"The book of the last decade; the best thing in fiction since Mr. Meredith and Mr. Hardy; must take its place, by virtue of its tenderness and pathos, its wit and humor, its love of human kind, and its virile characterization, as the first great English novel that has appeared in the twentieth century."--LEWIS MELVILLE in _New York Times Saturday Review._ "No novel since Thackeray's own will give you so much honest comfort and delight."--_World's Work._ "If the reader likes both 'David Copperfield' and 'Peter Ibbetson' he can find the two books in this one."--_The Independent._ "A perfect piece of writing."--_New York Tribune._ OTHER BOOKS MRS. E. L. VOYNICH'S THE GADFLY An intense romance of the Italian rising against the Austrians early in the nineteenth century. "One of the most powerful novels of the decade."--_New York Tribune._ ANTHONY HOPE'S THE PRISONER OF ZENDA Being the history of three months in the life of an English gentleman. Illustrated by C. D. Gibson. ANTHONY HOPE'S RUPERT OF HENTZAU A sequel to "The Prisoner of Zenda." Illustrated by C. D. Gibson. These stirring romances established a new vogue in fiction and are among the most widely-read novels. Each has been successfully dramatized. C. N. AND A. M. WILLIAMSON'S THE LIGHTNING CONDUCTOR A humorous love story of a beautiful American and a gallant Englishman who stoops to conquer. Two almost human automobiles play prominent parts. There are picturesque scenes in Provence, Spain and Italy. "Altogether the best automobile story of which we have knowledge, and might serve almost as a guide-book for highway travel from Paris to Sicily."--_Atlantic Monthly._ C. N. AND A. M. WILLIAMSON'S THE PRINCESS PASSES Illustrated by Edward Penfield. "The authors have duplicated their success with 'The Lightning Conductor.' ... Unusually absorbing."--_Boston Transcript._ D. D. WELLS' HER LADYSHIP'S ELEPHANT This humorous Anglo-American tale made an instantaneous hit. "He is probably funny because he cannot help it.... Must consent to be regarded as a benefactor of his kind without responsibility."--_The Nation._ R. M. JOHNSTON'S LEADING AMERICAN SOLDIERS Biographies of Washington, Greene, Taylor, Scott, Andrew Jackson, Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, McClellan, Meade, Lee, "Stonewall" Jackson, Joseph E. Johnson. With portraits. The first of a new series of biographies of leading Americans. "Performs a real service in preserving the essentials."--_Review of Reviews._ "Very interesting.... Much sound originality of treatment, and the style is clear."--_Springfield Republican._ AS THE HAGUE ORDAINS Journal of a Russian Prisoner's Wife in Japan. Illustrated from photographs. "Holds a tremendous human interest.... Author writes with wit and a delightfully feminine abandon."--_Outlook._