“His name will have to be written down whenever a list of worthy suppliers of short stories is being made.... Mr. Morley has given us a little book of distinct charm and individual flavour, and we record our thanks with a marked sense of pleasure.” THE CLOSING DOOR. _Authorised Translation from the German of_ OSSIP SCHUBIN _by_ MARIE DOROTHEA GURNEY. Glasgow Herald. “Its chief attractions lie in the skill with which it blends pathos and humour, the vividness of its sketches of Austrian society, and the high moral tone which pervades it. As a further attraction, in as far as the British reading public is concerned, it has been excellently translated.” Scotsman. “Both characters and action are depicted with a humanity that makes the pleasing effect of the story independent of local colouring. It is a healthy and a delightful story, and will stimulate its author’s growing popularity in this country.” MAN. BY LILIAN QUILLER-COUCH. Scotsman. “Every sketch is cleverly built round a dramatic situation, and none of them ever wholly loses sight of the poetical aspects of its subject.” _NOW READY._ AMOS JUDD. BY J. A. MITCHELL. * * * * * THE NOVELS OF H. DE BALZAC. An entirely new translation of the COMÉDIE HUMAINE. Edited by GEORGE SAINTSBURY. Translated by Miss ELLEN MARRIAGE and Mrs. CLARA BELL. With 3 Etchings in each volume by W. BOUCHER and D. MURRAY-SMITH. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d. net. For Large Paper Edition apply to the Booksellers. _The following volumes are already published:_-- =The Wild Ass’s Skin.= =The Chouans.= =Eugénie Grandet.= =The Quest of the Absolute.= =The Unknown Masterpiece.= =A Bachelor’s Establishment.= =Pierrette= and =The Abbé Birotteau=. =The Country Doctor.= =The Cat and Racket.= =Ursule Mirouet.= =Old Goriot.= =The Atheist’s Mass.= =La Grande Bretêche.= =César Birotteau.= =Modeste Mignon.= =The Village Parson.= =Béatrix.= _The following volumes are in active preparation:_-- =The Peasantry.= =A Harlot’s Progress.= 2 vols. =About Catherine de Medici.= =A Woman of Thirty.= =A Lily of the Valley.= =Lost Illusions.= 2 vols. =Seraphita.= =The Seamy Side of History.= =Cousin Betty.= =Cousin Pons, &c. &c.= Athenæum. “The volume is got up with the taste the publishers have taught the public to expect of them.” Times. “Certainly few English critics are better qualified than Mr. Saintsbury to write either a general introduction such as he here gives, dealing with Balzac’s life and the general characteristics of his work and genius, or a series of prefaces such as he promises for each succeeding volume.” Glasgow Herald.