English fiction -- 19th century; Short stories, English
"The ingenious plot, the liveliness and spirit of the narrative, and its
readable style."--_Atlantic Monthly._
"A glorious story, which cannot be too warmly recommended to all who
love a tale that stirs the blood. Perhaps not the least among its many
good qualities is the fact that its chivalry is of the nineteenth, not
of the sixteenth century; that it is a tale of brave men and true, and
of a fair woman of to-day. The Englishman who saves the king ... is as
interesting a knight as was Bayard.... The story holds the reader's
attention from first to last."--_Critic._
"A rollicking and exciting tale of adventure."--_Boston Transcript._
"The dash and galloping excitement of this rattling story."--_London
Punch._
"A more gallant, entrancing story has seldom been written."--_Review of
Reviews._
"It is not often that such a delightful novel falls into the reviewer's
hands."--_London Athenæum._
"A rattling good romance."--_N. Y. Times._
"The plot is too original and audacious to be spoiled for the reader by
outlining it. The author is a born story-teller, and has, moreover, a
very pretty wit of his own."--_The Outlook._
"Told a wildly and delightfully improbable tale in a plausible
manner.... Readers who are tired of realism and bored with studies
of painful consciences attended by weak heads and sickly bodies will
appreciate _The Prisoner of Zenda_."--_Philadelphia Enquirer._
"A grand story.... It is dignified, quick in action, thrilling,
terrible."--_Chicago Herald._
HENRY HOLT & CO., New York.
_BY THE AUTHOR OF
THE PRISONER OF ZENDA._
16mo, buckram, with frontispieces, 75 cents each.
THE INDISCRETION OF THE DUCHESS.
"The most surprising inventions flow from his brain in novel
combinations. Nineteenth century adventures though they are, they are
told with an old-time air of romance that gives them the fascination
of an earlier day; an air of good faith, almost of religious chivalry,
gives reality to their extravagance.... Marks Mr. Hope as a wit, if he
were not a romancer."--_Nation._
A MAN OF MARK.
A tale of a Revolution in the Republic of Aureataland, South America.
SPORT ROYAL.
A Heidelberg romance, and four short stories.
THE DOLLY DIALOGUES.
"Smart, tersely written, delicate, and characterized by a delicious
drollery ... beneath the surface play of words lies a tragi-comedy of
life.... There is infinite suggestion in every line."--_Boston
Transcript._
A CHANGE OF AIR.
"A highly clever performance, with little touches that recall both
Balzac and Meredith. Mr. Hope, being disinclined to follow any of
the beaten tracks of romance writing, is endowed with exceeding
originality."--_New York Times._
HENRY HOLT & CO., New York.
Narrow 16mo, buckram, with frontispieces, 75 cents each.
JACK O'DOON. (_2d Edition._)
A Romance of the North Carolina Coast. By MARIA BEALE.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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