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GRACE MARLOW.

A Novel.

By JOSEPH CLAYTON,

Author of " Father Dolling; a Memoir."

Daily News.—" A strong and sombre study of contemporary life which stands out distinct from the novels which crowd into the libraries... . There is something of Geo. Gissing and something of Mark Rutherford in this novel."

Times.—" The pathos of the tale is moving and genuine."

Outlook." Strong in its sincerity and freedom from lurid stage effects."

Dundee Advertiser —A strong and convincing sludy of an unconventional character.... A story full of the light and shadow of life."

To-day.—"A tragedy dark and grim. ... It is an episode straight out of the heart of life, told with simplicity and restraint, and in these attributes lie its undeniable power. Grace Marlow is a young governess, whom poverty and unhappy circumstances tend to ruin and disgrace. The author wields a powerful pen and the keynote of this admirable book is sympathy. . .. that large-hearted sympathy that hates the sin and not the sinner. It is a book that every one should read, for the truth, however bitter, should be known and realised."

Reynolds.—" A very notable study of social life.... It is a terrible picture of life in England, but in all its dreary sordidness it is absolutely a faithful one. . . . In its outspoken frankness and realism it might well be classified with the revelations of Mr. Booth and Mr. Rowntree."

New Age. —" This story must take front rank as one of the most interesting and powerful pictures of the social life of o-day."

Athenaeum.—Grace Marlow' is almost extraordinary by reason of the ordinary, every-day manner in which it touches on some of the real problems and difficulties of life—difficulties rarely introduced into English fiction."