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FICTION
SIX SHILLING NOVELS
MARIE CORELLI. BARABBAS: A DREAM OF THE WORLD'S TRAGEDY. By MARIE
CORELLI, Author of 'A Romance of Two Worlds,' 'Vendetta,' etc.
_Seventeenth Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s._
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spirit of Christian faith. The amplifications of the Scripture
narrative are often conceived with high poetic insight, and
this "Dream of the World's Tragedy" is, despite some trifling
incongruities, a lofty and not inadequate paraphrase of the supreme
climax of the inspired narrative.'--_Dublin Review_.
ANTHONY HOPE. THE GOD IN THE CAR. By ANTHONY HOPE, Author of 'A Change
of Air,' etc. _Sixth Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s._
'Ruston is drawn with extraordinary skill, and Maggie Dennison with
many subtle strokes. The minor characters are clear cut. In short
the book is a brilliant one. "The God in the Car" is one of the most
remarkable works in a year that has given us the handiwork of nearly
all our best living novelists.'--_Standard_.
'A very remarkable book, deserving of critical analysis impossible
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ANTHONY HOPE. A CHANGE OF AIR. By ANTHONY HOPE, Author of 'The
Prisoner of Zenda,' etc. _Second Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s._
'A graceful, vivacious comedy, true to human nature. The characters
are traced with a masterly hand.'--_Times_.
ANTHONY HOPE. A MAN OF MARK. By ANTHONY HOPE, Author of 'The Prisoner
of Zenda,' 'The God in the Car,' etc. _Second Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s._
'A bright, entertaining, unusually able book, quite worthy of its
brilliant author.'--_Queen_.
'Of all Mr. Hope's books, "A Man of Mark" is the one which best
compares with "The Prisoner of Zenda." The two romances are
unmistakably the work of the same writer, and he possesses a style
of narrative peculiarly seductive, piquant, comprehensive, and--his
own.'--_National Observer_.
CONAN DOYLE. ROUND THE RED LAMP. By A. CONAN DOYLE, Author of 'The
White Company,' 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes,' etc. _Fourth
Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s._
'The book is, indeed, composed of leaves from life, and is far and
away the best view that has been vouchsafed us behind the scenes of
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Physician."'--_Illustrated London News_.
'Dr. Doyle wields a cunning pen, as all the world now knows. His deft
touch is seen to perfection in these short sketches--these "facts and
fancies of medical life," as he calls them. Every page reveals the
literary artist, the keen observer, the trained delineator of human
nature, its weal and its woe.'--_Freeman's Journal_.
'These tales are skilful, attractive, and eminently suited to give
relief to the mind of a reader in quest of distraction.'--_Athenaeum_.
STANLEY WEYMAN. UNDER THE RED ROBE. By STANLEY WEYMAN, Author of 'A
Gentleman of France.' With Twelve Illustrations by R. Caton Woodville.
_Seventh Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s._
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EMILY LAWLESS. MAELCHO: a Sixteenth Century Romance. By the Hon. EMILY
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8vo. 6s._
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the genuine artist, she may do more for her country than many a
politician. Throughout this fascinating book, Miss Lawless has
produced something which is not strictly history and is not strictly
fiction, but nevertheless possesses both imaginative value and
historical insight in a high degree.'--_Times_.
'A really great book.'--_Spectator_.
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historical genius.'--_Manchester Guardian_.
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and half-a-dozen papers declared there was '_not a dull page in the
book_.'
E.F. BENSON. THE RUBICON. By E.F. BENSON, Author of 'Dodo.' _Fourth
Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s._
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characteristic_'; the 'National Observer congratulates Mr. Benson upon
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on his previous work_.'
M.M. DOWIE. GALLIA. By MENIE MURIEL DOWIE, Author of 'A Girl in the
Carpathians.' _Second Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s._
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the story itself is readable from title-page to colophon.'--_Saturday
Review_.
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written book.'--_Daily Graphic_.
_MR. BARING GOULD'S NOVELS_
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and skilled hands of a master of his art, that he is always fresh and
never dull, and under such conditions it is no wonder that readers
have gained confidence both in his power of amusing and satisfying
them, and that year by year his popularity widens.'--_Court Circular_.
BARING GOULD. URITH: A Story of Dartmoor. By S. BARING GOULD. _Third
Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s._
'The author is at his best.'--_Times_.
'He has nearly reached the high water-mark of "Mehalah."'--_National
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BARING GOULD. MRS. CURGENVEN OF CURGENVEN. By S. BARING GOULD. _Fourth
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BARING GOULD. CHEAP JACK ZITA. By S. BARING GOULD. _Third Edition.
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BARING GOULD. THE QUEEN OF LOVE. By S. BARING GOULD. _Third Edition.
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changeful. The book will take rank among the best of Mrs. Oliphant's
good stories.'--_Pall Mall Gazette_.
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wholesomeness of tone which one is accustomed to find in the novels of
this favourite author.'--_Scotsman_.
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GILBERT PARKER. WHEN VALMOND CAME TO PONTIAC; The Story of a Lost
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