The Cuckoo in the Nest, v. 2/2Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)
General
The Cuckoo in the Nest, v. 2/2
Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)
Fiction
This volume includes “The Story of the Gadsbys,” Mr. Kipling’s principal
sketch of social life in India, and “Under the Deodars,” a series of
pictures of native life and character.
68. HEDDA GABLER. By HENRIK IBSEN. Translated by EDMUND GOSSE. 1
vol.
The last and perhaps the greatest of Ibsen’s social dramas, the
appearance of which caused so much controversy. The translation here
offered is the one used at the performances of the play at the
Vaudeville Theatre, London.
69. THE PENANCE OF PORTIA JAMES. By “TASMA,” Author of “Uncle Piper
of Piper’s Hill,” “In Her Earliest Youth,” &c. 1 vol.
A new story by the author of “Uncle Piper of Piper’s Hill,” full of
character and movement.
70, 71. MY WINTER ON THE NILE. By CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER, Author of
“Back-Log Studies,” “My Summer in a Garden,” &c. 2 vols.
This charming book of travel deals, with characteristic skill, good
sense, and good humour, with the popular Egyptian tour. The volume is
issued in time for the Nile season of 1891-2.
72. TUSCAN CITIES. By W. D. HOWELLS, Author of “The Shadow of a
Dream,” “The Rise of Silas Lapham,” &c. 1 vol.
These travel papers deal with their own region of Italy in the genial
and cheering spirit made memorable in Mr. Howells’ “Venetian Days” and
“Italian Journeys.”
73. MY JO, JOHN. By HELEN MATHERS, Author of “Comin’ thro’ the
Rye,” “Cherry Ripe,” “The Mystery of No. 13.”
“A story of lively interest and attraction by the popular author of
“Comin’ thro’ the Rye.”
74. CECILIA DE NOËL. By the Author of “Mademoiselle Ixe.”
“Well worthy the author of ‘Mademoiselle Ixe;’ the style is admirable;
the figures are all vividly delineated.”--_Spectator._
75, 76. THE LITTLE MINISTER. By J. M. BARRIE, Author of “A Window
in Thrums,” &c. 2 vols.
“Original men and men with styles are so uncommon as to make Mr.
Barrie’s appearance as a novelist a matter for general
congratulation.”--_Saturday Review._
77, 78. THE RAILWAY MAN AND HIS CHILDREN. By Mrs. OLIPHANT, Author
of “Kirsteen,” “Within the Precincts,” “At His Gates,” &c. 2 vols.
79. THE DOINGS OF RAFFLES HAW. By A. CONAN DOYLE, Author of “The
White Company,” “Micah Clarke,” &c. 1 vol.
“An entirely new story of stirring life and incident by the author of
‘Micah Clarke.’”
80, 81. ESTHER VANHOMRIGH. By MARGARET L. WOODS, Author of “A
Village Tragedy,” 2 vols.
The _Speaker_, announcing the first appearance of “Esther Vanhomrigh” in
serial form, said: “If the public had paid half the attention it ought
to ‘A Village Tragedy,’ it would have found that tale to be the one and
only thoroughly successful tale that has been printed of late.”
82. SELECTED POEMS. By AUSTIN DOBSON, Author of “Old-World Idylls,”
“At the Sign of the Lyre,” &c. 1 vol.
Mr. Austin Dobson has himself made this selection from his poems
expressly for “=The English Library=.”
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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