Mrs. Ward, with her "Robert Elsmere" and "David Grieve," has established with extraordinary rapidity an enduring reputation as one who has expressed what is deepest and most real in the thought of the time.... They are dramas of the time vitalized by the hopes, fears, doubts, and despairing struggles after higher ideals which are swaying the minds of men and women of this generation.--_New York Tribune._ ROBERT ELSMERE. THE HISTORY OF DAVID GRIEVE. MILLY AND OLLY. BY RUDYARD KIPLING. Every one knows that it is not easy to write good short stories. Mr. Kipling has changed all that. Here are forty of them, averaging less than eight pages apiece; there is not a dull one in the lot. Some are tragedy, some broad comedy, some tolerably sharp satire. The time has passed to ignore or undervalue Mr. Kipling. He has won his spurs and taken his prominent place in the arena. This, as the legitimate edition, should be preferred to the pirated ones by all such as care for honesty in letters.--_Churchman_, New York. PLAIN TALES FROM THE HILLS. LIFE'S HANDICAP. BY AMY LEVY. REUBEN SACHS. BY M. McLENNAN. MUCKLE JOCK, AND OTHER STORIES. BY THOMAS HUGHES. TOM BROWN'S SCHOOLDAYS. Illustrated. RUGBY, TENNESSEE. BY ROLF BOLDREWOOD. Mr. Boldrewood can tell what he knows with great point and vigour, and there is no better reading than the adventurous parts of his books.--_Saturday Review._ ROBBERY UNDER ARMS. NEVERMORE. SYDNEY-SIDE SAXON. BY SIR HENRY CUNNINGHAM, K.C.I.E. Interesting as specimens of romance, the style of writing is so excellent--scholarly and at the same time easy and natural--that the volumes are worth reading on that account alone. But there is also masterly description of persons, places, and things; skilful analysis of character; a constant play of wit and humour; and a happy gift of instantaneous portraiture.--_St. James's Gazette._ THE COERULEANS: A VACATION IDYLL. BY GEORGE GISSING. We earnestly commend the book for its high literary merit, its deep bright interest, and for the important and healthful lessons that it teaches.--_Boston Home Journal._ DENZIL QUARRIER. THE ODD WOMEN. BY W. CLARK RUSSELL. The descriptions are wonderfully realistic ... and the breath of the ocean is over and through every page. The plot is very novel indeed, and is developed with skill and tact. Altogether one of the cleverest and most entertaining of Mr. Russell's many works.--_Boston Times._ A STRANGE ELOPEMENT. BY THE HON. EMILY LAWLESS. It is a charming story, full of natural life, fresh in style and thought, pure in tone, and refined in feeling.--_Nineteenth Century._ A strong and original story. It is marked by originality, freshness, insight, a rare graphic power, and as rare a psychological perception. It is in fact a better story than "Hurrish," and that is saying a good deal.--_New York Tribune._ GRANIA: THE STORY OF AN ISLAND. BY A NEW AUTHOR.