_Second Edition._ _Crown 8vo., cloth_, 6s.
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"The cleverness of them all is extraordinary."--_Guardian._
"The volume proves how little and how great a thing it is to write a
'Pseudonym.' Four whole 'Pseudonyms' ... are easily contained within its
not extravagant limits, and these four little books have given John
Oliver Hobbes a recognized position as a master of epigram and narrative
comedy."--_St. James's Gazette._
"As her star has been sudden in its rise so may it stay long with us!
Some day she may give us something better than these tingling, pulsing,
mocking, epigrammatic morsels."--_Times._
"There are several literary ladies, of recent origin, who have tried to
come up to the society ideal; but John Oliver Hobbes is by far the best
writer of them all, by far the most capable artist in fiction.... She is
clever enough for anything."--_Saturday Review._
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THE HERB MOON
BY
JOHN OLIVER HOBBES
_Third Edition, Crown 8vo., cloth_, 6s.
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"The jaded reader who needs sauce for his literary appetite cannot do
better than buy 'The Herb Moon.'"--_Literary World._
"A book to hail with more than common pleasure. The epigrammatic
quality, the power of rapid analysis and brilliant presentation are
there, and added to these a less definable quality, only to be described
as charm.... 'The Herb Moon' is as clever as most of its predecessors,
and far less artificial."--_Athenæum._
THE STICKIT MINISTER
AND SOME COMMON
MEN
BY
S. R. CROCKETT
_Eleventh Edition._ _Crown 8vo., cloth_, 6s.
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"Here is one of the books which are at present coming singly and at long
intervals, like early swallows, to herald, it is to be hoped, a larger
flight. When the larger flight appears, the winter of our discontent
will have passed, and we shall be able to boast that the short story can
make a home east as well as west of the Atlantic. There is plenty of
human nature--of the Scottish variety, which is a very good variety--in
'The Stickit Minister' and its companion stories; plenty of humour, too,
of that dry, pawky kind which is a monopoly of 'Caledonia, stern and
wild'; and, most plentiful of all, a quiet perception and reticent
rendering of that underlying pathos of life which is to be discovered,
not in Scotland alone, but everywhere that a man is found who can see
with the heart and the imagination as well as the brain. Mr. Crockett
has given us a book that is not merely good, it is what his countrymen
would call 'by-ordinar' good,' which, being interpreted into a tongue
understanded of the southern herd, means that it is excellent, with a
somewhat exceptional kind of excellence."--_Daily Chronicle._
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THE LILAC SUN-BONNET
BY
S. R. CROCKETT
_Sixth Edition._ _Crown 8vo., cloth_, 6s.
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"Mr. Crockett's 'Lilac Sun-Bonnet' 'needs no bush.' Here is a pretty
love tale, and the landscape and rural descriptions carry the exile back
into the Kingdom of Galloway. Here, indeed, is the scent of bog-myrtle
and peat. After inquiries among the fair, I learn that of all romances,
they best love, not 'sociology,' not 'theology,' still less, open
manslaughter, for a motive, but, just love's young dream, chapter after
chapter. From Mr. Crockett they get what they want, 'hot with,' as
Thackeray admits that he liked it."
Mr. ANDREW LANG in _Longman's Magazine_.
THE RAIDERS
BY
S. R. CROCKETT
_Eighth Edition._ _Crown 8vo., cloth_, 6s.
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"A thoroughly enjoyable novel, full of fresh, original, and accurate
pictures of life long gone by."--_Daily News._
"A strikingly realistic romance."--_Morning Post._
"A stirring story.... Mr. Crockett's style is charming. My Baronite
never knew how musical and picturesque is Scottish-English till he read
this book."--_Punch._
"The youngsters have their Stevenson, their Barrie, and now a third
writer has entered the circle, S. R. Crockett, with a lively and jolly
book of adventures, which the paterfamilias pretends to buy for his
eldest son, but reads greedily himself and won't let go till he has
turned over the last page.... Out of such historical elements and
numberless local traditions the author has put together an exciting tale
of adventures on land and sea." _Frankfurter Zeitung._
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_SOME SCOTCH NOTICES._
"Galloway folk should be proud to rank 'The Raiders' among the classics
of the district."--_Scotsman._
"Mr. Crockett's 'The Raiders' is one of the great literary successes of
the season."--_Dundee Advertiser._
"Mr. Crockett has achieved the distinction of having produced the book
of the season."--_Dumfries and Galloway Standard._
"The story told in it is, as a story, nearly perfect." _Aberdeen Daily
Free Press._
"'The Raiders' is one of the most brilliant efforts of recent
fiction."--_Kirkcudbrightshire Advertiser._
THE GREY MAN
BY
S. R. CROCKETT
_Crown 8vo., cloth_, 6s.
_Also, an Edition de Luxe, with 26 Drawings by_
SEYMOUR LUCAS, R.A., _limited to 250 copies, signed
by Author. Crown 4to., cloth gilt_, 21s. _net_.
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"It has nearly all the qualities which go to make a book of the
first-class. Before you have read twenty pages you know that you are
reading a classic."--_Literary World._
"All of that vast and increasing host of readers who prefer the novel of
action to any other form of fiction should, nay, indeed, must, make a
point of reading this exceedingly fine example of its class."--_Daily
Chronicle._
"With such passages as these [referring to quotations], glowing with
tender passion, or murky with horror, even the most insatiate lover of
romance may feel that Mr. Crockett has given him good measure, well
pressed down and running over."--_Daily Telegraph._
A DAUGHTER OF THE
FEN
BY
S. R. CROCKETT
_Second Edition._ _Crown 8vo., cloth_, 6s.
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"It will deserve notice at the hands of such as are interested in the
ways and manner of living of a curious race that has ceased to be."
_Daily Chronicle._
"For a first book 'A Daughter of the Fen' is full of
promise."--_Academy._
"This book deserves to be read for its extremely interesting account of
life in the Fens and for its splendid character study of Mme.
Dykereave." _Star._
"Deserves high praise."--_Scotsman._
"It is an able, interesting ... an exciting book, and is well worth
reading. And when once taken up it will be difficult to lay it down."
_Westminster Gazette._
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IN A MAN'S MIND
BY
JOHN REAY WATSON
_Crown 8vo., cloth_, 6s.
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"We regard the book as well worth the effort of reading."--_British
Review._
"The book is clever, very clever."--_Dundee Advertiser._
"The power and pathos of the book are undeniable."--_Liverpool Post._
"It is a book of some promise."--_Newsagent._
"Mr. Watson has hardly a rival among Australian writers, past or
present. There is real power in the book--power of insight, power of
reflection, power of analysis, power of presentation.... 'Tis a very
well made book--not a set of independent episodes strung on the thread
of a name or two, but closely interwoven to the climax." _Sydney
Bulletin._
"There is behind it all a power of drawing human nature that in time
arrests the attention."--_Athenæum._
NANCY NOON
BY
BENJAMIN SWIFT
_Second Edition._ _Cloth_, 6s.
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Some Reviews on the First Edition.
"'Nancy Noon' is perhaps the strongest book of the year, certainly by
far the strongest book which has been published by any new writer....
Mr. Swift contrives to keep his book from end to end real, passionate,
even intense.
... If Mr. Meredith had never written, one would have predicted, with
the utmost confidence, a great future for Mr. Benjamin Swift, and even
as it is I have hopes."--_Sketch._
"Certainly a promising first effort."--_Whitehall Review._
"If 'Nancy Noon' be Mr. Swift's first book, it is a success of an
uncommon kind."--_Dundee Advertiser._
"'Nancy Noon' is one of the most remarkable novels of the year, and the
author, avowedly a beginner, has succeeded in gaining a high position in
the ranks of contemporary writers.... All his characters are delightful.
In the heat of sensational incidents or droll scenes we stumble on
observations that set us reflecting, and but for an occasional roughness
of style--elliptical, Carlyle mannerisms--the whole is admirably
written."--_Westminster Gazette._
"Mr. Swift has the creative touch and a spark of genius."--_Manchester
Guardian._
"Mr. Swift has held us interested from the first to the last page of his
novel."--_World._
"The writer of 'Nancy Noon' has succeeded in presenting a powerfully
written and thoroughly interesting story."--_Scotsman._
"We are bound to admit that the story interested us all through, that it
absorbed us towards the end, and that not until the last page had been
read did we find it possible to lay the book down."--_Daily Chronicle._
"It is a very strong book, very vividly coloured, very fascinating in
its style, very compelling in its claim on the attention, and not at all
likely to be soon forgotten."--_British Weekly._
"A clever book.... The situations and ensuing complications are
dramatic, and are handled with originality and daring
throughout."--_Daily News._
"Mr. Benjamin Swift has written a vastly entertaining book."--_Academy._
MR. MAGNUS
BY
F. REGINALD STATHAM
_Second Edition._ _Crown 8vo., cloth_, 6s.
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Some Press Opinions on the First Edition.
"One of the most powerful and vividly written novels of the
day."--_Nottingham Guardian._
"A grim, terrible, and convincing picture."--_New Age._
"Very impressive."--_Saturday Review._
"Distinctly readable."--_Speaker._
"A remarkable book." _Standard._
"Full of incident."--_Liverpool Mercury._
"One of the most important and timely books ever written." _Newcastle
Daily Mercury._
"A vivid and stirring narrative."--_Globe._
"An exceedingly clever and remarkable production."--_World._
"A book to be read."--_Newsagent._
"A terrible picture."--_Sheffield Independent._
"One of the best stories lately published."--_Echo._
"Worth reading."--_Guardian._ "A sprightly book."--_Punch._
"The story is very much brought up to date."--_Times._
"Vivid and convincing."--_Daily Chronicle._
"The story is good and well told."--_Pall Mall Gazette._
"Ought to be immensely popular."--_Reynolds' Weekly Newspaper._
"A most readable story."--_Glasgow Herald._
"A brilliant piece of work."--_Daily Telegraph._
"The story should make its mark."--_Bookseller._
"Admirably written."--_Sheffield Daily Telegraph._
"The more widely it is read the better."--_Manchester Guardian._
"Will find many appreciative readers."--_Aberdeen Free Press._
"Exciting reading."--_Daily Mail._
"Can be heartily recommended."--_Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper._
"A well-written and capable story."--_People._
"Well written."--_Literary World._
TROOPER PETER HALKET OF MASHONALAND
BY
OLIVE SCHREINER
Author of "Dreams,"
"Real Life and Dream Life," &c.
_Crown 8vo., cloth_, 6s.
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"We advise our readers to purchase and read Olive Schreiner's new book
'Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland.' Miss Schreiner is one of the few
magicians of modern English literature, and she has used the great
moral, as well as the great literary, force of her style to great
effect."--_Daily Chronicle._
"The story is one that is certain to be widely read, and it is well that
it should be so, especially at this moment; it grips the heart and
haunts the imagination. To have written such a book is to render a
supreme service, for it is as well to know what the rough work means of
subjugating inferior races."--_Daily News._
"Some of the imaginative passages are very fine.... The book is
powerfully written."--_Scotsman._
"Is well and impressively written."--_Pall Mall Gazette._
MRS. KEITH'S CRIME
BY
MRS. W. K. CLIFFORD
With a Portrait of Mrs. Keith by the
Hon. John Collier.
_Sixth Edition._ _Crown 8vo., cloth_, 6s.
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"Is certainly the strongest book that Mrs. W. K. Clifford has given to
the public. It is probably too the most popular."--_World._
"It is charmingly told."--_Literary World._
"A novel of extraordinary dramatic force, and it will doubtless be
widely read in its present very cheap and attractive form."--_Star._
"Mrs. Clifford's remarkable tale."--_Athenæum._
"Will prove a healthy tonic to readers who have recently been taking a
course of shilling shocker mental medicine.... There are many beautiful
womanly touches throughout the pages of this interesting volume, and it
can be safely recommended to readers old and young."--_Aberdeen Free
Press._