Chapter XII: Part 12

“‘In the Golden Days’ is an excellent novel of a kind we are always particularly glad to recommend. It has a good foundation of plot and incident, a thoroughly noble and wholesome motive, a hero who really acts and suffers heroically, and two very nice heroines. The historical background is very carefully indicated, but is never allowed to become more than background.”--_Guardian._

WON BY WAITING.

“The Dean’s daughters are perfectly real characters--the learned Cornelia especially;--the little impulsive French heroine, who endures their cold hospitality and at last wins their affection, is thoroughly charming; while throughout the book there runs a golden thread of pure brotherly and sisterly love, which pleasantly reminds us that the making and marring of marriage is not, after all, the sum total of real life.”--_Academy._

“‘Won by Waiting’ is a very pleasing and well-written tale; full of graphic descriptions of French and English life, with incidents and characters well sustained. A book with such pleasant reading, and with such a healthy tone and influence, is a great boon to the young people in our families.”--_Freeman._

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HIS LITTLE MOTHER. By the Author of “John Halifax, Gentleman.”

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“This book is written with all Mrs. Craik’s grace of style, the chief charm of which, after all, is its simplicity.”--_Glasgow Herald._

MY LORD AND MY LADY. By MRS. FORRESTER.

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SOPHY. By VIOLET FANE.

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A HOUSE PARTY. By OUIDA.

“‘A House Party’ will be read, firstly, because it is Ouida’s, and, secondly, because of the brightness of the conversations and descriptions. It is indeed more like a comedy than any other of the writer’s books.”--_Globe._

OMNIA VANITAS. By MRS. FORRESTER.

“This book is pleasant and well meant. Here and there are some good touches. Sir Ralph is a man worth reading about.”--_Academy._

“This tale is well and cleverly written; the characters are drawn and sustained with considerable power, and the conversation is always bright and lively.”--_Glasgow Herald._

BETRAYAL OF REUBEN HOLT. By BARBARA LAKE.

“This novel shows considerable power of writing. There are some striking scenes and incidents.”--_Scotsman._

“This tale displays elevation of thought and feeling, united to no little grace of expression.”--_Post._

THE BRANDRETHS. By the Right Hon. A. J. B. BERESFORD HOPE, M.P.

“The great attraction of this novel is the easy, conversational, knowledgeable tone of it; the sketching from the life, and yet not so close to the life as to be malicious, men, women, periods, and events, to all of which intelligent readers can fit a name. The political and social sketches will naturally excite the chief interest among readers who will be attracted by the author’s name and experience.”--_Spectator._

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“‘St. Briavels’ is a story replete with variety, and in all developments of her plot the author skilfully maintains an unabated interest.”--_Morning Post._

A LILY MAID. By WILLIAM GEORGE WATERS. 3 vols.

“A story of the keenest interest. Mr. Waters’ plot is neat, and his style is bright and pleasing.”--_Daily Telegraph._

“‘A Lily Maid’ is throughout exceedingly pleasant reading.”--_Morning Post._

LIKE LUCIFER. By DENZIL VANE. 3 vols.

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“Denzil Vane has a talent for lively, fluent writing, and a power of tracing character.”--_Whitehall Review._

A DAUGHTER OF THE GODS. By JANE STANLEY. 2 vols.

“‘A Daughter of the Gods’ is very pretty. That is a description which specially suits the easy-flowing, love-making story.”--_Athenæum._

LUCIA. By Mrs. AUGUSTUS CRAVEN, Author of “A Sister’s Story.” Translated by LADY HERBERT OF LEA. 2 vols.

“This is a very pretty, touching, and consoling story. The tale is as much above the ordinary romance as the fresh air of the seaside is better than the stifling atmosphere of the fashionable quarter of the gayest city.”--_St. James’s Gazette._

“‘Lucia’ is as good a novel as has been published for a long time.”--_Academy._

LOVE, THE PILGRIM. By MAY CROMMELIN, Author of “Queenie,” “A Jewel of a Girl,” &c. 3 vols.

“‘Love, the Pilgrim’ is a pretty story, which, beginning quietly, develops into one of very sensational incident indeed.”--_Graphic._

“A tale of thrilling interest.”--_Scotsman._

THE KING CAN DO NO WRONG. By PAMELA SNEYD, Author of “Jack Urquhart’s Daughter.” 2 vols.

“This novel gives evidence of imagination, insight into character, and power of delineation.”--_Athenæum._

“Shows command of exceptional narrative and descriptive power--the story is told with cleverness and force.”--_Scotsman._

THE COURTING OF MARY SMITH. By F. W. ROBINSON, Author of “Grandmother’s Money,” “No Church,” &c. 3 vols.

“One of the finest studies that any of our novelists has produced of late years. To read such a book is to strengthen the soul with a moral tonic.”--_Athenæum._

“The book is full of the truths and experiences of actual life, woven into a romance by an undoubtedly clever novelist.”--_Morning Post._

THRO’ LOVE AND WAR. By VIOLET FANE, Author of “Sophy: or the Adventures of a Savage,” &c. 3 vols.

“‘Thro’ Love and War’ has a succinct and intelligible plot, and is written with a quaint combination of acute perception, veiled sarcasm, and broad fun, which is certain to ensure for it a wide popularity.”--_The World._

PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF A LADY in 1814, 1815, 1816. By HAMILTON AIDÉ, Author of “Rita,” “Penruddocke,” “Poet and Peer,” &c. 3 vols.

TILL MY WEDDING DAY. By a French Lady. 2 vols.

THE GREEN HILLS BY THE SEA: A MANX STORY. By HUGH COLEMAN DAVIDSON. 3 vols.

VICTIMS. By THEO GIFT, Author of “Pretty Miss Bellew,” “Lil Lorimer,” &c. 3 vols.

THE BROKEN SEAL. By DORA RUSSELL, Author of “Footprints in the Snow,” &c. 3 vols.

“Miss Dora Russell writes easily and well, and she has the gift of making her characters describe themselves by their dialogue, which is bright and natural.”--_Athenæum._

MURIEL’S MARRIAGE. By ESME STUART, Author of “A Faire Damzell,” &c. 3 vols.

“Much of the interest and charm of the story, and both are considerable, are due to the delineations, not merely of the two principal personages, but of the minor characters.”--_Scotsman._

ONCE AGAIN. By Mrs. FORRESTEr, Author of “Viva,” “Mignon,” “My Lord and My Lady,” &c. (_Second Edition_) 3 vols.

“A really fascinating story. Bright and often original as is Mrs. Forrester, her peculiar gifts have never been seen to better advantage than in ‘Once Again.’ An undercurrent of tragedy runs through this startling tale, and this, together with its graphically drawn characters, sets it completely apart from the ordinary society story.”--_Morning Post._

A WILFUL YOUNG WOMAN. By A. PRICE, Author of “A Rustic Maid,” “Who is Sylvia?” &c. 3 vols.

“A very readable story. Mrs. Price has drawn her _dramatis personæ_ with some power and vigour.”--_Academy._

“The story is throughout both sound and high-principled.”--_Literary World._

THE SURVIVORS. By HENRY CRESSWELL, Author of “A Modern Greek Heroine,” “Incognita,” &c. 3 vols.

“There is cleverness in this book, and occasional brilliancy and wit.”--_Academy._

“An amusing comedy of modern life; there are some good situations and striking episodes in the book.”--_Athenæum._

A WICKED GIRL. By MARY CECIL HAY, Author of “Old Myddelton’s Money,” &c. 3 vols.

“The author of ‘Old Myddelton’s Money’ always manages to write interesting stories.”--_Academy._

“The story ‘A Wicked Girl’ has an ingeniously carried out plot. Miss Hay is a graceful writer, and her pathos is genuine.”--_Post._

THE WOOING OF CATHERINE. By E. FRANCES POYNTER, Author of “My Little Lady,” &c. 2 vols.

“The figures are drawn with clear, bold strokes, each individual standing before us with marked personality, while the backgrounds are effective and striking.”--_Literary World._

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II.--JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN.

“The new and cheaper edition of this interesting work will doubtless meet with great success. John Halifax, the hero of this most beautiful story, is no ordinary hero, and this his history is no ordinary book. It is a full-length portrait of a true gentleman, one of nature’s own nobility. It is also the history of a home, and a thoroughly English one. The work abounds in incident, and many of the scenes are full of graphic power and true pathos. It is a book that few will read without becoming wiser and better.”--_Scotsman._

“This story is very interesting. The attachment between John Halifax and his wife is beautifully painted, as are the pictures of their domestic life, and the growing up of their children; and the conclusion of the book is beautiful and touching.”--_Athenæum._

III.--THE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS.

BY ELIOT WARBURTON.

“Independent of its value as an original narrative, and its useful and interesting information, this work is remarkable for the colouring power and play of fancy with which its descriptions are enlivened. Among its greatest and most lasting charms is its reverent and serious spirit.”--_Quarterly Review._

“Mr. Warburton has fulfilled the promise of his title-page. The ‘Realities of Eastern Travel’ are described with a vividness which invests them with deep and abiding interest; while the ‘Romantic’ adventures which the enterprising tourist met with in his course are narrated with a spirit which shows how much he enjoyed these reliefs from the ennui of every-day life.”--_Globe._

IV.--NATHALIE.

BY JULIA KAVANAGH.

“‘Nathalie’ is Miss Kavanagh’s best imaginative effort. Its manner is gracious and attractive. Its matter is good. A sentiment, a tenderness, are commanded by her which are as individual as they are elegant. We should not soon come to an end were we to specify all the delicate touches and attractive pictures which place ‘Nathalie’ high among books of its class.”--_Athenæum._

V.--A WOMAN’S THOUGHTS ABOUT WOMEN.

BY THE AUTHOR OF “JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN.”

“These thoughts are good and humane. They are thoughts we would wish women to think: they are much more to the purpose than the treatises upon the women and daughters of England, which were fashionable some years ago, and these thoughts mark the progress of opinion, and indicate a higher tone of character, and a juster estimate of woman’s position.”--_Athenæum._

“This excellent book is characterised by good sense, good taste, and feeling, and is written in an earnest, philanthropic, as well as practical spirit.”--_Morning Post._

VI.--ADAM GRAEME OF MOSSGRAY.

BY MRS. OLIPHANT.

“‘Adam Graeme’ is a story awakening genuine emotions of interest and delight by its admirable pictures of Scottish life and scenery. The plot is cleverly complicated, and there is great vitality in the dialogue, and remarkable brilliancy in the descriptive passages, as who that has read ‘Margaret Maitland’ would not be prepared to expect? But the story has a ‘mightier magnet still,’ in the healthy tone which pervades it, in its feminine delicacy of thought and diction, and in the truly womanly tenderness of its sentiments. The eloquent author sets before us the essential attributes of Christian virtue, their deep and silent workings in the heart, and their beautiful manifestations in the life, with a delicacy, a power, and a truth which can hardly be surpassed.”--_Morning Post._

VII.--SAM SLICK’S WISE SAWS AND MODERN INSTANCES.

“We have not the slightest intention to criticise this book. Its reputation is made, and will stand as long as that of Scott’s or Bulwer’s novels. The remarkable originality of its purpose, and the happy description it affords of American life and manners, still continue the subject of universal admiration. To say thus much is to say enough, though we must just mention that the new edition forms a part of the Publishers’ Cheap Standard Library, which has included some of the very best specimens of light literature that ever have been written.”--_Messenger._

VIII.--CARDINAL WISEMAN’S RECOLLECTIONS OF THE LAST FOUR POPES.

“A picturesque book on Rome and its ecclesiastical sovereigns, by an eloquent Roman Catholic. Cardinal Wiseman has here treated a special subject with so much generality and geniality that his recollections will excite no ill-feeling in those who are most conscientiously opposed to every idea of human infallibility represented in Papal domination.”--_Athenæum._

IX.--A LIFE FOR A LIFE.

BY THE AUTHOR OF “JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN.”

“We are always glad to welcome Mrs. Craik. She writes from her own convictions, and she has the power not only to conceive clearly what it is that she wishes to say, but to express it in language effective and vigorous. In ‘A Life for a Life’ she is fortunate in a good subject, and she has produced a work of strong effect. The reader, having read the book through for the story, will be apt (if he be of our persuasion) to return and read again many pages and passages with greater pleasure than on a first perusal. The whole book is replete with a graceful, tender delicacy; and, in addition to its other merits, it is written in good careful English.”--_Athenæum._

“‘A Life for a Life’ is a book of a high class. The characters are depicted with a masterly hand; the events are dramatically set forth; the descriptions of scenery and sketches of society are admirably penned; moreover, the work has an object--a clearly defined moral--most poetically, most beautifully drawn, and through all there is that strong, reflective mind visible which lays bare the human heart and human mind to the very core.”--_Morning Post._

X.--THE OLD COURT SUBURB.

BY LEIGH HUNT.

“A book which has afforded us no slight gratification.”--_Athenæum._

“From the mixture of description, anecdote, biography, and criticism, this book is very pleasant reading.”--_Spectator._

“A more agreeable and entertaining book has not been published since Boswell produced his reminiscences of Johnson.”--_Observer._

XI.--MARGARET AND HER BRIDESMAIDS.

BY THE AUTHOR OF “THE VALLEY OF A HUNDRED FIRES.”

“We recommend all who are in search of a fascinating novel to read this work for themselves. They will find it well worth their while. There are a freshness and originality about it quite charming, and there is a certain nobleness in the treatment both of sentiment and incident which is not often found.”--_Athenæum._

XII.--THE OLD JUDGE; OR, LIFE IN A COLONY.

BY SAM SLICK.

“A peculiar interest attaches to sketches of colonial life, and readers could not have a safer guide than the talented author of this work, who, by a residence of half a century, has practically grasped the habits, manners, and social conditions of the colonists he describes. All who wish to form a fair idea of the difficulties and pleasures of life in a new country, unlike England in some respects, yet like it in many, should read this book.”-- _John Bull._

XIII.--DARIEN; OR, THE MERCHANT PRINCE.

BY ELIOT WARBURTON.

“This last production of the author of ‘The Crescent and the Cross’ has the same elements of a very wide popularity. It will please its thousands.”--_Globe._

“Eliot Warburton’s active and productive genius is amply exemplified in the present book. We have seldom met with any work in which the realities of history and the poetry of fiction were more happily interwoven.”--_Illustrated News._

XIV.--FAMILY ROMANCE; OR, DOMESTIC ANNALS OF THE ARISTOCRACY.

BY SIR BERNARD BURKE, ULSTER KING OF ARMS.

“It were impossible to praise too highly this most interesting book, whether we should have regard to its excellent plan or its not less excellent execution. It ought to be found on every drawing-room table. Here you have nearly fifty captivating romances with the pith of all their interest preserved in undiminished poignancy, and any one may be read in half an hour. It is not the least of their merits that the romances are founded on fact--or what, at least, has been handed down for truth by long tradition--and the romance of reality far exceeds the romance of fiction.”--_Standard._

XV.--THE LAIRD OF NORLAW.

BY MRS. OLIPHANT.

“We have had frequent opportunities of commending Messrs. Hurst and Blackett’s Standard Library. For neatness, elegance, and distinctness the volumes in this series surpass anything with which we are familiar. ‘The Laird of Norlaw’ will fully sustain the author’s high reputation. The reader is carried on from first to last with an energy of sympathy that never flags.”--_Sunday Times._

“‘The Laird of Norlaw’ is worthy of the author’s reputation. It is one of the most exquisite of modern novels.”--_Observer._

XVI.--THE ENGLISHWOMAN IN ITALY.

BY MRS. G. GRETTON.

“Mrs. Gretton had opportunities which rarely fall to the lot of strangers of becoming acquainted with the inner life and habits of a part of the Italian peninsula which is the very centre of the national crisis. We can praise her performance as interesting, unexaggerated, and full of opportune instruction.”--_The Times._

“Mrs. Gretton’s book is timely, life-like, and for every reason to be recommended. It is impossible to close the book without liking the writer as well as the subject. The work is engaging, because real.”--_Athenæum._

XVII.--NOTHING NEW.

BY THE AUTHOR OF “JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN.”

“‘Nothing New’ displays all those superior merits which have made ‘John Halifax’ one of the most popular works of the day. There is a force and truthfulness about these tales which mark them as the production of no ordinary mind, and we cordially recommend them to the perusal of all lovers of fiction.”--_Morning Post._

XVIII.--LIFE OF JEANNE D’ALBRET, QUEEN OF NAVARRE.

BY MISS FREER.

“We have read this book with great pleasure, and have no hesitation in recommending it to general perusal. It reflects the highest credit on the industry and ability of Miss Freer. Nothing can be more interesting than her story of the life of Jeanne D’Albret, and the narrative is as trustworthy as it is attractive.”--_Morning Post._

XIX.--THE VALLEY OF A HUNDRED FIRES.

BY THE AUTHOR OF “MARGARET AND HER BRIDESMAIDS.”

“If asked to classify this work, we should give it a place between ‘John Halifax’ and ‘The Caxtons.’”--_Standard._

“The spirit in which the whole book is written is refined and good.”--_Athenæum._

“This is in every sense a charming novel.”--_Messenger._

XX.--THE ROMANCE OF THE FORUM; OR, NARRATIVES, SCENES, AND ANECDOTES FROM COURTS OF JUSTICE.

BY PETER BURKE, SERJEANT AT LAW.

“This attractive book will be perused with much interest. It contains a great variety of singular and highly romantic stories.”--_John Bull._

“A work of singular interest, which can never fail to charm and absorb the reader’s attention. The present cheap and elegant edition includes the true story of the Colleen Bawn.”--_Illustrated News._

XXI.--ADÈLE.

BY JULIA KAVANAGH.

“‘Adèle’ is the best work we have read by Miss Kavanagh; it is a charming story, full of delicate character-painting. The interest kindled in the first chapter burns brightly to the close.”--_Athenæum._

“‘Adèle’ will fully sustain the reputation of Miss Kavanagh, high as it already ranks.”--_John Bull._

“‘Adèle’ is a love-story of very considerable pathos and power. It is a very clever novel.”--_Daily News._

XXII.--STUDIES FROM LIFE.

BY THE AUTHOR OF “JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN.”

“These ‘Studies’ are truthful and vivid pictures of life, often earnest, always full of right feeling, and occasionally lightened by touches of quiet, genial humour. The volume is remarkable for thought, sound sense, shrewd observation, and kind and sympathetic feeling for all things good and beautiful.”--_Morning Post._

“These ‘Studies from Life’ are remarkable for graphic power and observation. The book will not diminish the reputation of the accomplished author.”--_Saturday Review._

XXIII.--GRANDMOTHER’S MONEY.

BY F. W. ROBINSON.

“We commend ‘Grandmother’s Money’ to readers in search of a good novel. The characters are true to human nature, and the story is interesting.”--_Athenæum._

XXIV.--A BOOK ABOUT DOCTORS.

BY JOHN CORDY JEAFFRESON.

“A book to be read and re-read; fit for the study as well as the drawing-room table and the circulating library.”--_Lancet._

“This is a pleasant book for the fireside season, and for the seaside season. Mr. Jeaffreson has, out of hundreds of volumes, collected thousands of good things, adding thereto much that appears in print for the first time, and which, of course, gives increased value to this very readable book.”--_Athenæum._

XXV.--NO CHURCH.

BY F. W. ROBINSON.

“We advise all who have the opportunity to read this book. It is well worth the study.”--_Athenæum._

“A work of great originality, merit, and power.”--_Standard._

XXVI.--MISTRESS AND MAID.

BY THE AUTHOR OF “JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN.”

“A good wholesome book, gracefully written, and as pleasant to read as it is instructive.”--_Athenæum._

“A charming tale, charmingly told.”--_Standard._

“All lovers of a good novel will hail with delight another of Mrs. Craik’s charming stories.”--_John Bull._

XXVII.--LOST AND SAVED.

BY THE HON. MRS. NORTON.

“‘Lost and Saved’ will be read with eager interest by those who love a touching story. It is a vigorous novel.”--_Times._

“This story is animated, full of exciting situations and stirring incidents. The characters are delineated with great power. Above and beyond these elements of a good novel, there is that indefinable charm with which true genius invests all it touches.”--_Daily News._

XXVIII.--LES MISERABLES.

BY VICTOR HUGO.

_Authorised Copyright English Translation._

“The merits of ‘Les Miserables’ do not merely consist in the conception of it as a whole; it abounds with details of unequalled beauty. M. Victor Hugo has stamped upon every page the hall-mark of genius.”--_Quarterly Review._

XXIX.--BARBARA’S HISTORY.

BY AMELIA B. EDWARDS.

“It is not often that we light upon a novel of so much merit and interest as ‘Barbara’s History.’ It is a work conspicuous for taste and literary culture. It is a very graceful and charming book, with a well-managed story, clearly-cut characters, and sentiments expressed with an exquisite elocution. The dialogues especially sparkle with repartee. It is a book which the world will like. This is high praise of a work of art and so we intend it.”--_The Times._

XXX.--LIFE OF THE REV. EDWARD IRVING.

BY MRS. OLIPHANT.

“A good book on a most interesting theme.”--_Times._

“A truly interesting and most affecting memoir. ‘Irving’s Life’ ought to have a niche in every gallery of religious biography. There are few lives that will be fuller of instruction, interest, and consolation.”--_Saturday Review._

XXXI.--ST. OLAVE’S.

BY THE AUTHOR OF “JANITA’S CROSS.”

“This novel is the work of one who possesses a great talent for writing, as well as experience and knowledge of the world. The whole book is worth reading.”--_Athenæum._

“‘St Olave’s’ belongs to a lofty order of fiction. It is a good novel, but it is something more. It is written with unflagging ability, and it is as even as it is clever. The author has determined to do nothing short of the best, and has succeeded.”--_Morning Post._

XXXII.--SAM SLICK’S TRAITS OF AMERICAN HUMOUR.

“Dip where you will into this lottery of fun, you are sure to draw out a prize. These ‘Traits’ exhibit most successfully the broad national features of American humour.”--_Post._

XXXIII.--CHRISTIAN’S MISTAKE.

BY THE AUTHOR OF “JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN.”

“A more charming story has rarely been written. It is a choice gift to be able thus to render human nature so truly, to penetrate its depths with such a searching sagacity, and to illuminate them with a radiance so eminently the writer’s own.”--_Times._

XXXIV.--ALEC FORBES OF HOWGLEN.

BY GEORGE MAC DONALD, LL.D.

“No account of this story would give any idea of the profound interest that pervades the work from the first page to the last.”--_Athenæum._

“A novel of uncommon merit. Sir Walter Scott said he would advise no man to try to read ‘Clarissa Harlowe’ out loud in company if he wished to keep his character for manly superiority to tears. We fancy a good many hardened old novel-readers will feel a rising in the throat as they follow the fortunes of Alec and Annie.”--_Pall Mall Gazette._

XXXV.--AGNES.

BY MRS. OLIPHANT.

“‘Agnes’ is a novel superior to any of Mrs. Oliphant’s former works.”--_Athenæum._

“Mrs. Oliphant is one of the most admirable of our novelists. In her works there are always to be found high principle, good taste, sense, and refinement. ‘Agnes’ is a story whose pathetic beauty will appeal irresistibly to all readers.”--_Morning Post._

XXXVI.--A NOBLE LIFE.

BY THE AUTHOR OF “JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN.”

“Few men and no women will read ‘A Noble Life’ without feeling themselves the better for the effort.”--_Spectator._

“A beautifully written and touching tale. It is a noble book.”--_Morning Post._

“‘A Noble Life’ is remarkable for the high types of character it presents, and the skill with which they are made to work out a story of powerful and pathetic interest.”--_Daily News._

XXXVII.--NEW AMERICA.

BY W. HEPWORTH DIXON.

“A very interesting book. Mr. Dixon has written thoughtfully and well.”--_Times._

“We recommend everyone who feels any interest in human nature to read Mr. Dixon’s very interesting book.”--_Saturday Review._

XXXVIII.--ROBERT FALCONER.

BY GEORGE MAC DONALD, LL.D.

“‘Robert Falconer’ is a work brimful of life and humour and of the deepest human interest. It is a book to be returned to again and again for the deep and searching knowledge it evinces of human thoughts and feelings.”--_Athenæum._

XXXIX.--THE WOMAN’S KINGDOM.

BY THE AUTHOR OF “JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN.”

“‘The Woman’s Kingdom’ sustains the author’s reputation as a writer of the purest and noblest kind of domestic stories.”--_Athenæum._

“‘The Woman’s Kingdom’ is remarkable for its romantic interest. The characters are masterpieces. Edna is worthy of the hand that drew John Halifax.”--_Morning Post._

XL.--ANNALS OF AN EVENTFUL LIFE.

BY GEORGE WEBBE DASENT, D.C.L.

“A racy, well-written, and original novel. The interest never flags. The whole work sparkles with wit and humour.”--_Quarterly Review._

XLI.--DAVID ELGINBROD.

BY GEORGE MAC DONALD, LL.D.

“A novel which is the work of a man of genius. It will attract the highest class of readers.”--_Times._

XLII.--A BRAVE LADY.

BY THE AUTHOR OF “JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN.”

“We earnestly recommend this novel. It is a special and worthy specimen of the author’s remarkable powers. The reader’s attention never for a moment flags.”--_Post._

“‘A Brave Lady’ thoroughly rivets the unmingled sympathy of the reader, and her history deserves to stand foremost among the author’s works.”--_Daily Telegraph._

XLIII.--HANNAH.

BY THE AUTHOR OF “JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN.”

“A very pleasant, healthy story, well and artistically told. The book is sure of a wide circle of readers. The character of Hannah is one of rare beauty.”--_Standard._

“A powerful novel of social and domestic life. One of the most successful efforts of a successful novelist.”--_Daily News._

XLIV.--SAM SLICK’S AMERICANS AT HOME.

“This is one of the most amusing books that we ever read.”--_Standard._

“‘The Americans at Home’ will not be less popular than any of Judge Halliburton’s previous works.”--_Morning Post._

XLV.--THE UNKIND WORD.

BY THE AUTHOR OF “JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN.”

“These stories are gems of narrative. Indeed, some of them, in their touching grace and simplicity, seem to us to possess a charm even beyond the authoress’s most popular novels. Of none of them can this be said more emphatically than of that which opens the series, ‘The Unkind Word.’ It is wonderful to see the imaginative power displayed in the few delicate touches by which this successful love-story is sketched out.”--_The Echo._

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WISE SAWS AND MODERN INSTANCES.

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TRAITS OF AMERICAN HUMOUR.

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THE AMERICANS AT HOME.

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A WOMAN’S THOUGHTS ABOUT WOMEN.

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A LIFE FOR A LIFE.

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NOTHING NEW.

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THE WOMAN’S KINGDOM.

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STUDIES FROM LIFE.

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CHRISTIAN’S MISTAKE.

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MISTRESS AND MAID.

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A NOBLE LIFE.

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A BRAVE LADY.

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“A most charming story.”--_Standard._

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HANNAH.

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THE UNKIND WORD.

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YOUNG MRS. JARDINE.

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THE LAIRD OF NORLAW.

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IT WAS A LOVER AND HIS LASS.

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AGNES.

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A ROSE IN JUNE.

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PHŒBE, JUNIOR.

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FOOTNOTES:

[1] It may be objected that this story pertains more to the seventeenth than the eighteenth century; but, as the man Roderick was alive in the last century, I claim him as belonging to it.

[2] ‘The History of St. Kilda,’ etc. By the Rev. Mr. Kenneth Macaulay. London, 1764.

[3] ‘Description of the Western Isles of Scotland, called Hebrides,’ etc.

[4] Harris.

[5] _Scottice_, are without.

[6] ‘A Late Voyage to St. Kilda, the Remotest of all the Hebrides,’ etc., London, 1698.

[7] Head-dress.

[8] Venus, her lap dog.

[9] A game at cards introduced into France by Signor Justiniani, Ambassador of Venice in 1674. The players are the dealer or banker, his assistant, who looks after the losing cards--a _croupier_, in fact--and the punters, or anyone who plays against the banker.

[10] To understand the numerous allusions to the game of cards called Quadrill, it is necessary that the principles of the game should be given. It was played by four persons, each having ten cards dealt to them.

The general laws of this game are, 1. It is not permitted to deal the cards otherwise than four by three, the dealer being at liberty to begin with which of those numbers he pleases. 2. If he who plays either _sans prendre_, or calling a king, names a trump of a different suit from that his game is in, or names two several suits, that which he first named must be the trump. 3. He who plays must name the trump by its proper name, as he likewise must the king he calls. 4. He who has said ‘I pass,’ must not be again admitted to play, except he plays by force, upon account of his having Spadille. 5. He who has asked the question, and has leave given him to play, is obliged to do it: but he must not play _sans prendre_ except he is forced to do it. 6. He who has the four kings may call the queen of either of his kings. 7. Neither the king nor queen of the suit which is trumps must be called. 8. He who has one or several kings may call any king he has in his hand; in such case, if he wins, he alone must make six tricks; if he wins, it is all his own, and if he loses, he pays all by himself. 9. Everyone ought to play in his turn, but for having done otherwise, no one must be beasted. 10. He, however, whose turn is not to play, having in his hand the king the ombre has called, and who shall tramp about with either spadille, manille, or basto, or shall even play down the king that was called, to give notice of his being the friend, must not pretend to undertake the vole; nay, he must be condemned to be beasted if it appears that he did it with any fraudulent design. 11. He who has drawn a card from his game, and presented it openly in order to play it, is obliged so to do, if his retaining it may be either prejudicial to his game, or give any information to his friend, especially if the card is a matadore; but he who plays _sans prendre_, or calls upon his own king, is not subject to this law. 12. None ought to look upon the tricks, nor to count aloud what has been played, except when it is his turn to play, but to let everyone reckon for himself. 13. He who, instead of turning up the tricks before any one of his players, shall turn up and discover his game, must be equally beasted with him whose cards he has so discovered, the one paying one half, and the other the like. 14. He who renounces must be beasted, as many times as he has so done, but, if the cards are mixed, he is to pay but one beast. 15. If the renounce prejudices the game, and the deal is not played out, everyone may take up his cards, beginning at the trick where the renounce was made, and play them over again. 16. He who shows the game before the deal is out must be beasted, except he plays _sans prendre_. 17. None of the three matadores can be commanded down by an inferior trump. 18. If he who plays _sans prendre_ with the matadores in his hand, demands only one of them, he must receive only that he mentioned. 19. He who, instead of _sans prendre_, shall demand matadores, not having them, or he who shall demand _sans prendre_ instead of matadores, cannot compel the players to pay him what is really his due. 20. Matadores are only paid when they are in the hands of the ombre, or of the king his ally, whether all in one hand, or separately in both. 21. He who undertakes the vole, and does not make it, must pay as much as he would have received had he won it. 22. He who plays and does not make three tricks is to be beasted alone, and must pay all that is to be paid; and, if he makes no tricks at all, he must also pay to his two adversaries the vole, but not to his friend.’--_The Oxford Encyclopædia_, 1828.

[11] Dressing-gown.

[12] Entendres.

[13] Wonders.

[14] These leaden combs were used for darkening the hair.

[15] Pulled down 1885.

[16]
Forsitan et nostros ducat de marmore vultus
Nectens aut Paphia myrti aut Parnasside lauri
Fronde comas--At ego secura pace quiescam.

_Milton in Manso._

[17] John Speed, the historian, died 1629, and was buried in the church of St. Giles’, Cripplegate.

[18] The few hairs of a lighter colour, are supposed to have been such as had grown on the sides of the cheeks after the corpse had been interred.

[19] ‘MDCLV. May vi, died my (now) only and eldest son, John Smith (_Proh Dolor_, beloved of all men!) at Mitcham in Surrey. Buried May ix in St. Giles, Cripplegate.’