"A noteworthy book.... There are things said in these pages, and said very plainly, which need to be said, which are rarely enough said--almost never so well said. The book contains unforgettable scenes, persons, phrases, and such a picture of the hardness of a good woman as exists nowhere else in our literature."--_New York Times Saturday Review._ "Masterly ... artistic to the core."--_Boston Advertiser._ "No criticism of trifles can leave in doubt the great distinction of her craftsmanship. Very certainly she must have made her reputation by this book, if it had not been already won."--_Punch_ (London). THE DIVINE FIRE A story of a London poet. "In all our new fiction I have found nothing worthy to compare with 'The Divine Fire.'"--MARY MOSS in _The Atlantic Monthly_. "A full-length study of the poetic temperament, framed in a varied and curiously interesting environment, and drawn with a firmness of hand that excites one's admiration.... Moreover, a real distinction of style, besides being of absorbing interest from cover to cover."--_Dial._ "I find her book the most remarkable that I have read for many years."--OWEN SEAMAN in _Punch_ (London). THE TYSONS "Maintains a clinging grip upon the mind and senses, compelling one to acknowledge the author's genius."--_Chicago Record-Herald._ SUPERSEDED "Makes one wonder if in future years the quiet little English woman may not be recognized as a new Jane Austen."--_New York Sun._ AUDREY CRAVEN "It ranks high in originality, interest and power.... Audrey is a distinct creation."--_Times Review._ BOOKS BY WILLIAM DE MORGAN ALICE-FOR-SHORT The story of a London waif, a friendly artist, his friends and family, with some decidedly dramatic happenings. "'Joseph Vance' was far and away the best novel of the year, and of many years.... Mr. De Morgan's second novel ... proves to be no less remarkable, and equally productive of almost unalloyed delight.... The reader ... is hereby warned that if he skims 'Alice-for-Short' it will be to his own serious loss.... A remarkable example of the art of fiction at its noblest."--_Dial._ "Really worth reading and praising ... will be hailed as a masterpiece. If any writer of the present era is read a half century hence, a quarter century, or even a decade, that writer is William De Morgan."--_Boston Transcript._ "It is the Victorian age itself that speaks in those rich, interesting, overcrowded books.... Page by page the new book is as rich, piquant and interesting as its predecessor.... Everywhere are wit, learning and scholarship ... the true creative imagination.... Will be remembered as Dicken's novels are remembered."--_Springfield Republican._ JOSEPH VANCE A novel of life near London in the 50's.