_Cr. 8vo._ _7s. 6d. net._
A most vivid account of the adventures of a French lady married to a
Chinese gentleman of great family.
The author, one of the best known sinologists of France, presents in
an extremely original manner the dramatic, sentimental, and often
comical episodes of such marriages, which he has witnessed several
times during his long career in China.
_The Novels of Eric Leadbitter_
Rain before Seven Cr. 8vo, 6_s._ 6_d._ _net_.
(_Second Impression._)
“There are few novels written nowadays with more of the qualities
that mark the serious and ‘worth while’ order of fiction. It is a
really remarkable first novel.”—_Observer._
“Has an amazing reality about it ... coming near to inspiration at
times; it is extraordinarily sincere from the first page to the
last.”—_Evening Standard._
“Mr. Leadbitter enters the literary arena with an equipment rare in a
novice.”—_Spectator._
The Road to Nowhere Cr. 8vo, 6_s._ 6_d._ _net_.
“The story is necessarily a tragedy, worked out in most careful and
tolling measure, and with a fine cumulative effect that makes the
crash almost magnificent. It is one of the strongest stories that
have passed under the reviewer’s notice for some time, and the author
is on his way to a high distinction. He has fine powers, methods
of his own, a most careful and telling use of words, and a perfect
confidence in himself. This novel is not like others; it is worthy of
a new period.”—_Daily Telegraph._
“It impresses us as a faithful book, faithful to its scenes, and
faithful to its characters. His is sound work that may well develop
into very fine work.”—_Times._
Perpetual Fires Cr. 8vo, 6_s._ 6_d._ _net_.
“Mr. Leadbitter has added to a growing reputation for fine work by
this novel, which cannot be overlooked by any reader of serious
fiction.”—_Saturday Review._
“It would be hardly possible to overpraise its solid strength
and subtle insight into human nature. A book almost perfectly
done.”—_Bookman._
Shepherd’s Warning Cr. 8vo, 7_s._ 6_d._ _net_.
(_Second Impression._)
“Without any special heralding Mr. Leadbitter seems to have stepped
into the front rank, perhaps even to the leadership of those active
novelists whose theme is English rural life. I emphasize the word
‘active’ with, of course, a thought for the master of them all, the
wizard of Dorchester, at whose feet it would probably be fair to
suppose Mr. Leadbitter learnt some, at least, of his craft. His new
story is a tale that conquers by its direct humanity, and by an art
so delicate and so deftly concealed that the book has a deceptive
appearance of having written itself without effort on the part of
its author. ‘Shepherd’s Warning’ will, I think, prove ‘Reader’s
Delight.’”—_Punch._
“Now and again a novel comes into one’s hands which by its title and
outward air seems to hold a promise of distinction which is fulfilled
within. Mr. Eric Leadbitter’s new story is such a one. His name on
it, recalling the subtle beauties of his ‘Perpetual Fires,’ no doubt
adds to ‘Shepherd’s Warning’ as a title the suggestion of delicacy
and charm, and at any rate these pervade its pages. A disinterested
good workman, we congratulate him on this fresh example of his
beautifully delicate art.”—_Morning Post._
“Old Bob Garrett and his grandchildren are conceived in a spirit of
mere honesty for which no praise can be too strong.”—_Daily News._
_By Alfred Ollivant_
One Woman—Sequel to “Two Men”