ETHEL TURNER

1The Recollections of Geoffry Hamlyn.2Ravenshoe.3The Hillyars and the Burtons.4Silcote of Silcotes.5Stretton.6Austin Elliot and The Harveys.7Mdlle. Mathilde.8Old Margaret, and other Stories.9Valentin, and Number Seventeen.10Oakshott Castle and The Grange Garden.11Reginald Hetherege and Leighton Court.12The Boy in Grey, and other Stories.

"Henry Kingsley was born to wear the purple of romance.... Where will any one who is ordinary and sane find better comradeship? Scarcely outside the novels of Walter Scott.... Messrs. Ward, Lock & Bowden's edition of this despotic and satisfying romancer is cheap, and well printed, and comfortable to hold. Those who love Kingsley will love him again and better for this edition, and those who have not loved have a joy in store that we envy them."—The National Observer.

"To Mr. Clement Shorter and to the publishers the unreserved thanks of the public are warmly due; there can be no finer mission from the world of fiction to the world of fact than the putting forth of these ennobling novels afresh and in a fitting form."—The Daily Chronicle.

"To renew your acquaintance with Henry Kingsley is for Henry Kingsley to stand forth victorious all along the line. His work, in truth, is moving and entertaining now as it was moving and entertaining thirty odd years ago."—The Pall Mall Gazette.

Seven Little Australians.With Twenty-six Illustrations byA. J. Johnson. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, bevelled, gilt edges, 3s. 6d.

"Ought to capture hearts young and old as 'Helen's Babies' captured them—a book which both children and adults will love."—The Queen.

The Family at Misrule.A Sequel to the above. With Twenty-nine Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, bevelled, gilt edges 3s. 6d.

"Its charm consists in its simple and natural style, its mingled fun and pathos, and in the delineation of the characters."—The Standard.

The Story of a Baby.With Two Full-page Illustrations bySt. Clair Simmons. Square fcap. 8vo, cloth elegant, gilt top, 2s. 6d.

"A very fetching little story."—The New Budget.

"'The Story of a Baby' is charmingly written."—Scotsman.

The Little Duchess, and Other Stories.With Two Full-page Illustrations bySydney Cowell. Square fcap. 8vo, cloth elegant, gilt top, price 2s. 6d.

The opening story, "The Little Duchess," is one of the most charming pieces of work Miss Turner has ever done. A prettier and more pathetic story has seldom been written. Some of the other stories in the book run over with humour, and reveal Miss Turner in quite a new vein. To readers who are weary of "problem-studies" and sex-stories—readers who want to be delighted and amused—the volume will afford infinite pleasure.

The Dead Gallant; together with "The King of Hearts" ByOutram Tristram. With Full-page Illustrations byHugh ThomsonandSt. George Hare. Crown 8vo, art linen gilt, 5s.

"Both stories are well written in faultless English, and display a knowledge of history, a careful study of character, and a fine appreciation of a dramatic point, all too rare in these days of slipshod fiction."—National Observer.

Kriegspiel: the War Game.A Novel. ByFrancis Hindes Groome, Author of "Two Suffolk Friends," "In Gypsy Tents," etc. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 6s.

"Seemingly at one bound Mr. Groome has taken rank among the most promising novelists of the day, so full is 'Kriegspiel' of interest, of stirring incident, and of vivid and varied sketches of men and manners from contemporary English life."—The Illustrated London News.

"As regards the pictures of gipsy life, the book is full of touches which could only have come from a writer who has had intimate personal contact with the Romanies, and who was at the same time deeply versed in their traditional lore.... As a gipsy novel, as a novel depicting gipsy life, 'Kriegspiel' is unrivalled."—The Athenæum.

The Tale of Chloe; The House on the Beach; and The Case of General Ople and Lady Camper. ByGeorge Meredith, Author of "The Ordeal of Richard Feverel," etc. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.

"'The Tale of Chloe' is one of the gems of English fiction.... We question whether, even in Mr. Meredith's rich array of female characters, there is any more lovable than Chloe."—Daily Telegraph.

The Tragic Comedians: A Study in a well-known Story. With Note byClement Shorter, and Photogravure Portrait of the Author. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.

"One of the most brilliant of all George Meredith's novels."—The Speaker.

A Sunless Heart.Third and Cheap Edition. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s.

"Mr. W. T. Stead, in his article on 'Women Novelists,' writes of 'its intrinsic merit, its originality and its pathos, its distinctively woman's outlook on life, and the singular glow and genius of its author.' ... Lotus is a distinct creation—vivid, life-like, and original" (Review of Reviews).

Honey of Aloes, and other Stories.ByNora Vynne, Author of "The Blind Artist's Pictures." Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.

"Not only do they abound in literary merit, but in thrilling interest, and there is not one of them that is not instinct with intense and veracious humanity."—Daily Telegraph.

"Irresistibly amusing, full of character, humour, truth, with much underlying pathos."—The World.

A Comedy of Honour.With Two Full-page Illustrations byBertha Newcombe. Square fcap. 8vo, cloth elegant, gilt top, 2s. 6d.

"A bright and racy little story.... This charming and meritorious story."—Literary World.

"The story is as clever and as witty as previous works by Miss Vynne,"—The Scotsman.

Fort Frayne.A Story of Army Life in the North-West. With Portrait of the Author. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.

"A rattling good story.... Keeps one interested and amused from first to last."—Pall Mall Gazette.

"A story of border warfare, so interesting that it is hard to lay it down.... A very well-written story, full of keen interest and fine character."—Guardian.

In Ole Virginia; or, "Marse Chan," and other Stories. ByThos. Nelson Page. With Introduction byT. P. O'Connor, M.P., and Frontispiece byGeorge Hutchinson. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.

"Pathos and humour are mingled with singular felicity.... Few will read 'Marse Chan' with dry eyes."—Leeds Mercury.

The Burial of the Guns, and other Stories. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.

"Very beautiful and touching.... It is a heroic book, and also a most pathetic one,"—The Guardian.

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