"We are always glad to welcome this author. 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 the other merits, it is written in good careful English."--_Athenæum_. CHRISTIAN'S MISTAKE. "A more charming story, to our taste, has rarely been written. Within the compass of a single volume the writer has hit off a circle of varied characters, all true to nature--some true to the highest nature--and she has entangled them in a story which keeps us in suspense till the knot is happily and gracefully resolved; while, at the same time, a pathetic interest is sustained by an art of which it would be difficult to analyse the secret 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."--_The Times_. A NOBLE LIFE. "This is one of those pleasant tales in which the author of 'John Halifax' speaks out of a generous heart the purest truths of life."--_Examiner_. "Few men, and no women, will read 'A Noble Life' without finding themselves the better."--_Spectator_. "A story of powerful and pathetic interest."--_Daily News_. THE WOMAN'S KINGDOM. "'The Woman's Kingdom' sustains the author's reputation as a writer of the purest and noblest kind of domestic stories. The novelist's lesson is given with admirable force and sweetness."--_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."--_Post_. A BRAVE LADY. "A very good novel, showing a tender sympathy with human nature, and permeated by a pure and noble spirit."--_Examiner_. "A most charming story."--_Standard_. "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_. MISTRESS AND MAID. "A good, wholesome book, as pleasant to read as it is instructive."--_Athenæum_. "This book is written with the same true-hearted earnestness as 'John Halifax.' The spirit of the whole work is excellent."--_Examiner_. "A charming tale charmingly told."--_Standard_. LONDON: HURST AND BLACKETT, LIMITED. MRS. CRAIK'S NOVELS _Each in One Volume Crown Octavo, 3s. 6d._ YOUNG MRS. JARDINE. "'Young Mrs. Jardine' is a pretty story, written in pure English."--_The Times_.