LONDON: HURST AND BLACKETT, LIMITED.
_Each in One Volume, Crown Octavo, 3s. 6d._
JANET.
By Mrs. Oliphant.
"'Janet' is one of the ablest of the author's recent novels;
perhaps the ablest book of the kind that she has produced since the
Carlingford series; and its ability is all the more striking because,
while the character material is so simple, it is made to yield,
without any forced manipulation, a product of story which is rich in
strong dramatic situations."--_Manchester Examiner_.
"Mrs. Oliphant's hand has lost none of its cunning, despite her
extraordinary--and, one would think, exhausting--industry. 'Janet'
may fairly rank among the best of her recent productions."--_St.
James's Gazette_.
"'Janet' is really an exciting story, and contains a great deal
more plot and incident than has been the case in any of Mrs.
Oliphant's recent novels. The character sketches are worthy of their
authorship."--_Queen_.
A RAINBOW AT NIGHT.
By the Author of 'Mistress Beatrice Cope.'
"In common, we should imagine, with a large circle of novel-readers,
we have been rather impatiently looking forward to the time when
M. E. Le Clerc, the author of 'Mistress Beatrice Cope,' would
produce a successor to that singularly interesting and charming
tale. 'A Rainbow at Night,' though it certainly lacks the romantic
and dramatic character, combined with the flavour of a fascinating
period, which gave special distinction to its forerunner, has no
trace of falling off in the essential matters of construction,
portraiture, and style."--_Graphic_.
"Thanks to an interesting plot and a graphic as well as refined
manner, 'A Rainbow at Night,' when once commenced, will not readily
be laid aside."--_Morning Post_.
IN THE SUNTIME OF HER YOUTH.
By Beatrice Whitby.
"A description of a home stripped by the cold wind of poverty of all
its comforts, but which remains home still. The careless optimism of
the head of the family would be incredible, if we did not know how
men exist full of responsibilities yet free from solicitudes, and who
tread with a jaunty step the very verge of ruin; his inconsolable
widow would be equally improbable, if we did not meet every day with
women who devote themselves to such idols or clay. The characters of
their charming children, whose penury we deplore do not deteriorate,
as often happens in that cruel ordeal. A sense of fairness pervades
the book which is rarely found in the work of a lady. There is
interest in it from first to last, and its pathos is relieved by
touches of true humour."--_Illustrated London News_.
MISS BOUVERIE.
By Mrs. Molesworth.
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