"It has literary merits all its own, of a deliberate and rather deep order.... In point of execution 'The Chronicles of Count Antonio' is the best work that Mr. Hope has yet done. The design is clearer, the workmanship more elaborate, the style more colored.... The incidents are most ingenious, they are told quietly, but with great cunning, and the Quixotic sentiment which pervades it all is exceedingly pleasant"--_Westminster Gazette._ "A romance worthy of all the expectations raised by the brilliancy of his former books, and likely to be read with a keen enjoyment and a healthy exaltation of the spirits by every one who takes it up."--_The Scotsman._ "A gallant tale, written with unfailing freshness and spirit."--_London Daily Telegraph._ "One of the most fascinating romances written in English within many days. The quaint simplicity of its style is delightful, and the adventures recorded in these 'Chronicles of Count Antonio' are as stirring and ingenious as any conceived even by Weyman at his best."--_New York World._ "Romance of the real flavor, wholly and entirely romance, and narrated in true romantic style. The characters, drawn with such masterly handling, are not merely pictures and portraits, but statues that are alive and step boldly forward from the canvas."--_Boston Courier._ "Told in a wonderfully simple and direct style, and with the magic touch of a man who has the genius of narrative, making the varied incidents flow naturally and rapidly in a stream of sparkling discourse."--_Detroit Tribune._ "Easily ranks with, if not above, 'A Prisoner of Zenda.'... Wonderfully strong, graphic, and compels the interest of the most _blasé_ novel reader."--_Boston Advertiser._ "No adventures were ever better worth telling than those of Count Antonio.... The author knows full well how to make every pulse thrill, and how to hold his readers under the spell of his magic."--_Boston Herald._ "A book to make women weep proud tears, and the blood of men to tingle with knightly fervor.... In 'Count Antonio' we think Mr. Hope surpasses himself, as he has already surpassed all the other story-tellers of the period."--_New York Spirit of the Times._ NOVELS BY HALL CAINE. _THE MANXMAN._ 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. "A story of marvelous dramatic intensity, and in its ethical meaning has a force comparable only to Hawthorne's 'Scarlet Letter.'"--_Boston Beacon._ "A work of power which is another stone added to the foundation of enduring fame to which Mr. Caine is yearly adding."--_Public Opinion._