=Glasgow News.=--"The author displays a genuine _vis comica_ in
his well got up and nicely printed chronicles of the various
doings of the irrepressible Pottles.... A feature is the excellent
illustrations by Raven Hill, whose fitness to wear the mantle of
the late Chas. Keene becomes more apparent year by year."
=Manchester Courier.=--"A book full of funny fooling, and is
admirably suited for the holiday season. The tedium of a railway
journey will disappear as if by magic by a perusal of the marital
affairs of Mr. and Mrs. Pottle. The book is pleasantly and
cleverly illustrated by L. Raven Hill, and the frontispiece,
entitled 'Mrs. Pottle's Cigar,' is an inspiration."
=Sheffield Telegraph.=--"Anyone who wants a good laugh should get
'The Pottle Papers.' They are very droll reading for an idle
afternoon, or picking up at any time when 'down in the dumps.'
They are very brief and very bright, and it is impossible for
anyone with the slightest sense of humour to read the book without
bursting into 'the loud guffaw' which does not always 'bespeak the
empty mind.'"
At all Booksellers, Libraries, and Railway Bookstalls.
GREENING AND CO.,
20, CECIL COURT, CHARING CROSS ROAD, LONDON, W.C.
NOW READY. AT ALL BOOKSELLERS AND LIBRARIES.
_A NEW AND INTERESTING STORY OF THEATRICAL AND LITERARY LIFE._
"FAME, THE FIDDLER."
By S. J. ADAIR FITZ-GERALD.
_Crown 8vo, Cloth gilt_, =6s.=
REVIEWERS' REMARKS.
=Standard.=--"There are many pleasant pages in 'Fame, the
Fiddler,' which reminds us of 'Trilby,' with its pictures of
Bohemian life, and its happy-go-lucky group of good-hearted,
generous scribblers, artists, and playwrights. Some of the
characters are so true to life, that it is impossible not to
recognize them. Among the best incidents in the volume must be
mentioned the production of Pryor's play, and the account of poor
Jimmy Lambert's death, which is as moving an incident as we have
read for a long time. Altogether, 'Fame, the Fiddler,' is a very
human book, and an amusing one as well."
=Pall Mall Gazette.=--"A pleasant, cheery story. Displays a rich
vein of robust imagination."
=Western Daily Press.=--"A novel of more than average merit.
Cleverly written, and intensely interesting throughout."
=Graphic.=--"The volume will please and amuse numberless people."
=Literary World.=--"Full of interest. The racy and fluent
delineations of some phases of life in London cannot fail to take
hold of the imagination, and appeal to the interest of the
reader."
=Lady.=--"Written in the happiest manner, by turns humorous and
pathetic, by one who evidently understands his subject
thoroughly."
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