_WORLD._--“No one should miss a book of such singular ingenuity and power; but no nervous person can be advised to read it except at a considerable interval before going to bed.” LONDON: MACMILLAN AND CO., LTD. NEW BOOK BY H. G. WELLS THE WIFE OF SIR ISAAC HARMAN _Extra crown 8vo. 6s._ NEW BOOK BY JAMES STEPHENS Author of “The Crock of Gold” THE DEMI-GODS _Crown 8vo. 5s. net._ NEW VOLUME of stories by ALGERNON BLACKWOOD INCREDIBLE ADVENTURES _Extra crown 8vo. 6s._ LONDON: MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED. RECENT FICTION A CHANGED MAN, THE WAITING SUPPER, AND OTHER TALES, CONCLUDING WITH THE ROMANTIC ADVENTURES OF A MILKMAID. By THOMAS HARDY. Extra crown 8vo. 6s. _Daily Graphic._--“In all these stories there is a uniformity of high achievement, a clearness of conception, and a perfection in achievement which it is difficult to discover in the pages of any other living author.” _Times._--“There is not a page in the collection that does not bear the unmistakable imprint of Mr. Hardy’s personality; and for those who have acquired the complete Wessex Edition of the works there could not be a more characteristic and delightful makeweight.” _Daily Chronicle_.--“Most readers will be astonished that so delightful a tale as _The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid_ has been hitherto uncollected.... The whole book is alive and treasurable.” _Evening Standard._--“Decidedly no edition of Mr. Hardy could have vaunted itself complete had it lacked these minor novels.” _Daily News._--“There has been no such a collection of short stories since _Life’s Little Ironies_ appeared.” _Pall Mall Gazette._--“These local tales, which Mr. Hardy has made into ‘minor novels,’ must be of endless interest for those who appreciate the fuller products of his art.” _Standard._--“In every one of them there is the glimpse and glint of supreme genius.... They put us out of conceit with the best flights of newer talent.” _Guardian._--“Stories such as no other living author could write.” _Globe._--“If this book will add nothing to the greatness of Thomas Hardy, it will with equal certainty take nothing away.... As certain to be welcomed by students of the art of Thomas Hardy as by readers who will be glad of it for the stories it contains.” WAITING. By GERALD O’DONOVAN. Extra crown 8vo. 6_s._ _Pall Mall Gazette._--“The story is full of life and action and character, and the humour is not wanting. It brings the Ireland of to-day closer to us, and throws fresh light on the national spirit.” _The Times._--“To consider this book simply as a piece of fiction just now is almost impossible; it is one more contribution to the hydra-headed Irish question. It is like a flaming brand flung into the middle of a roaring bonfire. Mr. O’Donovan’s whole mind and heart have gone into the writing of his story. It is no less clear that it is the outcome of direct experience.”