The ~Literary Churchman~ says:--“Pungent, amusing, and replete with clever satire.” The ~Christian~ says:--“In this ingenious and novel experiment, gravity and mirth go hand in hand. The style is energetic and pointed, and the matter pregnant and suggestive.” The ~Sword and Trowel~ says:--“Very clever.” The ~Nonconformist~ says:--“Under the guise of commentary on texts from old nursery rhymes and stories, Mr. Ritchie really gives us some admirable discourses--‘Sermonic Fancy Work’ in very deed. It is astonishing how, by the help of a slight vein of paradox and a nimble fancy, he can pass, almost imperceptibly, from mild fun to very sad earnest, touching not a few of our most ingrained faults in the most efficient way.” The ~Scotsman~ says:--“A clever, wholesome, readable little book.” The ~Homilist~ says:--“The sermons are really good. They have satire, but it is satire which consumes religious rubbish and nonsense. They have fun and humour, but you are made to laugh in order that you may think with more vigour and seriousness.” The ~Freeman~ says:--“The ‘Familiar Texts’ are the old nursery rhymes treated homiletically. In the styles adopted we fancy we can trace resemblances to those of some of the popular preachers of our day. The wit is not without wisdom. The satire is not destitute of sense. It is the sort of book that a reader with any humour in him will find it difficult to lay down before he has read it right through.” ~Capital and Labour~ says:--“A droll book and yet containing much quaint wisdom in searching out and applying principles of truth and common sense.... As a whole, and considering its healthy tone and practical scope, we heartily commend this handsome little volume. It is a fine specimen of the combined arts of the typographer and bookbinder, and its attractive exterior ought to draw many readers, who will then be charmed with the contents and with the unconventional method of treatment.” _Crown 8vo. Cloth elegant, gilt edges, price ~5~s. Plain, ~4~s. ~6~d._ WON BY WAITING. A Story of Home Life in France and England. By EDNA LYALL. With Frontispiece by FRANK MURRAY. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. The ~Daily News~ says:--“The book is full of promise, the story soon deepens into real interest and develops considerable power of construction and character drawing.” The ~Spectator~ says:--“The characters are drawn with considerable skill, with force, and without exaggeration.” The ~Academy~ says:--“The Dean’s daughters are perfectly real characters--the learned Cornelia especially;--the little impulsive French heroine, who endures their cold hospitality and at last wins their affection, is thoroughly charming; while throughout the book there runs a golden thread of pure brotherly and sisterly love, which pleasantly reminds us that the making and marring of marriage is not, after all, the sum total of real life.”