“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._ ------------------ XLVI.—A ROSE IN JUNE. BY MRS. OLIPHANT. “‘A Rose in June’ is as pretty as its title. The story is one of the best and most touching which we owe to the industry and talent of Mrs. Oliphant, and may hold it own with even ‘The Chronicles of Carlingford.’”—_Times._ ------------------ XLVII.—MY LITTLE LADY. BY E. FRANCES POYNTER. “This story presents a number of vivid and very charming pictures. Indeed, the whole book is charming. It is interesting in both character and story, and thoroughly good of its kind.”—_Saturday Review._ ------------------ XLVIII.—PHŒBE, JUNIOR. BY MRS. OLIPHANT. “This last ‘Chronicle of Carlingford’ not merely takes rank fairly beside the first which introduced us to ‘Salem Chapel,’ but surpasses all the intermediate records. Phœbe, Junior, herself is admirably drawn.”—_Academy._ ------------------ XLIX.—LIFE OF MARIE ANTOINETTE. BY PROFESSOR CHARLES DUKE YONGE.