By FIONA MACLEODGreen FireCrown 8vo. 6s.“A brilliant romance of Celtic life, partly in an old chateau in Brittany, partly in an island in the Hebrides.”—St. James’ Gazette.“Besides William Morris, now gone, there are few in whose hands the pure threads have been so skilfully and delicately woven as they have in Fiona Macleod’s.”—Pall Mall Gazette.“The fuller revelation that was looked for from Miss Macleod’s earlier works has been amply fulfilled in this volume.”—Western Mail.“The descriptive passages vibrate with colour and sound, at once delicate and vivid.”—Daily News.“Fiona Macleod carries us away at once from the modern realism into the realms of romance and mysticism. She is essentially the bard of the Celt.”—The Gentlewoman.“This clever exponent of Celtic legend and story is at her best in ‘Green Fire.’”—Literary World.“Once again has this clever author enchanted us.”—Publishers’ Circular.“A gifted writer of Celtic romance.”—Morning Post.“The two scenes we have noted prove her to be a writer of rare ability.”—New Saturday Review.“The style of this book is sustained throughout at a very high level.”—Daily Telegraph.“She stands quite alone in her particular realm of fancy, and hardly less so in her method of giving it words.”—Saturday Review.“Full of poetry, passion, and beautiful descriptions.”—The Guardian.“The book possesses a weird fascination of its own: its pages are illuminated ever and anon by brilliant flashes of genius.”—The Lady.“Miss Macleod has rarely poured herself out more fully in profuse strains of rhythmic prose than in this Celtic tale.”—Athenæum.ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE & CO2, WHITEHALL GARDENS, WESTMINSTER, S.W.
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“A brilliant romance of Celtic life, partly in an old chateau in Brittany, partly in an island in the Hebrides.”—St. James’ Gazette.
“Besides William Morris, now gone, there are few in whose hands the pure threads have been so skilfully and delicately woven as they have in Fiona Macleod’s.”—Pall Mall Gazette.
“The fuller revelation that was looked for from Miss Macleod’s earlier works has been amply fulfilled in this volume.”—Western Mail.
“The descriptive passages vibrate with colour and sound, at once delicate and vivid.”—Daily News.
“Fiona Macleod carries us away at once from the modern realism into the realms of romance and mysticism. She is essentially the bard of the Celt.”—The Gentlewoman.
“This clever exponent of Celtic legend and story is at her best in ‘Green Fire.’”—Literary World.
“Once again has this clever author enchanted us.”—Publishers’ Circular.
“A gifted writer of Celtic romance.”—Morning Post.
“The two scenes we have noted prove her to be a writer of rare ability.”—New Saturday Review.
“The style of this book is sustained throughout at a very high level.”—Daily Telegraph.
“She stands quite alone in her particular realm of fancy, and hardly less so in her method of giving it words.”—Saturday Review.
“Full of poetry, passion, and beautiful descriptions.”—The Guardian.
“The book possesses a weird fascination of its own: its pages are illuminated ever and anon by brilliant flashes of genius.”—The Lady.
“Miss Macleod has rarely poured herself out more fully in profuse strains of rhythmic prose than in this Celtic tale.”—Athenæum.
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