"This is a pleasant book for the fireside season, and for the seaside season. Mr. Jeaffreson has, out of hundreds of volumes, collected thousands of good things, adding thereto much that appears in print for the first time, and which, of course, gives increased value to this very readable book."--_Athenæum._ XXV.--NO CHURCH. BY F. W. ROBINSON. "We advise all who have the opportunity to read this book. It is well worth the study."--_Athenæum._ "A work of great originality, merit, and power."--_Standard._ XXVI.--MISTRESS AND MAID. BY THE AUTHOR OF "JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN." "A good wholesome book, gracefully written, and as pleasant to read as it is instructive."--_Athenæum._ "A charming tale, charmingly told."--_Standard._ "All lovers of a good novel will hail with delight another of Mrs. Craik's charming stories."--_John Bull._ XXVII.--LOST AND SAVED. BY THE HON. MRS. NORTON. "'Lost and Saved' will be read with eager interest by those who love a touching story. It is a vigorous novel."--_Times._ "This story is animated, full of exciting situations and stirring incidents. The characters are delineated with great power. Above and beyond these elements of a good novel, there is that indefinable charm with which true genius invests all it touches."--_Daily News._ XXVIII.--LES MISERABLES. BY VICTOR HUGO. _Authorised Copyright English Translation._ "The merits of 'Les Miserables' do not merely consist in the conception of it as a whole; it abounds with details of unequalled beauty. M. Victor Hugo has stamped upon every page the hall-mark of genius."--_Quarterly Review._ XXIX.--BARBARA'S HISTORY. BY AMELIA B. EDWARDS. "It is not often that we light upon a novel of so much merit and interest as 'Barbara's History.' It is a work conspicuous for taste and literary culture. It is a very graceful and charming book, with a well-managed story, clearly-cut characters, and sentiments expressed with an exquisite elocution. The dialogues especially sparkle with repartee. It is a book which the world will like. This is high praise of a work of art and so we intend it."--_The Times._ XXX.--LIFE OF THE REV. EDWARD IRVING. BY MRS. OLIPHANT. "A good book on a most interesting theme."--_Times._ "A truly interesting and most affecting memoir. 'Irving's Life' ought to have a niche in every gallery of religious biography. There are few lives that will be fuller of instruction, interest, and consolation."--_Saturday Review._ XXXI.--ST. OLAVE'S. BY THE AUTHOR OF "JANITA'S CROSS." "This novel is the work of one who possesses a great talent for writing, as well as experience and knowledge of the world. The whole book is worth reading."--_Athenæum._ "'St Olave's' belongs to a lofty order of fiction. It is a good novel, but it is something more. It is written with unflagging ability, and it is as even as it is clever. The author has determined to do nothing short of the best, and has succeeded."--_Morning Post._