"War to the Knife;" or, Tangata MaoriBoldrewood, Rolf
General
"War to the Knife;" or, Tangata Maori
Boldrewood, Rolf
Māori (New Zealand people) -- Fiction; New Zealand -- Fiction
_SPECTATOR._--"Mr. Lowis's story is pleasant to read in more senses
than one. It is not only clever and wholesome, but printed in a type
so large and clear as to reconcile us to the thickness of the volume."
_ATHENÆUM._--"The author writes in a clear, attractive style, and
succeeds in maintaining the reader's interest from the first page to
the last."
_WORLD._--"One of the best stories that we have recently read. The
touches of Burmese ways and character are excellent. The local colour
is sufficient, and the little group which plays the skilful comedy
has rare variety and lifelikeness."
_DAILY NEWS._--"We are grateful to it no less for its large and clear
type, than for its merits as a novel."
_ACADEMY._--"The life of the station is admirably drawn by Mr. Lowis,
and the love-story holds, without exciting, the reader. A most
readable novel."
_LITERARY WORLD._--"Charming.... The reader may be assured of
entertainment who trusts himself to Mr. Lowis's care."
_SCOTSMAN._--"So much has been made of Anglo-Indian society in recent
fiction that it must be doubly difficult for a novelist to excel
in this field. But in this pleasant and refreshing story Mr. Lowis
fairly does so, and his book deserves to be widely read."
Crown 8vo. 6s.
OFF THE HIGH ROAD
By ELEANOR C. PRICE.
AUTHOR OF "YOUNG DENYS," "IN THE LION'S MOUTH," ETC.
_ATHENÆUM._--"A pleasant tale."
_SPEAKER._--"A charming bit of social comedy, tinged with just a
suspicion of melodrama.... The atmosphere of the story is so bright
and genial that we part from it with regret."
_DAILY TELEGRAPH._--"At once ingenious, symmetrical, and
entertaining.... Miss Price's fascinating romance."
_LITERATURE._--"A simple, but very pleasant story."
_SPECTATOR._--"The notion of an orphan heiress, the daughter of an
Earl, and the cynosure of two London seasons, flying precipitately
from her guardians, who are endeavouring to force her into a match
with a man she detests, and hiding herself under an assumed name in
a remote rural district of the Midlands, is an excellent motive in
itself, and gains greatly from the charm and delicacy of Miss Price's
handling."
_ACADEMY._--"A quiet country book in the main, with more emotion than
action, and continuous interest."
_DAILY MAIL._--"One of the sweetest and most satisfying love stories
that we have read for many weeks past. To read _Off the High Road_ is
as mentally bracing as an actual holiday among the rural delights of
the farm, the orchard, and the spinney, in which the scenes of the
novel are so refreshingly set."
_GUARDIAN._--"Is the story of a summer in the life of a high-spirited
and very charming heiress.... The book has a fresh open-air
atmosphere that is decidedly restful."
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