“One of the earliest and best works of this famous novelist.… None but a genuine artist could have made so true a picture of human life, crossed by human passions and interwoven with human weakness. It is a perfect specimen of literary art.”—_The Newark Advertiser._ =Marzio’s Crucifix= “We have repeatedly had occasion to say that Mr. Crawford possesses in an extraordinary degree the art of constructing a story. It is as if it could not have been written otherwise, so naturally does the story unfold itself, and so logical and consistent is the sequence of incident after incident. As a story, _Marzio’s Crucifix_ is perfectly constructed.”—_New York Commercial Advertiser._ =Heart of Rome.= A Tale of the Lost Water “Mr. Crawford has written a story of absorbing interest, a story with a genuine thrill in it; he has drawn his characters with a sure and brilliant touch, and he has said many things surpassingly well.”—_New York Times Saturday Review._ =Cecilia.= A Story of Modern Rome “That F. Marion Crawford is a master of mystery needs no new telling.… His latest novel, _Cecilia_, is as weird as anything he has done since the memorable _Mr. Isaacs_.… A strong, interesting, dramatic story, with the picturesque Roman setting beautifully handled as only a master’s touch could do it.”—_Philadelphia Evening Telegraph._ =Whosoever Shall Offend= “It is a story sustained from beginning to end by an ever increasing dramatic quality.”—_New York Evening Post._ =Pietro Ghisleri= “The imaginative richness, the marvellous ingenuity of plot, the power and subtlety of the portrayal of character, the charm of the romantic environment,—the entire atmosphere indeed,—rank this novel at once among the great creations.”—_The Boston Budget._ =To Leeward= “The four characters with whose fortunes this novel deals, are, perhaps, the most brilliantly executed portraits in the whole of Mr. Crawford’s long picture gallery, while for subtle insight into the springs of human passion and for swift dramatic action none of the novels surpasses this one.”—_The News and Courier._ =A Lady of Rome= Mr. Crawford has no equal as a writer of brilliant cosmopolitan fiction, in which the characters really belong to the chosen scene and the story interest is strong. His novels possess atmosphere in a high degree. =Mr. Isaacs= (India) Its scenes are laid in Simla, chiefly. This is the work which first placed its author among the most brilliant novelists of his day. =Greifenstein= (The Black Forest) “… Another notable contribution to the literature of the day. It possesses originality in its conception and is a work of unusual ability. Its interest is sustained to the close, and it is an advance even on the previous work of this talented author. Like all Mr. Crawford’s work, this novel is crisp, clear, and vigorous, and will be read with a great deal of interest.”—_New York Evening Telegram._ =Zoroaster= (Persia)