Detective and mystery stories; London (England) -- Fiction
+Stranleigh's Millions+ _By Robert Barr_
"He is a good fellow, and, like Mr. Barr, invariably
entertaining."--_Daily Graphic._
"Very amusing, very delightful."--_The Globe._
+Sea Dogs+ _By Morley Roberts_
"A jolly collection."--_The Evening Standard._
"Mighty interesting."--_The Daily Chronicle._
"A bright and breezy book."--_The Daily Mail._
"Very funny indeed ... the whole book is one good
laugh."--_The Observer._
"For wit and humour and invention it would be hard to
beat."--_The Referee._
_VOLUMES ALREADY ISSUED_
:: :: SOCIAL COMEDIES :: ::
+A Honeymoon--And After+ _By F. C. Philips & Percy Fendall_
"A really clever novel of modern society life."--_The Dundee
Advertiser._
"A well-written and clever novel."--_The Dublin Express._
"A bright, well-written story that holds the reader till the
end."--_The Pall Mall Gazette._
"Owes much of its sustained interest to ruthless pictures of
life in frivolous West-end circles."--_The Daily Chronicle._
+Envious Eliza+ _By Madame Albanesi_
"Eliza is charming."--_The Standard._
"Human and genuine throughout."--_The Morning Leader._
"The reader is carried on to the end with unabated pleasure
and zest."--_The Bookman._
"The authoress has the gift of informing her characters with
life and charm.... The book cannot fail to consolidate the
position which the authoress has won by her earlier
works."--_The Daily News._
+Jack and Three Jills+ _By F. G. Philips_
_Author of "As in a Looking Glass," etc._
"An arresting and clever piece of observation."--_Bystander._
"An entertaining story of legal life.... Jack ... is frank,
manly, and generally attractive."--_Pall Mall Gazette._
+The Divine Fire+ _By May Sinclair_
"Judged by almost every standard to which a comedy like this
should be referred, I find her book the most remarkable that
I have read for many years."--Mr. Owen Seaman in _Punch._
"A novel to read, and what is more to keep and read
again."--_Outlook._
+A Lucky Young Woman+ _By F. C. Philips_
"Shows us the author at his best."--_Pall Mall Gazette._
Yorkshire Life.
+Mr. Poskitt's Nightcaps+ _By J. S. Fletcher_
"Excellent ... comic and tragic episodes of Yorkshire life,
rich in character and dramatic force."--_The Morning
Leader._
A Masterpiece of Fiction.
+The Nun+ _By Rene Bazin_
"A book which no one who reads it will ever forget."--_The
Westminster Gazette._
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