BOOKS WORTH READING
BEING A LIST OF THE
New and Forthcoming Publications
OF
GREENING & CO., LTD.
20 Cecil Court
Charing Cross Road
LONDON, W.C.
_SEASON 1901_
GENERAL LITERATURE, CRITICISM, POETRY, ETC.
=_English Writers of To-Day:_= Being a Series of Monographs on living
Authors. The following are the first volumes in the Series:--
=_Rudyard Kipling._= The Man and His Work. Being an attempt at an
“Appreciation.” By G. F. MONKSHOOD, Author of “Woman and The Wits,” “My
Lady Ruby,” etc. Containing a portrait of Mr Kipling and an autograph
letter to the author in facsimile. A new and cheaper edition. Crown 8vo,
cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.
=Daily Telegraph.=--“He writes fluently, and he has genuine
enthusiasm for his subject, and an intimate acquaintance with
his work. Moreover, the book has been submitted to Mr Kipling,
whose characteristic letter to the author is set forth on the
preface.… Of Kipling’s heroes Mr Monkshood has a thorough
understanding, and his remarks on them are worth quoting”
(extract follows).
=Globe.=--“It has at the basis of it both knowledge and
enthusiasm--knowledge of the works estimated and enthusiasm for
them. This book may be accepted as a generous exposition of Mr
Kipling’s merits as a writer. We can well believe that it will
have many interested and approving readers.”
=Scotsman.=--“This well-informed volume is plainly sincere. It
is thoroughly well studied, and takes pains to answer all the
questions that are usually put about Mr Kipling. The writer’s
enthusiasm carries both himself and his reader along in the
most agreeable style. One way and another his book is full of
interest, and those who wish to talk about Kipling will find it
invaluable, while the thousands of his admirers will read it
through with delighted enthusiasm.”
=_Bret Harte:_= a Treatise and a Tribute. By T. EDGAR PEMBERTON, Author
of “The Kendals,” “Life of Sothern,” etc., with a new portrait of Mr Bret
Harte and a Bibliography. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.
=Spectator.=--“A highly interesting book.”
=Daily Mail.=--“An interesting biography full of good things.”
=Sunday Sun.=--“A pleasant and interesting memoir.”
=Whitehall Review.=--“a truly delightful book.… Written
in no mean spirit of adulation, it is a well-balanced,
characteristic, and fair estimate of a personality and a mind
far above the average.”
=Sunday Special.=--“It is an intensely interesting life story
Mr Pemberton has to tell.… This little volume is eminently
readable, full of excellent stories and anecdotes, and is in
short a very admirable commentary upon the work of one of the
brightest masters of the pen that the great continent oversea
has produced.”
=Daily Express.=--“Every true lover of Bret Harte ought to
get Mr T. Edgar Pemberton’s book. There are not many authors,
alas! that would bear study at close range, but here certainly
is one where knowledge of his early struggles and trials will
only increase our affection and interest in the man himself and
his stories. Mr Pemberton has shown in this book the qualities
of an ideal biographer. His touch is light, his figure stands
clear, and we find in his work a strong human note we learned
long years ago to associate with the creator of M’Liss.”
=_Algernon Charles Swinburne._= A Study. By THEODORE WRATISLAW (Dedicated
to Theodore Watts-Dunton), with a new portrait of Mr Swinburne and a
Bibliography. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.
=Daily News.=--“Mr Wratislaw’s work is always dignified and
eloquent, and not without critical acuteness.”
=Review of the Week.=--“It is not only a study, it is an
entertainment. It has dignity and no dulness.… Though an
appreciation, it is not an exaggeration. The summing up, though
masterly, is not tyrannical. It is concise and sufficient, and
is as artistically written as artistically informed. Author
and publisher have combined to make the book one not only to
peruse, but to possess. The price is more than moderate, the
_format_ more than presentable.”
=Court Circular.=--“This little volume forms an excellent
handbook to his (Swinburne’s) writing. It is not simply
an eulogy, but rather a discriminate appreciation and a
loving analysis of the poet’s works, which are dealt with
chronologically as they were published. The exposition helps
greatly to elucidate many of the poems, and the criticisms are
fair and unbiassed. Those who know their Swinburne well will
find a new pleasure in the poems after reading this book, and
those who have hitherto been deterred from studying him are
put in possession of a golden key to unlock the gateway of an
enchanted garden. Mr Wratislaw has fulfilled his task ably and
well, and has earned the gratitude of all lovers of English
poetry.”
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VOLUMES OF E. W. O. T. (in active preparation).
=_George Meredith._= By WALTER JERROLD.
=_Hall Caine._= By C. FRED. KENYON.
=_Arthur Wing Pinero._= By HAMILTON FYFFE.
=_W. E. Henley_=, and the “NATIONAL OBSERVER” Group. By GEORGE GAMBLE.
=_Mrs Humphrey Ward_= } In One Volume.
=_Mrs Craigie_= } By W. L. COURTNEY.
=_Thomas Hardy._= By a well-known Critic.
=_Realistic Writers of To-day._= By JUSTIN HANNAFORD.
=_The Parnassian School in English Poetry._= (ANDREW LANG, EDMUND GOSSE
and ROBERT BRIDGES.) By Sir GEORGE DOUGLAS.
=_Richard Le Gallienne._= By C. RANGER GULL.
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=_The Wheel of Life._= A Few Memories and Recollections (de omnibus
rebus). By CLEMENT SCOTT, Author of “Madonna Mia,” “Poppyland,” etc. With
Portrait of the Author from the celebrated Painting by J. MORDECAI. Third
Edition. Crown 8vo, crimson buckram, gilt lettered, gilt top, 2s.
=Weekly Sun= (T. P. O’Connor) says:--A Book of the Week--“I
have found this slight and unpretentious little volume bright,
interesting reading. I have read nearly every line with
pleasure.”
=Illustrated London News.=--“The story Mr Scott has to tell
is full of varied interest, and is presented with warmth and
buoyancy.”
=Punch.=--“What pleasant memories does not Clement Scott’s
little book, ‘The Wheel of Life,’ revive! The writer’s memory
is good, his style easy, and above all, which is a great thing
for reminiscences, chatty.”
=_Some Notable Hamlets_= of the Present Time. (SARAH BERNHARDT, HENRY
IRVING, BEERBOHM TREE, WILSON BARRETT and FORBES ROBERTSON.) By CLEMENT
SCOTT, Author of “The Drama of Yesterday and the Drama of To-day,” etc.
Illustrated with portraits drawn by W. G. MEIN, and an appreciation of Mr
Clement Scott by L. ARTHUR GREENING. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 2s. 6d.
=Pilot.=--“This book will be eagerly read by all who, not
having had an opportunity of seeing this or that actor in the
character, is anxious to know ‘how it was done.’”
=Court Circular.=--“Interesting and valuable. Indeed it would
be difficult to name any better theatrical criticism. The style
is nervous and vivid, and the critical acumen displayed of a
high order.… The criticisms are a valuable contribution to
dramatic literature, and will be read with great interest by
all playgoers.”
=Glasgow Herald.=--“The dramatic critic’s vivid impressions and
subtle analysis enable us to compare the varied interpretations
which dramatic genius have put upon Shakespeare’s great
creation. They will make interesting reading for the student
as well as the playgoer, for Mr Scott does not fail to note
deviations from this or that text, and departures from
traditional ‘points’ and hackneyed effects.”
=_“Sisters by the Sea.”_= Seaside and Country Sketches. By CLEMENT SCOTT,
Author of “Blossom Land,” “Amongst the Apple Orchards,” Etc. Frontispiece
and Vignette designed by GEORGE POWNALL. Long 12mo, attractively bound in
cloth, 1s.
=Observer.=--“The little book is bright and readable, and will
come like a breath of country air to many unfortunates who are
tied by the leg to chair, stool, or counter.”
=Dundee Advertiser.=--“It is all delightful, and almost as good
as a holiday. The city clerk, the jaded shopman, the weary
milliner, the pessimistic dyspeptic, should each read the book.
It will bring a suggestion of sea breezes, the plash of waves,
and all the accessories of a holiday by the sea.”
=_A Vagabond in Asia._= A Volume of Travel off the Beaten Track. By
EDMUND CANDLER. With Illustrations from Photographs, and a Map showing
the Author’s route. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.
=Morning Post.=--“Brightly written and full of observation
that throws vivid and playful sidelights here and there, and
provides entertainment that does not always appertain to works
of travel.”
=Daily Express.=--“A delightful and intimate work.”
=Sunday Special.=--“There is an intense enthusiasm, a poetic
fervour, and a dry sense of humour, such as you only find at
intervals among books.”
=Outlook.=--“These records of _Reiselust_, or go-fever, as we
may call them, are off the beaten track, are novel, manly and
picturesque.”
=Standard.=--“The book is written with humour, his impressions
of men and places are vivid, and the charm of the volume is
heightened by illustrations, some of which bring us face to
face with typical natives of the East, whilst others afford
fair glimpses of tropical scenery.”
=_Captain Mayne Reid:_= His Life and Adventures. By his WIDOW and CHAS.
COE, U.S.A. With numerous Portraits and Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth
gilt, 3s. 6d.
=Daily Graphic.=--“A fascinating work in which Captain Mayne
Reid’s life is carefully and sympathetically sketched.”
=World.=--“The career of this popular writer was adventurous
and thrilling, and Mrs Mayne Reid tells in the most
entertaining manner the literary history of her husband and
the eventful incidents of his career. Altogether it is a
fascinating biography of an interesting person.”
=Weekly Despatch.=--“A truly fascinating volume which should be
read by everyone.”
=_The Messiahship of Shakspeare._= Sung and expounded by CLELIA (CHAS.
DOWNING). Demy 8vo, art cloth gilt, 5s.
=Daily Telegraph= (W. L. COURTNEY) says:--“It is a wonderful
book that Mr Downing has written, and no brief analysis could
do it adequate justice.”
=Review of the Week.=--“It is a very remarkable book, and the
ideas set forth in it are startlingly original.… The man who is
not moved to think deeply after reading this book must indeed
be ‘dead to the soul.’ In a style that is beautiful in its
simplicity, Clelia works out his conclusions with marvellous
skill.”
=Westminster Review.=--“Contains much sound criticism of a new
and daring kind.… The book should be read by all Shakspearean
students.”
=_God in Shakspeare._= An Evolution of the Ideal in the Poet’s Works. By
CLELIA (CHAS. DOWNING), Author of “The Messiahship of Shakspeare.” Crown
8vo, cloth, 6s.
=Daily Chronicle.=--“Intelligent and scholarly, acute and
careful.”
=Glasgow Herald.=--“A knowledge of Shakspeare unrivalled except
by Mr Swinburne.”
=Scotsman.=--“Really profound insight. Keen and clever
analysis.”
=_A Book of the Poster._= By W. S. ROGERS. Profusely Illustrated with
Examples of Poster Work by the famous Poster Artists of the day. 4to,
cloth, 7s. 6d.
=Sketch.=--“A complete and valuable work upon an important and
interesting subject.”
=St James’s Gazette.=--“A large and handsome book. Well written
and beautifully illustrated.”
=Whitehall Review.=--“The way Mr Rogers has done his work is
a testimonial at once to his knowledge and a monument to his
taste. This very handsome volume … is worthy of a place in
anybody’s library.”
=Bookman.=--“An interesting and valuable book for all
interested in poster work and poster collections. The
illustrations are thoroughly representative and excellently
produced.”
=_Northern Lights and Shadows._= Stories of Eskimo Life. By R. G. TABER,
with some folk lore tales translated from the original Eskimo, and an
autograph letter from the Marquis of Lorne reproduced in facsimile. Crown
8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.
=Daily Chronicle.=--“We take pleasure in commending the book
because of its freshness and genuine excellence. Mr Taber has
undoubtedly struck what is a virgin soil so far as fiction is
concerned. The local colour of the story is novel--so novel,
in fact, as to give quite an unusual interest and value to the
book.”
=Umpire= (Book of the Week).--“Mr Taber has the gift of
story-telling, and he has the peculiar satisfaction of being
first in an entirely new field. There is undoubted fascination
in his pages.”
=Outlook.=--“Well written and decidedly entertaining. It
is to be hoped that Mr Taber may produce another series of
characteristic stories, as direct in their appeal to the
sympathy as are these.”
=Literature.=--“Fresh and uncommon. Mr Taber really gets the
Arctic atmosphere and feeling into his work.”
=_Woman:_= A Study and Defence. Adapted from the French of ALFRED
FOUILLÉE by the Rev. T. A. SEED. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 2s. 6d.
=Review of the Week.=--“An interesting little book. The
scientific arguments are lucidly and convincingly put.”
=Sunday Special.=--“There is much curious information in this
little book, first as to the scientific origin and formation
of the feminine portion of humanity, and next as to woman’s
limitations and powers.”
=Scotsman.=--“It is a suggestive essay on the eternal question
of the Eternal Feminine, the principal points in which problem
it states with neatness and brevity, and argues out with
commendable conciseness.”
=_Some Home Truths_= re =_The Maori War_=, 1863 to 1869, on the West
Coast of New Zealand. By Lt.-Col. EDWARD GORTON (New Zealand Militia),
late Captain H. M. 29th and 57th Regiments. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 2s. 6d.
=_A Trip to Paradoxia_=, and other Humours of the Hour. Being
Contemporary Pictures of Social Fact and Political Fiction. By T. H. S.
ESCOTT, Author of “Personal Forces of the Period,” “Social Transformation
of the Victorian Age,” “Platform, Press, Politics, and Play,” Etc. A new
and cheaper edition. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.
=Standard.=--“A book which is amusing from cover to cover.
Bright epigrams abound in Mr Escott’s satirical pictures of the
modern world.… Those who know the inner aspects of politics
and society will, undoubtedly, be the first to recognise the
skill and adroitness with which he strikes at the weak places
in a world of intrigue and fashion.… There is a great deal of
very clever sword-play in Mr Escott’s description of Dum-Dum
(London), the capital of Paradoxia (England).”
=_Bye-Ways of Crime._= With some Stories from the Black Museum. By R. J.
POWER-BERREY. Profusely Illustrated. Crown 8vo, cloth, 2s. 6d.
=Outlook.=--“Decidedly you should read Mr Power-Berrey’s
interesting book, taking laugh and shudder as they come.”
=Sheffield Independent.=--“We do not remember to have ever seen
a more popularly-written summary of the methods of thieves
than this bright and chatty volume. It is the work of a writer
who evidently has a most intimate knowledge of the criminal
classes, and who can carry on a plain narrative briskly and
forcibly. The book fascinates by its freshness and unusualness.”
=Liverpool Review.=--“This is no fanciful production, but
a clear, dispassionate revelation of the dodges of the
professional criminal. Illustrated by numerous pen and ink
sketches, Mr Power-Berrey’s excellent work is useful as well
as interesting, for it will certainly not assist the common
pilferer to have all his little tricks made public property in
this lucid and easily-rememberable style.”
=_The Art of Elocution_= and Public Speaking. By ROSS FERGUSON. With an
Introduction by GEO. ALEXANDER. Dedicated by permission to Miss ELLEN
TERRY. Second Edition. Crown 8vo, strongly bound in cloth, 1s.
=Australian Mail.=--“A useful little book. We can strongly
recommend it to the chairmen of public companies.”
=Stage.=--“A carefully-composed treatise, obviously written
by one as having authority. Students will find it of great
service.”
=Literary World.=--“The essentials of elocution are dealt with
in a thoroughly capable and practical way. The chapter on
public speaking is particularly satisfactory.”
=_The Path of the Soul._= Being Essays on Continental Art and Literature.
By S. C. de SOISSONS, Author of “A Parisian in America,” etc. Illustrated
with portraits, etc. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 10s. 6d. (in preparation).
=_From the Book Beautiful._= Being Some Old Lights Re-lit. By the Author
of “The Hypocrite” and “Miss Malevolent.” Cloth gilt, gilt edges, 3s. 6d.
=Lloyd’s.=--“Full of reverence, yet glows with vivid
imagination.… These are Bible stories in a most novel and
attractive form, never irreverent, but full of the keenest
interest.”
=British Weekly.=--“Among the many attempts which have recently
been made to fill out the Bible stories with the realistic
touches suggested by our increased knowledge of the conditions
of life in ancient times, this anonymous volume will take a
high place. Seven stories are retold, some from the Old, some
from the New Testament. To certain tastes they may seem too
elaborately wrought, the author evidently relishes what is
gorgeous, and his descriptions of Potiphar’s house are very
richly inlaid with ornament, but whatever be the judgment of
readers in this respect, there can be no question as to the
effective realism of the narratives. Certainly some of the
stories will convey both to children and adults fresh and
memorable conceptions of Biblical scenes.”
MARIE CORELLI
=_Patriotism or Self-Advertisement?_= A Social Note on the Transvaal War,
1899-1900. By MARIE CORELLI. Sixth Edition. 4to, sewed, 2d.
=_Nebo:_= The Merchant of Susa. A Drama in Three Acts. By A. J. FERREIRA.
Small 8vo, hand-made paper, art cloth, gilt, 2s. 6d. nett.
=Daily Mail= (Glasgow).--“The story unfolded is very
interesting and full of exciting incidents.”
=Aberdeen Free Press.=--“A highly readable piece of work, and
it would, we feel sure, if suitably mounted and in the hands
of capable actors, prove eminently effective on the stage. The
action is rapid, there are no diffuse vapourings, and there is
ample scope for attractive scenic effect.”
=Independent= (Sheffield).--“The Assyrian setting makes a novel
background, and there is movement and some striking situations
in the play.”
=_Ideal Physical Culture_=, And the Truth about the Strong Man. By
APOLLO (the Scottish Hercules and Sandow’s Challenger). Fourth Edition.
Profusely illustrated, cloth, 2s. 6d.
=To-day.=--“It is a very sensible book, and Apollo knows what
he is talking about.”
=County Gentleman.=--“Will prove useful to aspiring young
athletes.”
=Westminster Gazette.=--“Those who take an interest in Physical
Culture will find the manual instructive and useful.”
=Football Echo.=--“‘Ideal Physical Culture’ scatters to the
wind much of the nonsense and bunkum written _ad nauseam_ about
the strong man, his biceps, his triceps, the muscular fat, and
his stupendous feats.”
=_The Year Book of the Stage._= Being an annual record of criticisms of
all the important productions of the English Stage, with copious Index
and complete Cast of each Play recorded. Compiled by L. ARTHUR GREENING.
About 260 pages, strongly bound in cloth, 3s. 6d.
=_A History of Nursery Rhymes._= By PERCY B. GREEN. This interesting
Book is the result of many years research among nursery folklore of all
nations, and traces the origin of nursery rhymes from the earliest times.
Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.
=Morning Post.=--“Contains a great deal of pleasing information
concerning the origin of our nursery songs, fairy tales and
games … and the author treats his subject in a manner which is
both entertaining and intelligible.”
=World.=--“Will be found entertaining by everybody.”
=Spectator.=--“The reader will find much curious matter in Mr
Green’s volume.”
=Examiner= (Cork).--“A comprehensive and thoroughly interesting
book.”
=Madame.=--“A most interesting book.… To those mothers who have
their children round them in the story-telling twilight this
book of Mr Green’s should be a treasury of delight.”
=_In Quaint East Anglia._= Descriptive Sketches. By T. WEST CARNIE.
Illustrated by W. S. ROGERS. Long 12mo, cloth, 1s.
=Observer.=--“That East Anglia exercises a very potent spell
over those who once come under its influence is proved by the
case of George Borrow, and all who share in the fascination
will delight in this brightly written, companionable little
volume.”
=Graphic.=--“It is a prettily got up and readable little book.”
=Saturday Review.=--“Will be welcomed by all who have come
under the charm of East Anglia.”
=_A Man Adrift._= Being Leaves from a Nomad’s Portfolio. By BART KENNEDY,
Author of “Darab’s Wine-Cup,” “The Wandering Romanoff,” etc. This very
entertaining book is a narrative of adventures in all parts of the world.
Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.
Mr ANDREW LANG, in the course of a long and laudatory notice
in =Longman’s Magazine=, said:--“It is a strange photograph
of rude and violent life. The narrator always carries his
life in his fist. He describes, better than any other writer,
the existence of a tramp, and gives an amazing account of the
brutality, and even torture, practised on workers in some
parts of the United States.… The book is as simple in style
as Swift’s writing; a kind of labouring Trelawny might have
fathered these _adventures of a younger son_.”
Mr RICHARD LE GALLIENNE (in the =Idler=).--“‘A Man Adrift’
has held me as few recent books have power to do. The book is
‘real’ because it has first been really lived, and then been
really written. Mr Kennedy’s book has held me, not only by
its reality, but by its courage, its pity, its humour, its
all-embracing humanity, its quiet fierceness. ‘A Man Adrift’ is
a brave book.”
=Morning Leader.=--“The record of an adventurous life, when
well told, always appeals to the imagination and sympathy of
the reader, and ‘A Man Adrift’ is such a record. Presumably the
adventures are real; they have all the vividness of reality at
all events, and one follows the hardships and wanderings of the
narrator with keen interest.… Mr Kennedy is to be congratulated
on his ‘Man Adrift.’”
=County Gentleman.=--“This is the book of a strong man. It has
vigour, originality and power, and comes as a refreshing change
after the maudlin sentimentality of most modern stories.… Mr
Kennedy has a characteristic style. He writes in short, crisp
sentences that are at once direct and fearless. It is mainly
his own story that he tells in this strangely fascinating
volume.”
=_Woman and the Wits._= Epigrams on Woman, Love, and Beauty. Collected
and edited by G. F. MONKSHOOD, Author of “Rudyard Kipling: The Man and
His Work,” “Lady Ruby,” etc. New and revised edition. Small 8vo, art
vellum, gilt extra, gilt edges, 3s. 6d.
=Great Thoughts.=--“The most beautiful book on my table is
‘Woman and the Wits.’… In this lovely volume of about 200 pages
some of the wisest, wittiest, tenderest epigrams on woman and
on cognate topics to be found in ancient and modern times, have
been brought together with taste and judgment.”
=Ladies’ Pictorial.=--“The compiler of this dainty little
volume has produced a veritable lucky bag for the dipper who is
anxious to find something smart and clever.”
=Madame.=--“A book that should find favour on every woman’s
table.”
=Literary World.=--“The epigrams are well selected, and should
form a perfect armoury for any young bachelor put up to propose
the toast of ‘The Ladies.’… There is good variety too.”
=_Dress in a Nutshell._= By “R.” A Booklet every woman who wishes to
dress tastefully should certainly possess. Crown 16mo, cloth, 1s.; sewed,
6d.
=_Weeds and Flowers._= Poems by WILLIAM LUTHER LONGSTAFF, Author of “The
Tragedy of the Lady Palmist.” Crown 8vo, art cloth, gilt extra, gilt top,
2s. 6d. nett.
=Sun.=--“Mr Longstaff has real fire and passion in all of his
work. He has a graceful touch and a tuneful ear. There is
exquisite melody in his metre.”
=Times.=--“He has passion and energy enough to stock half a
dozen average minor poets.… But he has in him something of the
stuff of which poetry--as opposed to verse--is made.”
=Court Circular.=--“Unquestionably a poet of a very high
order--musical, suggestive, imaginative and picturesque. ‘In
the Times to come’ is a beautiful poem, full of suggestion,
with a subtle melody of its own. How well Mr Longstaff can
write is seen in ‘A Hopeless Dawn.’ It is the work of a true
poet. Mr Longstaff’s poems deserve more extended notice.
There is art in his work, and music; and his verse is full of
promise. Mr Longstaff’s muse is frank and sincere, and many of
his readers will forgive her for not posing as a prude.”
=_Ballads of Ghostly Shires._= By GEORGE BARTRAM, Author of “The People
of Clopton,” “The White-headed Boy,” etc. Dedication accepted by Theodore
Watts-Dunton. Small 8vo, cloth, 2s. 6d. nett.
=Speaker.=--“We hail with the greatest pleasure Mr George
Bartram’s ‘Ballads of Ghostly Shires.’”
=Academy.=--“His descriptive passages have the true poetic
touch, and a fresh grace about them. He is, in truth, well
worth reading, and has the distinction of writing narrative
verse well in a lyric age. It is a breezy, picturesque, taking
little book.”
=Athenæum.=--“Mr Bartram has the gift of description, and his
vigorous narrative verse moves swiftly.”
=Sunday Sun.=--“Remarkable and beautiful poems. Enjoyable
reading.”
=_Village Life and Feeling._= Songs and Verses. By RUPERT UPPERTON, the
Ploughboy Poet. 2s. 6d. nett.
=Scotsman.=--“This is a pleasant and an interesting volume of
healthy English verse.… The book deserves to be read, and will
interest any curious lover of poetry.”
=North Star.=--“Amusing and instructive poems illustrative of
village life. Those who are on the lookout for new recitations
should examine this volume.”
=Glasgow Herald.=--“His humour and satire are genial and
well-meaning. He is not without sentiment, and his lyrical
pieces will be heartily appreciated.”
=Morning Leader.=--“There is some good stuff and not a little
quaint feeling in the verses of Rupert Upperton.”
=St Andrew’s.=--“Many a simple soul--and there are millions of
such in our land--utterly unable to appreciate the poetry of
the critics, will find itself charmed, purified and elevated
by the kindly muse of Mr Upperton. Messrs Greening & Co. have
done their work well, and enshrined these ‘woodnotes wild’ in a
beautiful piece of letterpress.”
HER MAJESTY’S EDITION
=_Rip Van Winkle_=, together with “THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW.” By
WASHINGTON IRVING, and the Complete Literary and Theatrical History of
the Story by S. J. ADAIR FITZ-GERALD, Author of “Fame, the Fiddler.” With
Portraits of Her Majesty’s Theatre Company, and Illustrations by W. G.
MEIN. Dedicated to Mr H. Beerbohm-Tree. Crown 8vo, art cloth, decorative
cover by Will Smart, top edge gilt, 2s.
=Bookman.=--“This edition of Irving’s famous legends is in
every way to be commended. Type, paper and illustrations are
good, and Mr Fitz-Gerald adds to the originals the stage and
literary history of ‘Rip van Winkle,’ which is well worth
reading.”
=Pall Mall Gazette.=--“A pretty and interesting little book.”
=Topical Times.=--“A really interesting memento, and it costs
only 2s.--a perfectly absurd price for a book of this size and
quality. Beautifully bound in green cloth, red lettered, it is
well printed, and artistically illustrated by Mr Will G. Mein.”
Greening’s Masterpiece Library
“A handsome and artistic series.” _Vide_ Press.
=_Ringan Gilhaize._= A Romance of the Covenanters. By JOHN GALT. Edited,
with an Introduction, by Sir GEORGE DOUGLAS. Crown 8vo, cloth, gilt
edges, 3s. 6d.
=St James’s Gazette.=--“The splendid panorama it gives of
some of the most stirring and far-reaching events in Scottish
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=_Rasselas._= A Romance of Abyssinia. By Dr JOHNSON. Edited, with an
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=Saturday Review.=--“A work of vivid and picturesque
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=_The Black Tulip._= A Romance of Old Holland. By ALEXANDRE DUMAS.
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=_The Epicurean._= A Tale of Mystery and Adventure. By THOMAS MOORE.
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=_Salathiel;_= or, The Immortal. A Wonderful Romance of Old Palestine.
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=_Colomba._= A Corsican Romance. By PROSPER MERIMÉE, Author of “Carmen.”
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pathetic.”
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=An Exile in Bohemia.= A powerful and enthralling Novel. By ERNEST E.
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=The Prettiness of Fools.= A Realistic and Powerful Novel. By EDGAR
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=Morning Post.=--“An ambitious book, ambitious in its style
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=Daughters of Pleasure.= A Novel. By ANNA, COMTESSE DE BRÉMONT. Crown
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=Topical Times.=--“Brisk and spicy without being blatant and
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