"A very pleasant, healthy story, well and artistically told. The book is sure of a wide circle of readers. The character of Hannah is one of rare beauty."--_Standard._ THE UNKIND WORD. "The author of 'John Halifax' has written many fascinating stories, but we can call to mind nothing from her pen that has a more enduring charm than the graceful sketches in this work. Such a character as Jessie stands out from a crowd of heroines as the type of all that is truly noble, pure, and womanly."--_United Service Magazine._ YOUNG MRS. JARDINE. "'Young Mrs. Jardine' is a pretty story, written in pure English."--_The Times._ "There is much good feeling in this book. It is pleasant and wholesome."--_Athenæum._ "A book that all should read. Whilst it is quite the equal of any of its predecessors in elevation of thought and style, it is perhaps their superior in interest of plot and dramatic intensity. The characters are admirably delineated, and the dialogue is natural and clear."--_Morning Post._ LONDON: HURST AND BLACKETT, LIMITED. WORKS BY MRS. OLIPHANT. _Each in One Volume, Frontispiece, and Uniformly Bound, Price 5s._ ADAM GRAEME OF MOSSGRAY. "'Adam Graeme' is a story awakening genuine emotions of interest and delight by its admirable pictures of Scottish life and scenery. The plot is cleverly complicated, and there is great vitality in the dialogue, and remarkable brilliancy in the descriptive passages, as who that has read 'Margaret Mailand' would not be prepared to expect? But the story has a 'mightier magnet still,' in the healthy tone which pervades it, in its feminine delicacy of thought and diction, and in the truly womanly tenderness of its sentiments. The eloquent author sets before us the essential attributes of Christian virtue, their deep and silent workings in the heart, and their beautiful manifestations in the life, with a delicacy, a power, and a truth which can hardly be surpassed."--_Morning Post._ THE LAIRD OF NORLAW. "We have had frequent opportunities of commending Messrs. Hurst and Blackett's Standard Library. For neatness, elegance, and distinctness the volumes in this series surpass anything with which we are familiar. 'The Laird of Norlaw' will fully sustain the author's high reputation. The reader is carried on from first to last with an energy of sympathy that never flags."--_Sunday Times._ "'The Laird of Norlaw' is worthy of the author's reputation. It is one of the most exquisite of modern novels."--_Observer._ IT WAS A LOVER AND HIS LASS. "In 'It was a Lover and his Lass,' we admire Mrs. Oliphant exceedingly. Her story is a very pretty one. It would be worth reading a second time, were it only for the sake of one ancient Scottish spinster, who is nearly the counterpart of the admirable Mrs. Margaret Maitland."--_Times._ AGNES. "'Agnes' is a novel superior to any of Mrs. Oliphant's former works."--_Athenæum._