Pall Mall Gazette.
‘A singularly original, clever, and beautiful story.’
—Guardian.
‘“The Green Graves of Balgowrie” reveals to us a new Scotch writer of undoubted faculty and reserve force.’
—Spectator.
‘An exquisite idyll, delicate, affecting, and beautiful.’
—Black and White.
‘Permeated with high and noble purpose. It is one of the most wholesome stories we have met with, and cannot fail to leave a deep and lasting impression.’
—Newsagent.
‘A delightfully witty sketch of society.’
—Spectator.
‘A perpetual feast of epigram and paradox.’
—Speaker.
‘By a writer of quite exceptional ability.’
—Athenæum.
‘Brilliantly written.’
—World.
‘Well written, stimulating, unconventional, and, in a word, characteristic.’
—Birmingham Post.
‘An exceptional achievement; a notable advance on his previous work.’
—National Observer.
‘The style is generally admirable, the dialogue not seldom brilliant, the situations surprising in their freshness and originality, while the subsidiary as well as the principal characters live and move, and the story itself is readable from title-page to colophon.’
—Saturday Review.
‘A very notable book; a very sympathetically, at times delightfully written book.’
—Daily Graphic.
‘Full of her own peculiar charm of style and simple, subtle character-painting come her new gift, the delightful story before us. The scene mostly lies in the moors, and at the touch of the authoress a Scotch moor becomes a living thing, strong tender, beautiful, and changeful.’
—Pall Mall Gazette.
‘“Matthew Austin” may safely be pronounced one of the most intellectually satisfactory and morally bracing novels of the current year.’
—Daily Telegraph.
‘Mr. Norris has drawn a really fine character in the Duke of Horstbourne, at once unconventional and very true to the conventionalities of life, weak and strong in a breath, capable of inane follies and heroic decisions, yet not so definitely portrayed as to relieve a reader of the necessity of study.’
—Athenæum.
‘A budget of good fiction of which no one will tire.’
—Scotsman.
‘An extremely entertaining volume—the sprightliest of holiday companions.’
—Daily Telegraph.
‘The ordinary reader of fiction may be glad to know that these stories are eminently readable from one cover to the other, but they are more than that; they are the impressions of a very striking imagination, which, it would seem, has a great deal within its reach.’
—Saturday Review.
‘Told with consummate art and extraordinary detail. He tells a plain, unvarnished tale, and the very truth of it makes for beauty. In the true humanity of the book lies its justification, the permanence of its interest, and its indubitable triumph.’
—Athenæum.
‘A great book. The author’s method is amazingly effective, and produces a thrilling sense of reality. The writer lays upon us a master hand. The book is simply appalling and irresistible in its interest. It is humorous also; without humour it would not make the mark it is certain to make.’
—World.
‘An unquestionably interesting book. It would not surprise us if it turns out to be the most interesting novel of the season, for it contains one character, at least, who has in him the root of immortality, and the book itself is ever exhaling the sweet savour of the unexpected.... Plot is forgotten and incident fades, and only the really human endures, and throughout this book there stands out in bold and beautiful relief its high-souled and chivalric protagonist, James the Master of Hutcheon, the King of Andaman himself.’
—Pall Mall Gazette.
‘A most original and refreshing story. James Hutcheon is a personage whom it is good to know and impossible to forget. He is beautiful within and without, whichever way we take him.’
—Spectator.
‘“The King of Andaman,” is a book which does credit not less to the heart than the head of its author.’
—Athenæum.
‘The fact that Her Majesty the Queen has been pleased to gracefully express to the author of “The King of Andaman” her interest in his work will doubtless find for it many readers.’
—Vanity Fair.
‘There are many delightful places in this volume, which is well worthy of its title. The theme has seldom been presented with more freshness or more force.’
—Scotsman.
‘The story is fresh and healthy from beginning to finish; and our liking for the two simple people who are the successors to the title mounts steadily, and ends almost in respect.’
—Scotsman.
‘The book is quite worthy to be ranked with many clever predecessors. It is excellent reading.’
—Glasgow Herald.
‘A distinctly fresh and fascinating novel.’
—Montrose Standard.
‘A book which bears marks of considerable promise.’
—Scotsman.
‘A pleasant and well-written story.’
—Daily Chronicle.
‘Throughout the volume there is a strong vein of originality, a strength in the handling, and a knowledge of human nature that are worthy of the highest praise.’
—Scotsman.
‘Unusually interesting and full of highly dramatic situations.’
—Guardian.
‘A well-written story, drawn from that inexhaustible mine, the time of Louis XIV.’
—Pall Mall Gazette.
‘The story is redolent of humour, pathos, and tenderness, while it is not without a touch of tragedy.’
—Scotsman.
‘A worthy and permanent contribution to Scottish creative literature.’
—Glasgow Herald.
‘In this stirring story Mr. Julian Corbett has done excellent work, welcome alike for its distinctly literary flavour, and for the wholesome tone which pervades it. Mr. Corbett writes with immense spirit, and the book is a thoroughly enjoyable one in all respects. The salt of the ocean is in it, and the right heroic ring resounds through its gallant adventures.’
—Speaker.
‘A book which will delight boys: a book which upholds the healthy schoolboy code of morality.’
—Scotsman.
‘A brilliant book. Dick St. Clair, of Caithness, is an almost ideal character—a combination of the mediæval knight and the modern pugilist.’—Admiralty and Horse-guards Gazette.
‘A book which has abundantly satisfied us by its capital humour.’
—Daily Chronicle.
‘Mr. Barr has achieved a triumph whereof he has every reason to be proud.’
—Pall Mall Gazette.
‘Miss Daintrey seems to have an intimate acquaintance with the people and politics of the Balkan countries in which the scene of her lively and picturesque romance is laid. On almost every page we find clever touches of local colour which differentiate her book unmistakably from the ordinary novel of commerce. The story is briskly told, and well conceived.’
—Glasgow Herald.
‘Mrs. Pinsent’s new novel has plenty of vigour, variety, and good writing. There are certainty of purpose, strength of touch, and clearness of vision.’
—Athenæum.
‘A simple and wholesome story.’
—Manchester Guardian.
‘Mr. Pryce’s work recalls the style of Octavo Feuillet, by its clearness, conciseness, its literary reserve.’
—Athenæum.
‘By all those who delight in the uses of words, who rate the exercise of prose above the exercise of verse, who rejoice in all proofs of its delicacy and its strength, who believe that English prose is chief among the moulds of thought, by these Mr. Marriott Watson’s book will be welcomed.’
—National Observer.
‘The author’s faults are atoned for by certain positive and admirable merits. The romances have not their counterpart in modern literature, and to read them is a unique experience.’
—National Observer.
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DERRICK VAUGHAN, NOVELIST. By Edna Lyall.
MARGERY OF QUETHER. By S. Baring Gould.
JACQUETTA. By S. Baring Gould.
SUBJECT TO VANITY. By Margaret Benson.
THE MOVING FINGER. By Mary Gaunt.
JACO TRELOAR. By J. H. Pearce.
AUT DIABOLUS AUT NIHIL. By X. L.
THE COMING OF CUCULAIN. A Romance of the Heroic Age of Ireland. By Standish O’Grady. Illustrated.
THE GODS GIVE MY DONKEY WINGS. By Angus Evan Abbott.
THE STAR GAZERS. By G. Manville Fenn.
THE POISON OF ASPS. By R. Orton Prowse.
THE QUIET MRS. FLEMING. By R. Pryce.
THE PLAN OF CAMPAIGN. By F. Mabel Robinson.
DISENCHANTMENT. By F. Mabel Robinson.
MR. BUTLER’S WARD. By F. Mabel Robinson.
A LOST ILLUSION. By Leslie Keith.
A REVEREND GENTLEMAN. By J. M. Cobban.
A DEPLORABLE AFFAIR. By W. E. Norris.
A CAVALIER’S LADYE. By Mrs. Dicker.
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HALF-CROWN NOVELS
A Series of Novels by popular Authors.
1. HOVENDEN, V.C. By F. Mabel Robinson.
2. ELI’S CHILDREN. By G. Manville Fenn.
3. A DOUBLE KNOT. By G. Manville Fenn.
4. DISARMED. By M. Betham Edwards.
5. A MARRIAGE AT SEA. By W. Clark Russell.
6. IN TENT AND BUNGALOW. By the Author of ‘Indian Idylls.’
7. MY STEWARDSHIP. By E. M’Queen Gray.
8. JACK’S FATHER. By W. E. Norris.
9. JIM B.
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