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Messrs. Methuen's Catalogue


 * A story of adventure, every page of which

is palpitating with action.' — Speaker. 'From cover to cover "Phroso" not only engages the attention, but carries the reader in little whirls of delight from adventure to adventure.' — Academy.

SIMON DALE. Illustrated,. Third Edition.


 * " Simon Dale " is one of the best historical

romances that have been written for a long while.' — St. James's Gazette.

' A brilliant novel. The story is rapid and most excellently told. As for the hero, he is a perfect hero of romance ' — A thenaum.

' There is searching analysis of human nature, with a most ingeniously con- structed plot. Mr. Hope has drawn the contrasts of his women with marvellous subtlety and delicacy.' — Times.

Gilbert Parker's Novels

Crown %vo. PIERRE AND HIS PEOPLE.

Fifth Edition. ' Stories happily conceived and finely ex- ecuted. There is strength and genius in Mr. Parker's StyXn.'— Daily Telegraph.

MRS. FALCHION. Fourth Edition. ' A splendid study of character.' —

A thenaum. 'A very striking and admirable novel.' — St. James's Gazette.

THE TRANSLATION OF A

SAVAGE. 'The plot is original and one difficult to work out ; but Mr. Parker has done it with great skill and delicacy. The reader who is not interested in this original, fresh, and well-told tale must be a dull person indeed.' —

Daily Chronicle.

THE TRAIL OF THE SWORD.

Illustrated. Sixth Edition. ' A rousing and dramatic tale. A book like this, in which swords flash, great sur- prises are undertaken, and daring deeds done, in which men and women live and love in the old passionate way, is a joy inexpressible. ' — Daily Chronicle.

WHEN VALMOND CAME TO PONTIAC: The Story of a Lost Napoleon. Fourth Edition. ' Here we find romance — real, breathing, living romance. The character of Val- mond is drawn unerringly. The book must be read, we may say re-read, for any one thoroughly to appreciate Mr. Parker's delicate touch and innate sym- pathy with humanity.' — Pall Mall Gazette.

AN ADVENTURER OF THE NORTH : The Last Adventures of ' Pretty Pierre.' Second Edition. ' The present book is full of fine and mov- ing stories of the great North, and it

6s. each.

will add to Mr. Parker's already high reputation.' — Glasgow Herald.

THE SEATS OF THE MIGHTY. Illustrated. Tenth 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. He shows the matured power which his former novels have led us to expect, and has produced a really fine historical novel.' — Athen/rii>».

' A great book.' — Black and White. THE POMP OF THE LAVILET- TES. Second Edition, y. 6d.

' Living, breathing romance, genuine and

unforced pathos, and a deeper and more

subtle knowledge of human nature than

Mr. Parker has ever displayed before.

It is, in a word, the work of a true artist.'

—Pall Mall Gazette.

THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG :

a Romance of Two Kingdoms.

Illustrated. Fourth Edition.

' Such a splendid story, so splendidly told, will be read with avidity, and will add new honour even to Mr. Parker's reputa- tion. '•^.S'^. /«;««' j Gazette.

' No one who takes a pleasure in literature but will read Mr. Gilbert Parker's latest romance with keen enjoyment. The mere writing is so good as to be a delight in itself, apart altogether from the interest of the tale.'— Pa// Mall Gazette.

' Nothing more vigorous or more human has come from Mr. Gilbert Parker than this novel. It has all the graphic power of his last book, with truer feeling for the romance, both_ of human life and wild nature. There is no character without its unique and picturesque interest. Mr. Parker's style, especially his descriptive style, has in this book, perh.ips even more than elsewhere, aptness and vitality.' — Literature.