The MS. in a Red BoxHamilton, John A. (John Arthur)
History
The MS. in a Red Box
Hamilton, John A. (John Arthur)
Axholme, Isle of (England) -- History -- Fiction
_Truth_.--"Certainly it is the most brilliant piece of work Mr. Locke
has done."
_Daily Telegraph_.--"Mr. Locke, who has a happy gift for
characterisation, and who writes in the easy cultured style of the
scholar, has been quite successful in delineating his hero."
_Liverpool Courier_.--"'The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne' was emphatically
the book of a year. It was irresistible. 'The Beloved Vagabond' is in
many respects a better book. Mr. Locke is an artist in method and in
style. English so distinguished and so unaffected as he employs is a
refreshment to the reader, and the spirit of the tale, with its
beautiful, touching and mellow humanity, its wisdom and its poetry, is
deeply impressive. It is a memorable book."
_Globe_.--"Mr. Locke's novel abounds in delightful dialogue."
The Glory of Clementina Wing
Crown 8vo, 1s; also Popular Edition, Cloth, Crown 8vo, 1s net.
_Press Opinions_
_Times_.--"Mr. Locke is a master of many spells."
_Daily Telegraph_.--"Mr. Locke may feel assured that both Clementina
and Quixtus will become favourites with his readers, and that neither
the rough idiosyncracies of Clementina, nor the amiable fatuity of Dr.
Quixtus, will readily pass into the limbo of forgotten things."
MR. JAMES DOUGLAS, _Star_.--"The best novel Mr. Locke has written since
he produced his masterpiece, 'The Beloved Vagabond.' Into it he has
poured all his powers ... the story is a real story with a real plot,
real human beings, real human emotions, and a real development of
character. The story holds you from start to finish. You cannot lay
it down. And over that story there is a perpetual play of that airy
humour and fantastic gaiety with which Mr. Locke alone among living
novelists knows how to enchant his readers."
_Daily Chronicle_.--"The tale is a very good thing indeed, one worthy
and truly characteristic of an author who is reaping a golden harvest
of appreciation, well deserved. 'The Glory of Clementina Wing' is very
enjoyable. It runs trippingly throughout, and in characterisation,
style, and dialogue deserves the laurels."
_Globe_.--"Clementina is a real triumph for Mr. Locke. He has
certainly never drawn a more living character, or one whose charm is
more certain. It is not necessary to emphasise the individuality of
Mr. Locke's style and treatment. His latest effort is
characteristically felicitous and unconventional in outlook, and
possesses much of the poetry of virile romance.... A delightful work."
_Sunday Times_.--"With that style of his that is at once so fastidious
and so charming, so illusive and so easy, Mr. Locke sets out the tale
of his Quixtus's misfortunes, and in the meantime paints a very
engaging portrait of this student-solicitor."
_Observer_.--"Mr. Locke's best ... Clementina Wing and Dr. Quixtus are
the two most adorable characters that Mr. Locke has ever brought
together in holy wedlock.... The phrases are Locke's most debonairly
witty."
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