Jack Derringer : $b A tale of deep waterLubbock, Basil
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Jack Derringer : $b A tale of deep water
Lubbock, Basil
Seafaring life -- Fiction
"We shall be surprised if Miss Eleanor Cropper's brilliant novel does
not achieve an exceptional success."--_Court Journal._
THE GREATNESS OF JOSIAH PORLICK. Anon.
"This is a fine book."--_Times._
THE VEIL OF THE TEMPLE. W.H. Mallock.
"We have rarely seen the connection between civilization and
the postulates of religion more convincingly or incisively
emphasized."--_Athenæum._
FORT AMITY. A.T. Quiller-Couch.
"A high-pulsing tale of bodily adventure.... It is interesting
throughout."--_Times._
TRISTRAM OF BLENT. Anthony Hope.
"There is an originality of construction, of character, and of dialogue
... often epigrammatic, often paradoxical, but still more often
delightfully humorous."--_Times._
SABRINA WARHAM. Laurence Housman.
"The book has much that is true and beautiful."--_Morning Post._
THE LITTLE NEIGHBOUR. Mary Deane.
"A fresh, original piece of work, ... a story which we follow with
excited curiosity, ... a sweet oasis in the arid desert of modern
fiction, and a book that will be remembered when the names of most
of the productions of Miss Deane's contemporaries have long been
forgotten."--_Court Journal._
THE ROSE SPINNER. Mary Deane.
"An exceptionally well-written story."--_Outlook._
TREASURE AND HEART. Mary Deane.
"A charming story."--_Times._
HENRY BROCKEN. W.J. de la Mare.
"It has been reserved for Mr. de la Mare, if not to create, at any
rate to develop, with remarkable skill and picturesqueness, a form of
traveller's tale which should appeal to an age thirsting for a fresh
literary sensation, and bewailing the absence of any new thing under
the sun, with all the charm of an original discovery."--_Spectator._
LESLIE FARQUHAR. Rosaline Masson.
"The most attractive Scotch novel that we have read for a long while,
... a novel to be recommended."--_Standard._
THE WIND IN THE ROSE BUSH. Mary E. Wilkins.
"Wonderfully artistic and enthralling tales of the
supernatural."--_Vanity Fair._
THE HEART'S HIGHWAY. Mary E. Wilkins.
THE ODD-JOB MAN. Oliver Onions.
"A novel of merit."--_Times._
TALES FROM A FAR RIDING. Oliver Onions.
"Clearly conceived and powerfully told ... they are excellent in their
peculiar fashion, without a weak spot among them."--_Guardian._
DANNY. Alfred Ollivant.
"The work is notable for the fineness of its sympathy and the delicacy
of its natural art, as well as new in its kind.... A very real story,
of real humour, real pathos, and real character."--_Times._
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