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“A simple, touching story, that goes
straight to the heart of the reader.”

“It is a masterpiece.”

“In all the portraiture, description,
dialogue and incident of the book
there is a fresh originality, a vivid dramatic
power, a knowledge of the mystery
of life, that few possess. Here is
a writer who will be, perhaps, as great
as George Eliot.”

“In many respects one of the best
and most powerful works of fiction that
have been lately issued.”

“It is altogether one of the best
publications of the day.”

“By far one of the best novels that
have been sent to us this season.”

“Well constructed and clearly told.
We recommend it to novel readers.”

“It is admirably written and excellent
in tone.”

“The author of `Misunderstood'
has given us another charming story
of child-life. This, however, is not a
book for children. Adult readers of
Miss Montgomery's book will find
much that will lead them to profitable
reflection of childish character and
many graphically touched terms of
childish thought and expression which
will come home to their own experience.”

“A delightful story, founded upon
the lives of children. There is a
thread of gold in it upon which are
strung many lovely sentiments. There
is a deep and strong current of religious
feeling throughout the story, not a
prosy, unattractive lecturing upon religious
subjects. A good, true and
earnest life is depicted, full of hope
and longing, and of happy fruition.
One cannot read this book without
being better for it, or without a more
tender charity being stirred up in his
heart.”

“The characters are drawn with a
delicacy that lends a charm to the
book.”

“Mrs. Wister's admirable translations
are among the books that everybody
reads. She certainly may be
said to possess unusual ability in retaining
the peculiar weird flavor of a
German story, while rendering it with
perfect ease and grace into our own
language. Few recently published
novels have received more general
perusal and approval than `Only a
Girl;' and `Why Did He Not Die?
possesses in at least an equal degree
all the elements of popularity. From
the beginning to the end the interest
never flags, and the characters and
scenes are drawn with great warmth
and power.”

“The fabric is thoroughly wrought
and truly dramatic.”

“There are elements of power in
the novel, and some exciting scenes.”

“In point of variety and general
grace of diction. `Old Song and New'
is the best volume of poems that has
yet been written by an American
woman, whether North or South—the
best, because on the whole the best
sustained and the most thoughtful.”

“In this volume there is workman
ship of which none need be ashamed,
while much vies with our best living
writers. Strength and beauty, scholarship
and fine intuition are manifested
throughout so as to charm the reader
and assure honorable distinction to
the writer. Such poetry is in no danger
of becoming too abundant.”

“Some of the scenes are powerfully
wrought out, and are highly
dramatic in their construction.”

“The story is well constructed. It
is vivacious, intricate and well sustained....
It is one of the best of
the many excellent novels from the
German issued by this house.”

“It is a wonderful production. There
have been ancient novels before now,
but none, according to our recollections,
so antique as this.”

“The plot is a most interesting one,
and in its development we are given an
accurate insight into the social and
political life of the Egyptians of that
time.”

“It is a valuable contribution to
science as well as a highly-wrought
novel.”

“It is the best Indian story, because
the truest to life, that we have
lately seen.”

“Apart from its mere literary merits
as a graphic, well-told and spirited
narrative of border experience and
Indian warfare, `Sergeant Atkins'
really gives us all the facts of the
Florida war which are necessary to a
clear understanding of its origin, progress
and character.”

“These two novels belong to the
admirable Barchester series, in which
certain phases of clerical life are de
veloped with much realism and
humor.”

“The book has a good deal of life
and spirit in it.”

“It is bold and vigorous in delineation,
and equally pronounced and effective
in its moral.”

“The story is full of vivacity and
of thrilling interest.”

“Tricotrin is a work of absolute
power, some truth and deep interest.”

“The book abounds in beautiful
sentiment, expressed in a concentrated,
compact style which cannot fail
to be attractive and will be read with
pleasure in every household.”

“This is one of the most powerful
and spicy works of fiction which the
present century, so prolific in light
literature, has produced.”

“It is a romance of the intense
school, but it is written with more
power, fluency and brilliancy than the
works of Miss Braddon and Mrs.
Wood, while its scenes and characters
are taken from high life.”

“Those who have read these two
last named brilliant works of fiction
(Granville de Vigne and Strathmore)
will be sure to read Chandos. It is
characterized by the same gorgeous
coloring of style and somewhat exaggerated
portraiture of scenes and characters,
but it is a story of surprising
power and interest.”

“No one will be able to resist its
fascination who once begins its perusal.”

“This is probably the most popular
work of Ouida. It is enough of itself
to establish her fame as one of the
most eloquent and graphic writers of
fiction now living.”

“Its quaintness will provoke laughter,
while the interest in the central
character is kept up unabated.”

“It sustains the widely-spread popularity
of the author.”

“Ouida's pen is a graphic one, and
page after page of gorgeous word-painting
flow from it in a smooth, melodious
rhythm that often has the perfect measure
of blank verse, and needs only to
be broken into line. There is in it,
too, the eloquence of genius.”

“This work fully sustains the
writer's previous reputation, and may
be numbered among the best of her
works.”

“Full of vivacity.”

“The best of her numerous stories.”

“It is a story of love and hatred, of
affection and jealousy, of intrigue and
devotion.... We think this novel
will attain a wide popularity, especially
among those whose refined taste enables
them to appreciate and enjoy
what is truly beautiful in literature.”

“Those who look upon light literature
as an art will read these tales with
pleasure and satisfaction.”

“In the longest of these stories, `A
Branch of Lilac,' the simplicity of the
narrative—so direct and truthful—produces
the highest artistic effect. It
required high genius to write such a
tale in such a manner.”

“The many works already in print
by this versatile authoress have established
her reputation as a novelist, and
these short stories contribute largely
to the stock of pleasing narratives and
adventures alive to the memory of all
who are given to romance and fiction.”

“A more charming story, and one
which, having once commenced, it
seemed more difficult to leave, we
have not met with for many a day.”

“Is one of the most intense, con
centrated, compact novels of the day.
... And the work has the minute
fidelity of the author of `The Initials,'
the dramatic unity of Reade and the
graphic power of George Eliot.”

“A charming book. It absorbs
your attention from the title-page to
the end.”

“A charming story charmingly
told.”

“There is more dramatic power in
this than in any of the stories by the
same author that we have read.”

“It is a story that arouses the inter
est of the reader from the outset.”

“The best work by this author.”

“`Over Yonder' is a charming
novelette. The admirers of `Old
Mam'selle's Secret' will give it a glad
reception, while those who are ignor
ant of the merits of this author will
find in it a pleasant introduction to the
works of a gifted writer.”

“By far the best foreign romance of
the season.”

“It is a great luxury to give one's self
up to its balmy influence.”

“We know of no way in which a
leisure hour may be more pleasantly
whiled away than by a perusal of
either of these tales.”