_The Peebles Advertiser._ "Mr. Blathers ... go far." _The Worcester Academy._ "Mr. Blathers is to be most heartily congratulated." _The N. Wales Dictator._ "... masterly delineation of the Smart Set." _The Peak News._ "... witty to excess." _The Bermondsey Examiner._ "Few books so well worth re- and re-reading." _The Poplar Courier._ "A fine novel." _The Sligo Spectator._ "... marked ability ..." _The Rutland Observer._ "... meritorious ..." _The Winchester Tribune._ "... feast of entertainment. Mr. Blathers' next should be ... awaited with impatience." _The Isle of Wight Critic._ "... clever novel ..." _The Cader-Idris Athenaeum._ "... psychology ... humour ... passion." _The Bucklaw Post._ "... emotional depths ..." _The Sunday Deliverer._ "... remarkable book ..." _The Simla Gazette._ "... verdict ... profoundly enthralling work of fiction." _The Geelong Times._ "... better than ... GEORGE ELIOT." _The Cork Pall Mall._ "A brilliant first effort." _The Hackney Examiner._ "... well written ..." _The Tooting Express._ "... amusing ..." _The Monthly Citizen._ "The characters have life and movement." * * * * * "Before lunch each section held its annual meeting in private, and at two o'clock the company sat down to a substantial and very acceptable repast, which was greatly relished by the visitors. After being operated upon by a photographer the party split." _Ledbury Guardian._ We were rather afraid they had overdone it. * * * * * From a photographic catalogue:-- "This is a most complete little Projector.... It is quite self-contained and will protect a thirty-inch picture anywhere at a moment's notice." It should be installed at the Royal Academy without delay. * * * * * BLANCHE'S LETTERS. SOME OUTSTANDING FEATURES. _Park Lane._ DEAREST DAPHNE,--The outstanding features of the season have certainly been the Friendship Fete, the Kamtchatkan Scriptural opera-ballet, "_Noe s'embarque sur l'Arche_," and the Cloak!