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"A lightsome, laughable farce.... Some delightfully grotesque
situations. The humour of the book is most enjoyable."--_Daily
Mail._
"Is the clever expansion of a clever idea. Well written, drawn to
the life, and full of fun."--_Black and White._
The Man Who Forgot. (_Second Edition._)
By JOHN MACKIE, Author of the "Prodigal's Brother," "Sinners
Twain," etc. With a special Photogravure Portrait of the Author. 6/=
"An exciting tale ... distinctly a book to read and enjoy."--_Daily
Mail._
"A vigorous and exciting story. Some part of the action of the book
is laid in Java, and the catastrophe of Krakatoa is described with
a vividness that makes real to us that appalling upheaving of
Nature."--_Daily News._
The Poor Plutocrats. (AS WE GROW OLD.) (_Fourth Edition._)
By MAURUS JOKAI. Translated by R. Nisbet Bain. With a fine
Photogravure Portrait of Dr. Jokai.
"Distinctly a novel of incident and adventure, the whole atmosphere
is fresh and new; the ways of life, the people of those curious
towns and villages and lonely mountains, are a revelation and a
novelty. Put before us by the pen of a master like Jokai, the
effect is to stir and interest in an unusual degree."--_Daily
Chronicle._
The Day of Wrath. (_Fifth Edition._)
By MAURUS JOKAI. Translated from the Hungarian by R. Nisbet
Bain. With a Photogravure Portrait of Dr. Jokai.
"It is wildly exciting--having once begun you cannot stop, but must
go hurtling on to the end. The descriptive passages are remarkably
vivid and lucid."--_Black and White._
Dr. Dumany's Wife. (_Fourth Edition._)
By MAURUS JOKAI. Translated by F. Steinitz (under the author's
personal supervision). With specially engraved Photogravure Portrait of
Dr. Jokai.
"With kaleidoscopic rapidity, scene after scene passes before us.
The novel shows us in a high degree the craft of the
story-teller."--_Literature._
The Nameless Castle. (_Fifth Edition._)
By MAURUS JOKAI. Translated by S. E. Boggs (under the author's
personal supervision). With a Photogravure Portrait of Dr. Jokai.
"Told with infinite delicacy and charm, an enthralling
romance."--_The Bookman._
Debts of Honor. (_Fourth Edition._)
By MAURUS JOKAI. Translated by A. B. Yolland. With a charming
Photogravure Portrait of Dr. and Madame Jokai.
"Full of life and incident. Jokai's inimitable pen, vivid, fiery,
humorous, never fails to stir and attract."--_Daily Telegraph._
'Midst the Wild Carpathians. (_Fourth Edition._)
By MAURUS JOKAI. Translated by R. Nisbet Bain. With a specially
engraved Portrait of Dr. Jokai.
"Will enthral all English lovers of romance."--_Saturday Review._
"It is powerful, it is vigorous, and, what is more than all, it is
fresh."--_The Sun._
Cherry Ripe. (_35th Thousand._)
By HELEN MATHERS, Author of "Comin' thro' the Rye." 3/6
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