A CHANGED MAN, THE WAITING SUPPER, AND OTHER TALES, CONCLUDING
WITH THE ROMANTIC ADVENTURES OF A MILKMAID.
By THOMAS HARDY. Extra crown 8vo. 6s.
_Daily Graphic._--“In all these stories there is a uniformity of
high achievement, a clearness of conception, and a perfection in
achievement which it is difficult to discover in the pages of any
other living author.”
_Times._--“There is not a page in the collection that does not bear
the unmistakable imprint of Mr. Hardy’s personality; and for those
who have acquired the complete Wessex Edition of the works there
could not be a more characteristic and delightful makeweight.”
_Daily Chronicle_.--“Most readers will be astonished that so
delightful a tale as _The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid_
has been hitherto uncollected.... The whole book is alive and
treasurable.”
_Evening Standard._--“Decidedly no edition of Mr. Hardy could have
vaunted itself complete had it lacked these minor novels.”
_Daily News._--“There has been no such a collection of short
stories since _Life’s Little Ironies_ appeared.”
_Pall Mall Gazette._--“These local tales, which Mr. Hardy has made
into ‘minor novels,’ must be of endless interest for those who
appreciate the fuller products of his art.”
_Standard._--“In every one of them there is the glimpse and glint
of supreme genius.... They put us out of conceit with the best
flights of newer talent.”
_Guardian._--“Stories such as no other living author could write.”
_Globe._--“If this book will add nothing to the greatness of Thomas
Hardy, it will with equal certainty take nothing away.... As
certain to be welcomed by students of the art of Thomas Hardy as by
readers who will be glad of it for the stories it contains.”