"The author deals with admirable taste and tact with the situation.... The story is one of high merit from beginning to end."--_Scotsman._
"It is very well told.... The novel is exciting, and preserves its interest to the end.... Excellent story."--_Athenæum._
"Mr. Benson has written an interesting and truly human book. His range is much wider than it was: his character-drawing has gained in depth, delicacy, and precision; while the sparkling dialogue which we enjoyed in 'Dodo' has lost none of its old brilliancy."--_Daily Telegraph._
"A very remarkable novel, well thought out, well sustained, and inspired from first to last."--_National Observer._
"Mr. Burgin has just scored a second shining success with 'Tomalyn's Quest,' a tale of the keenest interest."--_Daily Telegraph._
"Mr. Alden has the true gift of honour.... It is impossible to read the collection of short stories without genuine enjoyment."--_Times._
"The love interest of 'Ravenstone' is twofold, and is admirably sustained throughout this bright, vigorous, and refreshing story."--_Daily Telegraph._
By X. L., Author of "Aut Diabolus aut Nihil."
MR. GLADSTONE writes: "Pray accept my thanks.... I was so imprudent as to read it at once, and since that act have found great difficulty in laying it down."
"'The Limb' is unquestionably one of the most fascinating books of the season."--_Birmingham Daily Gazette._
"A capital story, and Mrs. Roma White tells it with a delicate humour and a spontaneous brilliancy as rare as they are delightful. 'A Stolen Mask' is a novel that stands high above the average, and can be strongly recommended. It is a long time since we have come across anything so thoroughly fresh and bright."--_Pall Mall Gazette._
"Is an extremely psychological study."--_Times._
"It is a very amusing novel, full of bright satire directed against the new woman and similar objects."--_Speaker._
"A delightfully humorous sketch, full of the purest fun, and irresistibly laughable."--_Saturday Review._
Illustrated by GEORGE HUTCHINSON. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6_s._
"We commend to the notice of any one wanting a good laugh 'My Laughing Philosopher,' whose varied character-sketches amply prove Mr. Eden Phillpotts to be endowed with those two excellent gifts of humour and imagination."--_Spectator._