Chapter 14
MY INDIAN QUEEN.
THE SUNDAY SPECIAL.--"A vivid story of adventure and daring, bearing all the characteristics of careful workmanship."
LONG LIVE THE KING.
THE ABERDEEN FREE PRESS.--"It is marvellous that Mr. Boothby's novels should all be so uniformly good."
A PRINCE OF SWINDLERS.
THE SCOTSMAN.--"Of absorbing interest. The exploits are described in an enthralling vein."
A MAKER OF NATIONS.
THE SPECTATOR.--"'A Maker of Nations' enables us to understand Mr. Boothby's vogue. It has no lack of movement or incident."
THE RED RAT'S DAUGHTER.
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH.--"Mr. Guy Boothby's name on the title-page of a novel carries with it the assurance of a good story to follow."
LOVE MADE MANIFEST.
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH.--"One of those tales of exciting adventure in the confection of which Mr. Boothby is not excelled by any novelist of the day."
PHAROS THE EGYPTIAN.
THE SCOTSMAN.--"This powerful novel is weird and soul-thrilling. There never was in this world so strange and wonderful a love story."
ACROSS THE WORLD FOR A WIFE.
THE BRITISH WEEKLY.--"This stirring tale ranks next to 'Dr. Nikola' in the list of Mr. Boothby's novels."
THE LUST OF HATE.
THE DAILY GRAPHIC.--"Whoever wants dramatic interest let him read 'The Lust of Hate.'"
THE FASCINATION OF THE KING.
THE BRISTOL MERCURY.--"Unquestionably the best work we have yet seen from the pen of Mr. Guy Boothby."
DR. NIKOLA.
THE SCOTSMAN.--"One hairbreadth escape succeeds another with rapidity that scarce leaves the reader breathing space."
THE BEAUTIFUL WHITE DEVIL.
THE YORKSHIRE POST.--"A more exciting romance no man could reasonably ask for."
A BID FOR FORTUNE.
THE MANCHESTER COURIER.--"It is impossible to give any idea of the verve with which the story is told. The most original novel of the year."
IN STRANGE COMPANY.
THE WORLD.--"A capital novel. It has the quality of life and stir, and will carry the reader with curiosity unabated to the end."
THE MARRIAGE OF ESTHER.
THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN.--"There is a vigour and a power of illusion about it that raises it quite above the level of the ordinary novel of adventure."
BUSHIGRAMS.
THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN.--"Intensely interesting. Forces from us, by its powerful artistic realism, those choky sensations which it should be the aim of the human writer to elicit, whether in comedy or tragedy."
SHEILAH MCLEOD.
MR. W. L. ALDEN IN THE NEW YORK TIMES.--"Mr. Boothby can crowd more adventure into a square foot of canvas than any other novelist."
DR. NIKOLA'S EXPERIMENT.
Illustrated by Sidney Cowell.
THE MAN OF THE CRAG.
ARTHUR W. MARCHMONT
IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLE.
NORTH DEVON JOURNAL.--"A novel of absorbing interest. The plot is developed very cleverly, and there is a delightful love theme."
IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM.
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH.--"A well-sustained and thrilling narrative."
THE LITTLE ANARCHIST.
THE SCOTSMAN.--"A romance brimful of incident and arousing in the reader a healthy interest that carries him along with never a pause."
AN IMPERIAL MARRIAGE.
SCOTSMAN.--"The action never flags, the romantic element is always paramount, so that the production is bound to appeal successfully to all lovers of spirited fiction."
BERTRAM MITFORD
SELMIN OF SELMINGFOLD.
FINANCIAL TIMES.--"A combination of sentiment and love interest with the more practical and serious side of life unite to make this novel of a singularly interesting nature, and we are confident that it will meet with great popularity."
THE RIVER OF UNREST.
SCOTSMAN.--"Mr. Mitford brings forward with excellent effect his knowledge of nature, customs and tradition. The product is a tale rich in incident and character, set against an effective background of savagery and mystery."
A DUAL RESURRECTION.
READING STANDARD.--"The novel reader who loves a really good novel full of desperate adventure will never be disappointed when Mr. Mitford's books are in question. This is a strong and clever piece of work, the plot is ingenious and the characterization uncommonly well done."
SEAFORD'S SNAKE.
MADAME.--"If you like well-written stories of adventure you should get Mr. Mitford's latest novel. The characters are well portrayed, the story written in a brisk, virile style that proves very attractive."
HEATH HOVER MYSTERY.
TIMES.--"A capital mystery and detective story, with some exciting scenes in India."
JOSEPH HOCKING
THE PRINCE OF THIS WORLD.
THE FINANCIAL TIMES.--"A strong knowledge of human nature, for which Mr. Hocking is famous, is well portrayed in the pages of this novel, and this, in conjunction with the interesting nature of the plot, renders it particularly successful. The book will be appreciated by novel readers."
ROGER TREWINION.
T P'S WEEKLY.--"It is a foregone conclusion that Mr. Hocking will always have a good story to tell. 'Roger Trewinion' can stand forth with the best, a strong love interest, plenty of adventure, an atmosphere of superstition, and Cornwall as the scene."
THE COMING OF THE KING.
THE GLASGOW HERALD.--"Mr. Hocking's imagination is fertile, and his skill in the arrangement of incident far above the average, and there is an air of reality in all his writing which is peculiarly charming."
ESAU.
THE OUTLOOK.--"Remarkable for the dramatic power with which the scenes are drawn and the intense human interest which Mr. Hocking has woven about his characters. 'Esau' is sure to be one of the novels of the season."
GREATER LOVE.
THE NEWCASTLE CHRONICLE.--"Though of a totally different character from 'Lest We Forget,' Mr. Hocking's latest story is entitled to take rank along with that fine romance."
LEST WE FORGET.
PUBLIC OPINION.--"His story is quite as good as any we have read of the Stanley Weyman's school, and presents an excellent picture of the exciting times of Gardiner and Bonner."
AND SHALL TRELAWNEY DIE?
THE WEEKLY SUN.--"An engaging and fascinating romance. The reader puts the story down with a sigh, and wishes there were more of these breezy Cornish uplands, for Mr. Joseph Hocking's easy style of narrative does not soon tire."
JABEZ EASTERBROOK.
THE ROCK.--"Real strength is shown in the sketches, of which that of Brother Bowman is most prominent. In its way it is delightful."
THE WEAPONS OF MYSTERY.
"Weapons of Mystery" is a singularly powerful story of occult influences and of their exertion for evil purposes.
ZILLAH: A ROMANCE.
THE SPECTATOR.--"The drawing of some of the characters indicates the possession by Mr. Hocking of a considerable gift of humour. The contents of his book indicate that he takes a genuine interest in the deeper problems of the day."
THE MONK OF MAR-SABA.
THE STAR.--"Great power and thrilling interest.... The scenery of the Holy Land has rarely been so vividly described as in this charming book of Mr. Hocking's."
THE PURPLE ROBE.
THE QUEEN.--"It is exceedingly clever, and excites the reader's interest and brings out the powerful nature of the clever young minister. This most engrossing book challenges comparison with the brilliance of Lothair."
THE SCARLET WOMAN.
THE METHODIST RECORDER.--"This is Mr. Hocking's strongest and best book. We advise every one to read it. The plot is simple, compact and strenuous; the writing powerful."
ALL MEN ARE LIARS.
THE CHRISTIAN WORLD.--"This is a notable book. Thoughtful people will be fascinated by its actuality, its fearlessness, and the insight it gives into the influence of modern thought and literature upon the minds and morals of our most promising manhood."
ISHMAEL PENGELLY: AN OUTCAST.
THE ATHENÆUM.--"The book is to be recommended for the dramatic effectiveness of some of the scenes. The wild, half-mad woman is always picturesque wherever she appears, and the rare self-repression of her son is admirably done."
THE STORY OF ANDREW FAIRFAX.
THE MANCHESTER EXAMINER.--"Rustic scenes and characters are drawn with free, broad touches, without Mr. Buchanan's artificiality, and, if we may venture to say it, with more realism than Mr. Hardy's country pictures."
THE BIRTHRIGHT.
THE SPECTATOR.--"'The Birthright' is, in its way, quite as well constructed, as well written, and as full of incident as any story that has come from the pen of Sir Conan Doyle or Mr. Stanley Weyman."
MISTRESS NANCY MOLESWORTH.
THE SCOTSMAN.--"'Mistress Nancy Molesworth' is as charming a story of the kind as could be wished, and it excels in literary workmanship as well as in imaginative vigour and daring invention."
FIELDS OF FAIR RENOWN.
THE DUNDEE ADVERTISER.--"Mr. Hocking has produced a work which his readers of all classes will appreciate.... There are exhibited some of the most beautiful aspects of disposition."
GOD AND MAMMON.
THE LITERARY WORLD.--"The hero of Mr. Hocking's latest novel is a clever young country lawyer. The story is vigorously told, his struggles, his success and his love affairs are vividly described, while a strong religious tone pervades the book."
MARIE CONNOR LEIGHTON
HER CONVICT HUSBAND.
Although Mrs. Leighton's work is often spoken of as "melodramatic," it is of the kind that one enthuses over by reason of its emotional interest and unusual realism.
HER MARRIAGE LINES.
Can be safely recommended to those who like their fiction hot and strong and full of sensation of the more robust sort. Marie Connor Leighton has proved herself one of our cleanest and most prolific weavers of sensational novels, and "Her Marriage Lines" shows no diminution of her inventive faculties.
DUCKS AND DRAKES.
A tale comparable to "Convict 99" in its actuality and holding interest.
THE MISSING MISS RANDOLPH.
Marie C. Leighton has done full justice to her reputation as a writer of highly sensational and dramatic fiction.
THE TRIANGLE.
THE COMMENTATOR.--"Altogether a most powerful and well-written novel; and one likely to maintain a permanently conspicuous position upon every library list."
EDGAR WALLACE.
GREY TIMOTHY.
DAILY NEWS AND LEADER.--"Mr. Wallace has written one of the most exciting and sensational stories we have read for some time."
SANDERS OF THE RIVER.
THE SPORTSMAN.--"Mr. Wallace is an artist. He lifts us out of ourselves into another world, and makes it not less real than the one we are in daily contact with."
THE PEOPLE OF THE RIVER.
THE GENTLEMAN'S JOURNAL.--"There is masculine virility in every line, and from first to last our attention is closely gripped; a grand book, unaffected and sincere."
PRIVATE SELBY.
THE SCOTSMAN.--"The story is always attractive by the cleverness with which it keeps fantastic history persuasive, and it goes so quickly that it is over before one realizes that it is unreal."
THE RIVER OF STARS.
Another of Mr. Edgar Wallace's strenuous tales of crime and adventure.
CHARLES G. D. ROBERTS'
NATURE BOOKS.
"Picturesque, full of character, instructive, entertaining, often thrilling--the stories are sure to be received with the same pleasure as their predecessors have been by both the naturalist and the lover of good literature."--ILLUSTRATED SPORTING AND DRAMATIC NEWS.
"Under the guidance of Mr. Roberts we have often adventured among the wild beasts of the land and sea, and we hope to do so many times in the future. It is an education not to be missed by those who have the chance, and the chance is every one's."--THE ATHENÆUM.
THE HOUSE IN THE WATER. MORE KINDRED OF THE WILD. THE BACKWOODSMEN. KINGS IN EXILE. NEIGHBOURS UNKNOWN. THE FEET OF THE FURTIVE.
L. G. MOBERLY
FORTUNE'S FOUNDLING.
MORNING LEADER.--"Miss L. G. Moberly is, as our readers are aware, an extremely skilful weaver of mysteries, and remarkably successful in keeping up interest in them."
CHRISTINA.
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH.--"Mrs. L. G. Moberley's story runs very pleasantly along familiar grooves. It is a pretty, simply-told tale, which will delight this popular author's many readers."
HIS LITTLE GIRL.
THE DERBYSHIRE TIMES.--"It is charmingly written, a robust story, with a well-defined plot through which runs a vein of mystery and romance."
VIOLET DUNSTAN.
A distinctly pleasing romance, full of incident and cleverly told, which will delight this popular author's many readers.
EFFIE ADELAIDE ROWLANDS
IN LOVE'S LAND.
THE READING STANDARD.--"The many readers of Miss Rowlands' stories will find her latest volume even more delightful than its predecessors. It is a well-written romance, wholesome and pleasant to read, and decidedly entertaining, for the interest is well sustained to the end."
THE ROSE OF LIFE.
A remarkably fine love story, cleverly developed, and fascinating throughout.
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Transcribers note:
Minor changes have been made to correct typesetters errors; otherwise, every effort has been made to remain true to the authors words and intent.