"'The Woman's Kingdom' sustains the author's reputation as a writer of
the purest and noblest kind of domestic stories. The novelist's lesson
is given with admirable force and sweetness."--_Athenæum._
"'The Woman's Kingdom' is remarkable for its romantic interest. The
characters are masterpieces. Edna is worthy of the hand that drew John
Halifax."--_Post._
STUDIES FROM LIFE.
"These studies are truthful and vivid pictures of life, often earnest,
always full of right feeling, and occasionally lightened by touches of
quiet genial humour. The volume is remarkable for thought, sound sense,
shrewd observation, and kind and sympathetic feeling for all things
good and beautiful."--_Post._
CHRISTIAN'S MISTAKE.
"A more charming story, to our taste, has rarely been written. Within
the compass of a single volume the writer has hit off a circle of
varied characters, all true to nature--some true to the highest
nature--and she has entangled them in a story which keeps us in
suspense till the knot is happily and gracefully resolved; while, at
the same time, a pathetic interest is sustained by an art of which it
would be difficult to analyse the secret. It is a choice gift to be
able thus to render human nature so truly, to penetrate its depths
with such a searching sagacity, and to illuminate them with a radiance
so eminently the writer's own. Even if tried by the standard of the
Archbishop of York, we should expect that even he would pronounce
'Christian's Mistake' a novel without a fault."--_The Times._
"This is a story good to have from the circulating library, but better
to have from one's bookseller, for it deserves a place in that little
collection of clever and wholesome stories which forms one of the
comforts of a well-appointed home."--_Examiner._
MISTRESS AND MAID.
"A good, wholesome book, as pleasant to read as it is
instructive."--_Athenæum._
"This book is written with the same true-hearted earnestness as 'John
Halifax.' The spirit of the whole work is excellent."--_Examiner._
"A charming tale charmingly told."--_Standard._
A NOBLE LIFE.
"This is one of those pleasant tales in which the author of 'John
Halifax' speaks out of a generous heart the purest truths of
life.'--_Examiner._
"Few men, and no women, will read 'A Noble Life' without finding
themselves the better."--_Spectator._
"A story of powerful and pathetic interest."--_Daily News._
A BRAVE LADY.
"A very good novel, showing a tender sympathy with human nature, and
permeated by a pure and noble spirit."--_Examiner._
"A most charming story."--_Standard._
"We earnestly recommend this novel. It is a special and worthy specimen
of the author's remarkable powers. The reader's attention never for a
moment flags."--_Post._
HANNAH.
"A powerful novel of social and domestic life. One of the most
successful efforts of a successful novelist."--_Daily News._
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