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 NOVELS BY STANLEY J. WEYMAN.

FIFTH EDITION. With a Frontispiece. Crown 8vo. 6s. THE CASTLE INN.

TIMES.—'A story' which the reader follows with excited curiosity, and his characters are not only admirable in themselves, but true to their period. The opening scene is of the essence of romance, and worthy of Dumas. In brief, author and readers are to be congratulated, and, as the Toad in the Hole says, "This is what you can recommend to a friend." '

SPECTATOR.—'A happy combination of the qualities of his earlier and later works—alert narrative and wealth of incident, coupled with careful portraiture and development of character."

GUARDIAN.— "The story is told in Mr. Weyman's best manner—and how good that is nobody needs to learn at this time of day.'

DAILY NEWS.—'Mr. Weyman has written nothing informed with more charm, more dash, or more character.'

ACADEMY.—'Compact of incident, and full-flavoured of the latter half of the eighteenth century.'

ST. JAMES'S GAZETTE.—'A capital story in Mr. Weyman's best manner.'

GLOBE.—'Full of movement and excitement.'

SPEAKER.—'A brilliant and notable piece of work. ... It has qualities which in some respects surpass those displayed in anything else he has yet written.'

QUEEN.—'A most fascinating book. Mr. Weyman has given us one of the fine heroines of fiction, and almost from the start to the finish we are kept on tenterhooks to know what is about to happen to our fascinating Julia.'

PALL MALL GAZETTE.—'Worthy of the author. It is full of life, charm, and excitement.'

YORKSHIRE POST.—'Will appeal with irresistible force to those who care for clever romance marked by accuracy in Us presentation of men and manners.'

WESTMINSTER GAZETTE.—'There is excitement in every chapter, and love-making in quite a charming and dainty vein.'

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THE NEW RECTOR.

ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS.—'If he did not know that Anthony Trollope was no more, a reader who took up "The New Rector" might well suppose that he was reading Trollope, and during that novelist's best period.'

BRITISH WEEKLY.—'In "The New Rector" Mr. Stanley J. Weyman has achieved a distinct success. The book is carefully planned, admirably written, without a single superfluous word, and full of a gentle and wise charity. It will add much to the author's already high reputation.'

PALL MALL GAZETTE.—'Mr. Weyman certainly knows how to write, and he writes about what he knows. ... "The New Rector" is a book of genuine interest.'

OBSERVER.—'A capital novel, which will be read with pleasure.'

SCOTSMAN.—'The story, on the whole, is a pleasing one, the interest is well maintained, and the picture which it gives of life in a small country town, though slight, is realistic, well proportioned, and in thoroughly good taste."

GLASGOW HERALD—'The plot is new, and well justified in the working our. In this novel setting, the familiar figures of the country parsonage talc stand out with wonderful freshness.'

QUIZ.—'One of the most interesting stories I have read for a long time.'

London: SMITH, ELDER, & CO., 15 Waterloo Place, S.W.