THE GLORY OF CLEMENTINABYWilliam J. LockeAuthor of “The Belovèd Vagabond,” “Simon the Jester,” etc.Cloth12mo$1.30 netPostage 12 centsIllustrations by Arthur I. Keller“Mr. Locke has succeeded in uniting with the firm carefulness of his early work the rapid, fluent, vibrating style that makes his later books so delightful; therefore it is easy to make the deduction that ‘Clementina’ is the best piece of work he has done.”—New York Evening Sun“Among the novels of the past five years no books have more consistently produced an effect at once certain, satisfactory and delightful than those of William J. Locke. This latest addition to his shelf is full of life and laughter and the love not only of man for woman but of man for man and for humanity. Mr. Locke is a born story-teller and a master of the art of expression.”—The Outlook“The book contains a mass of good material, with original characterization, and is written in a style piquant and clever.”—The Literary Digest“A story containing the essence of humanity, with an abundance of sensible and sensitive, casual and unobtrusive commentary upon life and man, and especially upon woman.”—Boston Evening Transcript“It contains even more of the popular qualities than are usually associated with the writings of this noted author.”—Boston Times“Mr. Locke’s flights into the realms of fancy have been a delight to many readers. He has a lightness of touch that is entirely captivating, and his remarkable characterization of inconsequent people gives them a reality that is very insistent.”—Baltimore Evening Sun“Never has he drawn so deeply from that well that is the human heart; never so near those invisible heights which are the soul; and, if we are not altogether mistaken, ‘The Glory of Clementina’ will also prove to be that of its author.”—Baltimore News“A fascinating story with delicate, whimsical touches.”—Albany Times-Union“The book seems destined to live longer than any written by the author to date, because it is so sane and so fundamentally true.”—Philadelphia EnquirerJOHN LANE CO., NEW YORK
BY
Author of “The Belovèd Vagabond,” “Simon the Jester,” etc.
Cloth12mo$1.30 netPostage 12 cents
Illustrations by Arthur I. Keller
“Mr. Locke has succeeded in uniting with the firm carefulness of his early work the rapid, fluent, vibrating style that makes his later books so delightful; therefore it is easy to make the deduction that ‘Clementina’ is the best piece of work he has done.”—New York Evening Sun
“Among the novels of the past five years no books have more consistently produced an effect at once certain, satisfactory and delightful than those of William J. Locke. This latest addition to his shelf is full of life and laughter and the love not only of man for woman but of man for man and for humanity. Mr. Locke is a born story-teller and a master of the art of expression.”—The Outlook
“The book contains a mass of good material, with original characterization, and is written in a style piquant and clever.”—The Literary Digest
“A story containing the essence of humanity, with an abundance of sensible and sensitive, casual and unobtrusive commentary upon life and man, and especially upon woman.”—Boston Evening Transcript
“It contains even more of the popular qualities than are usually associated with the writings of this noted author.”—Boston Times
“Mr. Locke’s flights into the realms of fancy have been a delight to many readers. He has a lightness of touch that is entirely captivating, and his remarkable characterization of inconsequent people gives them a reality that is very insistent.”—Baltimore Evening Sun
“Never has he drawn so deeply from that well that is the human heart; never so near those invisible heights which are the soul; and, if we are not altogether mistaken, ‘The Glory of Clementina’ will also prove to be that of its author.”—Baltimore News
“A fascinating story with delicate, whimsical touches.”—Albany Times-Union
“The book seems destined to live longer than any written by the author to date, because it is so sane and so fundamentally true.”—Philadelphia Enquirer
MANALIVEBYGilbert K. ChestertonAuthor of “The Innocence of Father Brown,” “Heretics,” “Orthodoxy,” etc.Cloth12mo$1.30 netPostage 12 centsFrontispiece and Jacket Illustration by Will Foster“Mr. Chesterton has undertaken in this quaint narrative to make burlesque the vehicle of a sermon and a philosophy. It is all a part of the author’s war upon artificial attitudes which enclose the living men like a shell and make for human purposes a dead man of him. He speaks here in a parable—a parable of his own kind, having about it a broad waggishness like that of Mr. Punch and a distinct flavor of that sort of low comedy which one finds in Dickens and Shakespeare. You are likely to find, before you are done with the parable, that there has been forced upon your attention a possible view of the life worth living. ‘Manalive’ is a ‘Peterpantheistic’ novel full of Chestertonisms.”—New York Times“One of the oddest books Mr. Chesterton has yet given us.”—New York Evening Globe“The fun of the book (and there is plenty of it) comes quite as much from the extraordinary and improbable characters as from the situations. Epigrams, witticisms, odd fancies, queer conceits, singular whimsies, follow after one another in quick succession.”—Brooklyn Eagle“One of the most humorous tales of modern fiction, combined with a very tender and appealing love story.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer“The book is certain to have a wide circulation, not only because of the name of the author attached to it, but because of its own intrinsic worth.”—Buffalo Commercial“There can be no doubt as to the iridescent brilliance of the book. Page after page—full of caustic satire, humorous sally and profound epigram—fairly bristles with merriment. The book is a compact mass of scintillating wit.”—Philadelphia Public LedgerJOHN LANE CO., NEW YORK
BY
Author of “The Innocence of Father Brown,” “Heretics,” “Orthodoxy,” etc.
Cloth12mo$1.30 netPostage 12 cents
Frontispiece and Jacket Illustration by Will Foster
“Mr. Chesterton has undertaken in this quaint narrative to make burlesque the vehicle of a sermon and a philosophy. It is all a part of the author’s war upon artificial attitudes which enclose the living men like a shell and make for human purposes a dead man of him. He speaks here in a parable—a parable of his own kind, having about it a broad waggishness like that of Mr. Punch and a distinct flavor of that sort of low comedy which one finds in Dickens and Shakespeare. You are likely to find, before you are done with the parable, that there has been forced upon your attention a possible view of the life worth living. ‘Manalive’ is a ‘Peterpantheistic’ novel full of Chestertonisms.”—New York Times
“One of the oddest books Mr. Chesterton has yet given us.”—New York Evening Globe
“The fun of the book (and there is plenty of it) comes quite as much from the extraordinary and improbable characters as from the situations. Epigrams, witticisms, odd fancies, queer conceits, singular whimsies, follow after one another in quick succession.”—Brooklyn Eagle
“One of the most humorous tales of modern fiction, combined with a very tender and appealing love story.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer
“The book is certain to have a wide circulation, not only because of the name of the author attached to it, but because of its own intrinsic worth.”—Buffalo Commercial
“There can be no doubt as to the iridescent brilliance of the book. Page after page—full of caustic satire, humorous sally and profound epigram—fairly bristles with merriment. The book is a compact mass of scintillating wit.”—Philadelphia Public Ledger