Chapter IV: The Critics (4)

"By far the best piece of work that Mr Kernahan has done.... The spirit of the age, with its yearnings, its sorrows, its vague aspiration, finds expression in these pages."

_The Queen_ says--

"A work of genius. No one who has read it will ever be likely to forget it."

_The Saturday Review_ says--

"There is a touch of genius, perhaps even more than a touch, about this brilliant and original booklet."

_The Illustrated London News_ says--

"All must recognise the boundless charity, the literary power, and the intense sincerity of one of the most interesting works of the year."

"We put first of the books for girls 'When Hearts are Young' by Deas Cromarty."--_The Christian World_ on "The Season's Gift Books."

_Crown 8vo, cloth extra, gilt, 2s. 6d._

When Hearts are Young

By Deas Cromarty

With Eight Illustrations by Will Morgan.

_OPINIONS OF THE PRESS._

_The Manchester Guardian_ says--

"It is delightful to read. One has come across few recent books that leave a pleasanter impression on the reader's memory."_

_The Star_ says--

"There is true insight into the peasant character of the lower fringe of the Highlands.... The girl Maggie is true to the life.... _One is grateful for the wholesomeness of this gentle story._"

_Lloyd's News_ says--

_"This is one of the pleasantest volumes we have picked up for a long time.... It is a tender, beautiful love story, very fresh and wholesome, with a wealth of fine descriptive writing."_

_The Methodist Times_ says--

"Deas Cromarty ... comes in a good second to these great writers (Barrie and Maclaren). _There is the freshness of the mountain breezes about the book which gives zest to the reading of it._"

_The Manchester Courier_ says--

_"Those who pick up the book will find difficulty in laying it down before the last page is reached."_

_The Methodist Recorder_ says--

"One of the most charming stories of the season.... _This is as truly an 'Idyll' as anything Tennyson ever wrote._"

NEW BOOK BY CUTCLIFFE HYNE.

_Crown 8vo, cloth, gilt, 6s._

The 'Paradise' Coal Boat

By Cutcliffe Hyne, Author of "The Recipe for Diamonds," &c.

"In Mr Cutcliffe Hyne our great Anglo-Indian romancer (Rudyard Kipling) seems to have found a worthy comrade.... Grim and powerful tales.... Alike from a literary and political point of view Mr Cutcliffe Hyne has, in his latest volume, deserved well of the commonwealth."--_The Star._

"Mr Hyne knows the sea, and the seamy side of sea life. He also knows the West Coast of Africa, and whether we are voyaging with him in a tramp steamer between London and Shields, or off the Lagos Coast, we feel that we are somehow in the proper atmosphere. Constructively his stories are always excellent."--_The Scotsman._

A NEW VOLUME OF SERMONS.

_Just Published, crown 8vo, buckram, 3s. 6d._

The Sorrow of God

And Other Sermons

By Rev. John Oates.

"For the contents of 'The Sorrow of God' we have nothing but praise, and we could wish for nothing more than that the book might be widely circulated. Spiritual insight, large culture, with its consequent breadth of sympathy and eloquent expression, are the distinguishing features of what is, without exaggeration, a collection of notable sermons.... Those of our readers who value a fresh utterance on the great problems of religion will lose no time in getting acquainted with a book we have been able to notice all too briefly."--_The Sunday School Chronicle._

"There are many noble utterances in these sermons.... It is because the author helps us to feel purer and better that we so heartily commend his book."--_The New Age._

FOURTH EDITION. _Long 8vo, cloth, 1s._

Manners for Men

By Madge of "Truth"

(Mrs Humphry.)

"Always in most excellent taste as well as astonishingly complete. Certainly the world would be a very much pleasanter place to live in if all men did read and practise her admirable precepts."--_Saturday Review._

"It is a charmingly-written code of true manners."--_Leeds Mercury._

"Very welcome will be this little book, written sensibly and brightly."--_Daily Telegraph._

"Mrs Humphry's book will be worth more than its weight in gold.... Excellent, robust common sense, tempered by genuine goodness of heart, is a characteristic of everything she writes."--_The Queen._

"A very dainty and instructive epitome of all that we ought to be.... To a shy young man this tactful volume should be invaluable."--_To-Day._

NEW BOOK BY MRS HUMPHRY.

_Long 8vo, cloth, round corners, 1s._

Manners for Women

By the Author of, and a Companion to, the above.

This new work is intended to mirror the social and home life of a girl and woman of the present day. The subjects treated will include: The Girl in Society--Cards and Calls--Engagement--Marriage--Weddings-- Entertaining--Restaurants--Clubs--Correspondence--Dress--Mothers and Daughters--Mourning--Home Life, &c.

_Crown 8vo, cloth, 2s. 6d._

The White Slaves of England

Being true Pictures of Certain Social Conditions of England in the year 1897.

By Robert H. Sherard.

With about 40 Illustrations by Harold Piffard.

Dr ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE says:--"You have done a service to the cause of humanity in publishing it, and the author in writing it. That such things as Mr Sherard describes should exist at the very end of the century, when all our public writers are boasting of our wealth, our progress, and our civilisation, is a sufficient proof that our so-called civilisation is rotten to the core, worse in many respects than it has ever been before."

Mr HALL CAINE says:--"The appalling revelations of Robert Sherard in his recent book are enough to make a man's heart bleed for the awful sufferings of women in the bitter struggle for bread. On the fate of our women, especially our working women, the future of our country, I truly believe, depends; and it is amazing that Parliament and the Press, and, above all, the Church, have hitherto given so little attention to so great a problem."

Dr MAX NORDAU says:--"I have now read your book 'The White Slaves of England.' I am not easily unnerved, but at times it was almost too much for me.... May it be your lot to become the Plimsoll of the alkali and lead-workers. This would be an achievement grand enough to satisfy the ambition of the greatest."

"An indictment which should rouse a cry of passionate indignation throughout the land. A careful and noble exposure of industrial iniquity."--_The Echo._

NEW NOVEL BY SHAN F. BULLOCK.

_Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d._

The Charmer

A SEASIDE COMEDY

By Shan F. Bullock,

Author of "The Awkward Squads," "By Thrasna River," &c.

With Illustrations by Bertha Newcombe.

"Mr Anthony Hope at his best has given us nothing more delicious in humour. The pages of the book ripple--as we turn them--with fun as sparkling and spontaneous as the ripple of the salt water upon the sandy beach whither Mr Bullock leads us. Surely no more delightful picture of Irish life and of Irish people--the people whom we love while we laugh at, and laugh at while we love--has been drawn than is to be found in 'The Charmer.'"--From an illustrated article on Mr Bullock and his work in _The Young Man_.

_Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 6s._

Methodist Idylls

By Harry Lindsay.

"Worthy of any writer who has yet set himself to depict Methodist life.... A very helpful and right religious book."--_Methodist Times._

"A book which in its lovely prose chapters gives an insight into the true romance, the April sunshine, of Methodist life.... We hope that the volume may find its way into every Methodist home."--_Methodist Recorder._

"A most admirable attempt to throw into permanent form some portraits of the old and vanishing Methodists.... As a study in Methodism, Mr Lindsay's work can be cordially and heartily commended."--_The Sun._

"Extremely interesting stories ... admirably told."--_The Scotsman._

NEW BOOK BY REV. F. B. MEYER.

Work-a-day Sermons

By Rev. F. B. Meyer, B.A.

Few names in the Christian ministry are held in such honour as is accorded by earnest Christian men and women of every sect to that of the Rev. F. B. Meyer, who has an enormous audience outside his own church. Hence the announcement of a new volume of Sermons by him will be peculiarly welcome, and all the more so for the fact that this is a book which is intended, not for the few, but for the work-a-day many, for whose encouragement and consolation Mr Meyer has here given the very fine gold of his thoughts upon spiritual things and upon the intimate association which exists--or should exist--between the things of the work-a-day life and the higher life.

NEW BOOKLET BY RICHARD LE GALLIENNE

_Long 8vo, price One Shilling._

If I Were God

By Richard Le Gallienne.

The announcement of a new book--and especially of a new book of a peculiarly Le Galliennesque and characteristic description by the author of "The Book-Bills of Narcissus," "The Religion of a Literary Man," and "Prose Fancies," will be received with very eager and unusual interest. Whatever may be the opinions entertained by individual readers about Mr Le Gallienne's own views, there is no denying that no book by him has yet appeared which has not aroused exceptional interest and exceptional discussion. His last venture is likely to be even more universally talked about. It is a greatly-daring but extremely beautiful and reverent attempt to deal with the terrible problem of the presence of moral and physical evil, but quite apart from its value as a contribution to the philosophy of life, it is a singularly striking and beautiful piece of literary work, full of the exquisite imaginings and lovely fancies of the accomplished poet and man of letters.

BY THE LATE WM. BRIGHTY RANDS.

_Fcap. 8vo, buckram, 340 pp., 3s. 6d._

I. Lazy Lessons and Essays on Conduct.

_Fcap. 8vo, buckram, 192 pp., 2s. 6d._

II. Lilliput Lectures.

With Introductions by R. Brimley Johnson.

These two instructive books for Children by the late William Brighty Rands, "the laureate of the nursery," as he has been called, may be classed as entirely new works, although some portions appeared in magazine form under the author's numerous pen-names. The two books have been edited by Mr R. Brimley Johnson, who supplies a biographical and critical introduction.

NEW NOVEL BY E. PHIPPS TRAIN.

_Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d._

A Deserter from Philistia

By E. Phipps Train

Author of "A Social Highwayman," etc.

This is a book which, with ordinary luck, should bid fair to rival the popularity of "Called Back" or "Mr Barnes of New York." From first to last it is enthrallingly interesting, and dealing, as it does, with the life "behind the scenes" of a great dancer who is the "darling" of her public, it gives its readers a peep into a world of which little is known by outsiders. Rarely have the trials and temptations, the thousand and one cares and anxieties of those whose business it is always to wear a smiling face, in order that they may entertain their public, been drawn with such skill and vividness.

_London: 10 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, W.C._

End of Project Gutenberg's Victorian Literature, by Clement K. Shorter