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 * A charming romance, and full of incident.

The book is fresh and strong.' — Speaker.

' A strong and wise book of deep insight and

unflinching truth.' — Binninghatn Post.

Maxy Findlater. BETTY M US- GRAVE. By Mary Findlater. Second Edition. Crown Zvo. 6s. ' Handled with dignity and delicacy. . ..

A most touching story.' — Spectator. ' Told with great skill, and the pathos of it rings true and unforced throughout.' — Glasgow Herald.

Alfred Ollivant. OWD BOB, THE

GREY DOG OF KENMUIR. By

Alfred Ollivant. Second Edition.

Cr. 8vo. 6s.

'Weird, thrilling, strikingly graphic' —

PuKcA. ' We admire this book. . . . It is one to read with admiration and to praise with en- thusiasm.' — Bookman. ' It is a fine, open-air, blood-stirring book, to be enjoyed by every man and woman to whom a dog is dear.' — Literature. B. M. Croker. PEGGY OF THE BARTONS. By B. M. Croker, Author of 'Diana Barrington.' Fourth Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s. Mrs. Croker excels in the admirably simple, easy, and direct flow of her narrative, the briskness of her dialogue, and the geni- ality of her portraiture.' — Spectator.

• All the characters, indeed, are drawn with

clearness and certainty ; and it would be hard to name any quality essential to first-class work which is lacking from this book." — Saturday Review.

H. G. Wells. THE STOLEN BA- CILLUS, and other Stories. By H. G. Wells. Second Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s. ' They are the impressions of a very striking imagination, which, it would seem, has a great deal within its reach.' — Saturday Review.

H. O. Wells. THE PLATTNER

STORY AND Others. By H. G.

Wells. Second Edition. Cr, 8vo.

6s.

' Weird and mysterious, they seem to hold

the reader as by a magic spell.' — Scots-

fttan.

Sara Jeanette Duncan. A VOYAGE OF CONSOLATION. By Sara Jeanette Duncan, Author of ' An American Girl in London.' Illus- trated. Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s.

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 * A most delightfully bright book.' — Daily

'The dialogue is full of wit.' — Globe.

' Laughter lurks in every page.' — Daily News. C, F. Keary. THE JOURNALIST. By C. F. Keary. Cr. 8vo. 6s.

' It is rare indeed to find such poetical sym- pathy with Nature joined to close study of character and singularly truthful dia- logue : but then " The Journalist " is altogether a rare book.' — Athenaum.

E. F. Benson. DODO: A DETAIL OF THE D.\Y. By E. F. Benson. Sixteenth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s. ' A perpetual feast of epigram and paradox.' — Speaker. E. F. Benson. THE VINTAGE. By E. F. Benson. Author of 'Dodo.' Illustrated by G. P. jACOMB-HooD. Third Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s. ' Full of fire, earnestness, and beauty.' — The World. E. F. Benson. THE CAPSINA. By E. F. Benson, Author of ' Dodo.' With Illustrations by G. P. Jacomb- HOOD. Second Edition, Cr.8vo. 6s. ' The story moves through an atmosphere of heroism and adventure.' — Manchester Guardian.

Mrs. Oliphant. SIR ROBERT'S FORTUNE. By. Mrs. Oliphant. Crown 8vo. 6s. Mrs. OUphant. THE TWO MARYS. By Mrs. Oliphant. Second Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s. Mrs. Oliphant. THE LADY'S WALK. By Mrs. Oliphant. Second Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s. W. E. Norris. MATTHEW AUSTIN. By W. E. NoRRis, Author of ' Made- moiselle de Mersac,' etc. Fourth Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s. 'An intellectually satisfactory and morally bracing novel.' — Daily Telegraph. W. E. Norrls. HIS GRACE. By W. E. NORRIS. Third Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s. ' Mr. Norris has drawn a really fine char- acter in the Duke.' — Atketutum. W. E. Norris. THE DESPOTIC LADY AND OTHERS. By W. E. Norris. Crown 8vo. 6s, ' A budget of good fiction of which no one will tiro.' — Scotsman.