Part 3
=Sun.=--“An undoubtedly clever novel, told in vigorous language.”
=St James’s Budget.=--“So full of incident is ‘Such is the Law’ that we are unable to do more than touch the fringe of the plot, and must leave to the reader the task of watching the development of the new romance, which produces an aftermath of happiness for Lavender, and brings a thoroughly interesting story to a satisfactory close.”
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=Sun.=--“A powerful, stirring tale of the present day. From start to finish it is interesting, especially to lady readers.”
=Literary World.=--“The writing is good, and many of the remarks are smart and pungent while free from any straining after cleverness.”
=Record.=--“Eminently readable throughout.”
=Athenæum.=--“The dialogue is natural and well rendered.”
=The Shadow on the Manse.= A Story of Religion and the Stage. By CAMPBELL RAE-BROWN, Author of “Kissing-Cup’s Race,” etc. Cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.
=Public Opinion.=--“An excellent novel in every way.”
=Bookman.=--“An interesting story well told.”
=Weekly Sun.=--“A touching story and a clever one.”
=Literature.=--“The situations are … treated with a satirical bitterness of tone. But many of the scenes are strong in themselves, cleverly arranged, and treated with power and reticence.… There are occasional faults, but the tenderness with which Mary Paul’s self-sacrifice is recorded, makes us inclined to condone them and to congratulate the author.”
=A Social Upheaval.= An Unconventional Dramatic Satirical Tale. By ISIDORE G. ASCHER, Author of “An Odd Man’s Story,” “The Doom of Destiny,” etc. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 6s.
=Daily Telegraph.=--“The hero is an interesting dreamer, absorbed in his schemes, which are his one weakness. To women, save when they can further the good of his cause, he is obdurate; in business, strong, energetic and powerful. He is shown to us as the man with a master mind and one absorbing delusion, and as such is a pathetic figure. No one can dispute the prodigality and liveliness of the author’s imagination; his plot teems with striking incidents.”
=Vanity Fair.=--“The story tells itself very clearly in three hundred pages of very pleasant and entertaining reading. The men and women we meet are not the men and women we really come across in this world. So much the better for us. But we are delighted to read about them, for all that; and we prophesy success for Mr Ascher’s book, particularly as he has taken the precaution of telling us that he is ‘only in fun.’”
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=Pall Mall Gazette.=--“The book is ingenious and cleverly constructed, and there is no lack of exciting reading, it is melodramatic, but is relieved by humour characteristic of Mr Golsworthy.”
=Athenæum.=--“A creditably ingenious tale of crime and detection, drawn with spirit and humour.”
=Morning Post.=--“We must give Mr Golsworthy high praise for the way in which he plays the game. Old hands as we are at these things, we were for a long time completely baffled by the plot as the most wooden-headed detective of fiction.… It is an excellent book of its particular kind. Mr Golsworthy has succeeded admirably in the careful, clever, amusing character-drawing of an odd group of subsidiary folk. These are very human people who stick in the mind after the book is closed.”
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=Public Opinion.=--“This novel is a daring attack. The author, whoever he may be, is a clever writer, and the pictures of the seamy side of idle London life are described by him with vivid power.”
=The Outlook.=--“Something wrong-headed, sensual, and Corellian is anticipated, nor is one disappointed.… Bound to command the public.”
=Christian World.=--“A pungent, cleverly-written, and altogether out-of-the-common-rut Society novel. The author unsparingly exposes the ‘little ways’ of smart people.… Every _sane_ reader will wish the author success in his efforts to expose the hollowness and rottenness of ‘aristocratic _virtuous_ London.’”
=The North Star.=--“The book is of a most daring character, but the author has treated his theme in a very clever manner.… Messrs W. H. Smith & Son refuse to circulate ‘Shams,’ objecting to it on moral grounds. This act on their part, however, will not greatly interfere with the sale of the book, which really castigates vice. We believe it will be as widely read as the works of Ouida and Marie Corelli.”
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=Zoroastro.= An Historical Romance. By CRESWICK J. THOMPSON, Author of “Poison Romance and Poison Mysteries,” “The Mystery and Romance of Alchemy and Pharmacy,” etc. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.
=To-day.=--“There is no lack of excitement in ‘Zoroastro.’ The tale is a good one, and should be popular.”
=St James’s Gazette.=--“A sound and entertaining piece of work.”
=Universe.=--“A splendidly-written romance of a sixteenth-century magician, and there is no lack of interest throughout the book. The various ideas of the time, descriptions of the customs and modes of living, are cleverly woven into the story.”
=The Sword of Fate.= An Interesting Novel. By HENRY HERMAN, Author of “Eagle Joe,” “Scarlet Fortune,” etc., and Joint Author of the “Silver King,” “Claudian.” Crown 8vo, art cloth, 6s.
=Vanity Fair= says:--“The hand that wrote the ‘Silver King’ has by no means lost its cunning in painting broad effects of light and shadow. The description of life in Broadmoor is, we fancy, done from actual observation. It is quite new.” And the critic of =Black and White= sums it up pithily as “A story which holds our attention and interests us right from the first chapter. The book is as exciting as even a story of sensation has any need to be.” Speaking of the scene of Mr Herman’s drama, the beautiful county of Devonshire, where the greater part of the story takes place, the =Manchester Courier= says: “The author’s descriptive powers vividly portray the lovely spots by the winding Tamar, while the rich dialect of the district is so faithfully reproduced as to become not the least feature of an exciting tale.”
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=Liverpool Review.=--“A smart, anonymous novel. The story is capitally written, and is extremely interesting. Evelyn Gray’s adventures are narrated in a style so realistic as to leave the impression that the writer is either a medical man or one who has had very intimate acquaintance with hospital life.”
=Lloyd’s.=--“A strong book, and one that readers will find interesting. It is undoubtedly clever and well written.”
=Daily Graphic.=--“The characters are cleverly drawn, and the revelations of hospital life, of private nursing, and of the manners and customs of the ‘celibate’ clergy should ensure the volume considerable popularity.”
=Seven Nights with Satan.= A Novel. By J. L. OWEN, Author of “The Great Jekyll Diamond.” Cover designed by W. S. ROGERS. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.
=St James’s Gazette.=--“We have read the book from start to finish with unflagging interest--an interest, by the way, which derives nothing from the ‘spice,’ for though its title may be suggestive of Zolaism, there is not a single passage which is open to objection. The literary style is good.”
=Truth.=--“I much prefer the ghastly story ‘Seven Nights with Satan,’ a very clever study of degeneration.”
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Mr DOUGLAS SLADEN in =The Queen=.--“A remarkably clever book.… There is no disputing the ability with which the writer handles her subject. I say _her_ subject, because the minuteness of the touches, and the odd, forcible style in which this book is written, point to it being the work of a female hand. The book is an eminently readable one, and it is never dull for a minute.”
=The Monitor.=--“A wonderful piece of writing. The only modern parallel we can find is supplied in Mr F. C. Philipps’s ‘As in a Looking Glass.’”
=Whitehall Review.=--“In ‘The Green Passion’ the author traces with much ability, and not a little analytical insight, the progress of jealousy in the breast of a woman who is born with a very ‘intense,’ although not a very deep, nature.… There is in Mr Vert’s work a certain tendency towards realism which has its due effect in making his characters real. They are no loosely-built fancies of the journalistic brain, but portraits--almost snapshot portraits--of men and women of to-day.”
=An Idol of Bronze.= An Exciting Novel of Life in Western America. By LOUISE PALMER HEAVEN, Author of “Chata and Chinita?” Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.
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=Weekly Sun.=--“Shows Mr Scott’s sturdy character-painting and love of picturesque adventure.”
=World.=--“Clement Scott is nothing if not sympathetic, and every one of the ten stories is not only thoroughly readable, but is instinct with sentiment; for Mr Scott still retains a wonderful enthusiasm, usually the attribute of youth. ‘Drifting’ is a very fresh and convincing narrative, founded, we understand, upon truth, and containing within a small compass the materials for a very stirring drama. ‘A Cross of Heather,’ too, is a charming romance, told with real pathos and feeling.”
=The Dolomite Cavern.= An Exciting Tale of Adventure. By W. PATRICK KELLY, Author of “Schoolboys Three,” etc. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.
=Observer.=--“A story full of exciting adventure.”
=Saturday Review.=--“The plot is ingenious, and the style pleasant.”
=Daily Telegraph.=--“Lovers of the sensational in fiction will find abundance of congenial entertainment in Mr W. P. Kelly’s new story. In the way of accessories to startling situations all is fish that comes to this ingenious author’s net. The wonders of primitive nature, the marvels of latter-day science, the extravagances of human passion--all these he dexterously uses for the purpose of involving his hero in perilous scrapes from which he no less dexterously extricates him by expedients which, however far-fetched they may appear to the unimaginative, are certainly not lacking in originality of device or cleverness of construction.… This is a specimen incident--those which succeed it derive their special interest from the action of Rontgen rays, subterranean torrents, and devastating inundations. The book is very readable throughout, and ends happily. What more can the average novel reader wish for in holiday time?”
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=Public Opinion.=--“A remarkable book.… We are plunged into a delicious and tantalising romance; incident follows incident like a panorama of exciting pictures. Fertility of imagination is everywhere apparent, and the _dénouement_ is artfully concealed till it bursts upon the reader with a suddenness that fairly takes away his breath.”
=Liverpool Post.=--“A very skilfully-constructed story, mysterious and strange, with a natural explanation suggested of all the mystery which does not spoil one’s enjoyment (here follows analysis of plot). This is the bare outline of the story up to a certain point; it is impossible to convey adequately an idea of the awe-inspiring characteristics of the story. Readers can safely be recommended to turn to the book itself.”
=The Love Thirst of Elaine.= A Powerful Novel. By JUSTIN HANNAFORD. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.
=Miss Malevolent.= A Realistic Study of Modern Life in London. By the Author of “The Hypocrite.” Second edition, with a new Preface. Art cloth, 3s. 6d.
=Saturday Review.=--“The great novel-reading public, which found ‘The Hypocrite’ to its taste, will not be disappointed in the author’s latest effort. The writer has a knack of character-presentment which means that his people live; he has a dramatic instinct; he is at times on the verge of real wit; he knows certain phases of literary and artistic life well; and his story is original enough to hold the interest throughout.”
=St James’s Gazette.=--“It is decidedly clever.… An improvement on ‘The Hypocrite.’ There is real power shown in the drawing of Kitty Nugent.”
=Scotsman.=--“You don’t get far into this novel--about a couple of pages--before the epigrams begin exploding and the repartee detonating, and the subtle terse and quart of wit with wit fuffuffing, like so many squibs and crackers on the Queen’s Birthday; and this coruscation is kept up in a way to make your hair curl until the end of the story.… The author has abundant literary aptitudes, exemplified over and over again by the pages of this clever book.”
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⁂ _This book has been “boycotted” by Messrs Mudie and Messrs W. H. Smith & Son as being “unfit to circulate in their libraries,” yet it has been praised by the press as being “a powerful sermon and a moral book.”_
=Daily Telegraph.=--“A book by an anonymous author always arouses a certain inquiry, and when the book is clever and original the interest becomes keen, and conjecture is rife, endowing the most unlikely people with authorship.… It is very brilliant, very forcible, very sad.… It is perfect in its way, in style clear, sharp and forcible, the dialogue epigrammatic and sparkling.… Enough has been said to show that ‘The Hypocrite’ is a striking and powerful piece of work, and that its author has established his claim to be considered a writer of originality and brilliance.”
=_The Tragedy of the Lady Palmist._= By W. LUTHER LONGSTAFF, Author of “Weeds and Flowers,” etc. An exciting tale, descriptive of the “Behind-the-Scenes of the Palmist’s Bohemia.” Crown 8vo, cloth, 2s. 6d.
=Literature.=--“The story strikes the fresh note of having been lived, experienced, and does not come to one as a stale invention. There is human nature in it, and passion, of a kind: tragedy too.… We should say, ‘Read the book by all means.’”
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=Morning Leader.=--“Vivid with the strange lusts and cruel desires of an imagination enslaved to the body … powerful enough in the imaginative treatment of the characters.… The luridness is simply Titanic.”
=_In Monte Carlo._= A Tale by HENRYK SIENKIEWICZ, Author of “Quo Vadis,” “With Fire and Sword,” etc., etc. Translated by S. C. de SOISSONS. Crown 8vo, art cloth, with a new Portrait of the Author, 2s. 6d.
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=Pall Mall Gazette.=--“It is beyond all question the work of a great artist. It is subtly analytical and psychologically true. So triumphant is the art of the Polish novelist that we follow the story with lively sympathy and unflagging interest.… It is always interesting; the clear, able and convincing portrayal of the two leading characters gives the book its chief value. There are wise sayings and occasional epigrams, and the thumbnail sketches of Mrs Elsen’s lovers are wholly admirable.”
=_My Lady Ruby and John Basileon: Chief of Police._= Two stories by G. F. MONKSHOOD, Author of “Rudyard Kipling: The Man and His Work,” etc. Cloth, 2s. 6d.
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=_“Fame, the Fiddler.”_= A Story of Literary and Theatrical Life. By S. J. ADAIR FITZ-GERALD. Crown 8vo, cloth, new and cheaper edition, 2s. 6d.
=Graphic.=--“The volume will please and amuse numberless people.”
=Pall Mall Gazette.=--“A pleasant, cheery story. Displays a rich vein of robust imagination.”
=Standard.=--“There are many pleasant pages in ‘Fame, the Fiddler,’ which reminds us of ‘Trilby,’ with its pictures of Bohemian life, and its happy-go-lucky group of good-hearted, generous scribblers, artists and playwrights. Some of the characters are so true to life that it is impossible not to recognise them. Among the best incidents in the volume must be mentioned the production of Pryor’s play, and the account of poor Jimmy Lambert’s death, which is as moving an incident as we have read for a long time. Altogether, ‘Fame, the Fiddler’ is a very human book, and an amusing one as well.”
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=M. A. P.=--“Mr Kennedy writes powerfully, and can grip the reader’s imagination, or whirl it off into the strangest domains of glamour and romance at will.… There is a future for this clever young man from Tipperary. He will do great things.”
=Critic.=--“Of a highly imaginative order, and distinctly out of the ordinary run.… The author has a remarkable talent for imaginative and dramatic presentation. He sets before himself a higher standard of achievement than most young writers of fiction.”
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=Lady.=--“A thrilling romance with a mediæval atmosphere, although the scene is laid in the Cotswolds in the year of grace 1898. The story is well constructed, and is a good example of the widely-imaginative type of fiction that is so eagerly devoured by young people nowadays.”
=Eastern Morning News.=--“Readers will be fascinated by the stirring scenes, the swiftly-moving panorama, the enacted tragedies, the wild, passionate, lawless loves depicted in the most sensational manner in this volume.”
=_Lord Jimmy._= A Story of Music-Hall Life. By GEORGE MARTYN. Second Edition. Crown 8vo, cloth, 2s. 6d.
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=Vanity Fair.=--“The author has a peculiar knowledge of the ‘Halls’ and those who frequent them; and especially, as it seems to us, of those Jewish persons who sometimes run them. And he has made good use of his knowledge here. But there is more than this in the book; for ‘George Martyn’ has considerable descriptive talent. His account, for instance, of the fight between the hero and the butcher is quite good. The story is straightforward, convincing, and full of human nature and promise.”
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=The Outlook.=--“Mr Bart Kennedy, a young writer of singular imaginative gifts, and a style as individual as Mr Kipling’s.… The writing of this story is strongly original in manner.… A powerful book.”
=Weekly Times.=--“‘The Wandering Romanoff’ is really good work.… We have read nothing finer for a long while.”
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=Midland Mail.=--“The characters are vividly drawn. There are many pleasant and painful incidents in the book, which is interesting from beginning to end.”
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