"Miss Lyall has given us a vigorous study of such life and character
as are really worth reading about. The central figure of her story is
Algernon Sydney; and this figure she invests with a singular dignity
and power. He always appears with effect, but no liberties are taken
with the facts of his life. The plot is adapted with great felicity to
them. His part in it, absolutely consistent as it is with historical
truth, gives it reality as well as dignity. Some of the scenes are
remarkably vivid. The escape is an admirable narrative, which almost
makes one hold one's breath as one reads."--_Spectator._
KNIGHT-ERRANT.
"'Knight-Errant' is marked by the author's best qualities as a writer
of fiction, and displays on every page the grace and quiet power of her
former works."--_Athenæum._
"The plot, and, indeed, the whole story, is gracefully fresh and very
charming; there is a wide humanity in the book that cannot fail to
accomplish its author's purpose."--_Literary World._
"This novel is distinctly helpful and inspiring from its high tone,
its intense human feeling, and its elevated morality. It forms an
additional proof, if such were needed, that Miss Lyall has a mandate to
write."--_Academy._
WON BY WAITING.
"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."--_Academy._
LONDON: HURST AND BLACKETT, LIMITED.
HURST & BLACKETT'S
LIST OF NEW WORKS.
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MESSRS. HURST AND BLACKETT'S
LIST OF NEW WORKS.
BANDOBAST AND KHABAR; REMINISCENCES OF INDIA. By COLONEL CUTHBERT
LARKING. With twelve Illustrations, from original Drawings by the
Author. 1 vol. small 4to. 10s. 6d.
"The author's accounts of tiger hunts will be entertaining both to
those who have met and those who desire to meet the king of the Indian
fauna in his own dominions."--_Morning Post._
"Colonel Larking is to be the more congratulated on having written a
readable work of travel in an already well-known country."--_Society
Herald._
"The book may be recommended to the attention of people either
proceeding to our great Eastern possessions, or having friends out
there."--_Queen._
"Any person contemplating a short trip to India will find in this book
some useful hints with regard to outfit, &c."--_Field._
REMINISCENCES OF ETON (KEATE'S TIME). By the REV. C. ALLIX
WILKINSON, M.A., Author of "Reminiscences of the Court and Times of
King Ernest of Hanover." With Portrait of Dr. Keate. 1 vol. crown
8vo. 6s.
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