A very light-hearted Comedy of the Stuart period, elaborated from an
incident in the Grammont Memoirs. With the more than doubtful reputation
of the lady of the title-rôle Mr. Capes has taken some additional
liberties, but only with a view to helping it to a kindlier estimate
than it perhaps deserved. Moll will be remembered as Pepys's little
jigging shepherdess, who, as Celania in Davenant's play of "The Rivals,"
won the royal heart by her singing of "My Lodging is on the Cold
Ground." She was one of the many then foundresses of noble houses. Her
early history was so obscure as to lend itself very legitimately to the
purposes of romance. Only dates in this case have been a little freely
dealt with.
Through Stained Glass
BY GEORGE AGNEW CHAMBERLAIN
Author of "Home"
"Brilliantly witty, always interesting, distinctly new in its
characterisation."--_Land and Water._
"Has a flavour of high romance ... with an imaginative skill."--_Daily
News._
"Very clever, very interesting, and extremely well written."--_Sunday
Times._
His Father's Wife
BY J. E. PATTERSON
"This is the best book that Mr. Patterson has yet given us."--_New
Witness._
"One of the cleverest novels of the present day."--_Pioneer._
"Is intensely human ... is drawn with much detail and convincing
knowledge"--_The Queen._
Fate the Marplot
SECOND IMPRESSION.
BY F. THICKNESSE-WOODINGTON
"Clear-cut character studies."--_Birmingham Gazette._
"Grips the reader's attention throughout."--_Pall Mall Gazette._
"Admirably told ... has not a dull moment in its pages."--_World._
Sanpriel: The Promised Land
BY ALVILDE PRYDZ
Author of "The Heart of the Northern Sea"
Authorized Translation from the Norwegian
_By_ HESTER CODDINGTON
"Sanpriel" is an unusual story in which the translator has retained the
foreign flavour of its picturesque Norwegian setting. It deals with
intimate human relations without the hectic touch, is readable, has a
true poetic quality, and carries the cool, refreshing air of Norway's
mountains and streams into every moment of the story.
A recent issue of the American Library Association Bulletin lists 176
books. Only 13 of this number are especially recommended for purchase by
all libraries, large or small. "Sanpriel" is one of the 13. Still more
significant is the fact that of 21 volumes of fiction listed, only three
have the distinction of being specially recommended. "Sanpriel" is one
of the three.
Oblomov
BY IVAN GONCHAROV
Translated by C. J. HOGARTH
Mr. MAURICE BARING says: "In Oblomov Goncharov created a type which has
become immortal, and Oblomov has passed into the Russian tongue, just as
Tartuffe has passed into the French language, or Pecksniff into the
English tongue."
Collins & Co.
BY CAPTAIN JACK ELLIOTT
"Is an excellent tale of adventure."--_Athenæum._
"There is a general sense of rollicking adventure about the whole book
that is quite captivating."--_Truth._
"It goes with quite a merry swing."--_Times._
It's an Ill Wind--
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