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THE PRIDE OF JENNICO
_BEING A MEMOIR OF_
CAPTAIN BASIL JENNICO
By EGERTON CASTLE
_ACADEMY._--"A capital romance."
_COUNTRY LIFE._--"This story of the later years of the eighteenth
century will rank high in literature. It is a fine and spirited
romance set in a slight but elegant and accurate frame of history.
The book itself has a peculiar and individual charm by virtue of the
stately language in which it is written.... It is stately, polished,
and full of imaginative force."
_LIVERPOOL DAILY MERCURY._--"The book is written in a strong and
terse style of diction with a swift and vivid descriptive touch. In
its grasp of character and the dramatic nature of its plot it is one
of the best novels of its kind since Stevenson's _Prince Otto_."
_COSMOPOLIS._--"A capital story, well constructed and well written.
The style deserves praise for a distinction only too rare in the
present day."
Crown 8vo. 6s.
STORIES FROM AMERICAN HISTORY
BUCCANEERS AND PIRATES OF OUR COASTS
By FRANK R. STOCKTON
AUTHOR OF "RUDDER GRANGE"
_WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY_
GEORGE VARIAN AND B. WEST CLINEDINST
_PALL MALL GAZETTE._--"A fine book.... They are exciting reading....
Eminently informing."
_ACADEMY._--"Mr. Frank R. Stockton is always interesting, whether he
writes for young or old."
_SCOTSMAN._--"In these stirring romances of the sea he does not
profess to give anything fresh; he merely puts into bright, crisp,
modern language, the tales that were told in the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries by the recognized chroniclers of the deeds of
the freebooters who disported themselves on the American coasts in
those picturesque times.... The book is very finely illustrated."
_INDEPENDENT (NEW YORK)._--"This book of buccaneers will stir the
blood of young people who care for stories that tell of wild fighting
on pirate ships and lawless riots ashore in the time when the ocean
was not at command of steam's civilizing power.... Mr. Stockton has
given the charm of his genius to the book."
Crown 8vo. 6s.
THE
TREASURY OFFICER'S WOOING
By CECIL LOWIS
_BRITISH WEEKLY._--"The scene is laid in India, and to our mind it is
quite as good as Mrs. Steel."
_WHITEHALL REVIEW._--"A clever tale."
_SPECTATOR._--"It is plain that the writer may yet be a formidable
rival to Mrs. Steel."
Crown 8vo. 6s.
BISMILLAH
By A. J. DAWSON
AUTHOR OF "MERE SENTIMENT," "GOD'S FOUNDLING," ETC.
A romantic story of Moorish life in the Rift Country and in Tangier
by Mr. A. J. Dawson, whose last novel, _God's Foundling_, was well
received in the beginning of the year, and whose West African and
Australian Bush stories will be familiar to most readers of fiction.
_Bismillah_ is the title chosen for Mr. Dawson's new book, which may
be regarded as the outcome of his somewhat adventurous experiences in
Morocco last year.
_ACADEMY._--"Romantic and dramatic, and full of colour."
_GUARDIAN._--"Decidedly clever and original.... Its excellent local
colouring, and its story, as a whole interesting and often dramatic,
make it a book more worth reading and enjoyable than is at all
common."
_SPEAKER._--"A stirring tale of love and adventure.... There is
enough of exciting incident, of fighting, intrigue, and love-making
in _Bismillah_ to satisfy the most exacting reader."
_MANCHESTER GUARDIAN._--"An interesting and pleasing tale."
_SCOTSMAN._--"Mr. Dawson sustains the interest of his readers to the
end. The characters are well defined, the situations are frequently
dramatic, the descriptive passages are clear and animated, and a rich
vein of genuine human nature runs through the narrative."
_DUNDEE ADVERTISER._--"Mr. Dawson has caught the spirit of the
country, and his romance has the Moorish glamour about it delicious
as a memory of Tangiers in sunset."
Crown 8vo. 6s.
HER MEMORY
By MAARTEN MAARTENS
AUTHOR OF "MY LADY NOBODY," ETC.
_DAILY TELEGRAPH._--"Full of the quiet grace and literary excellence
which we have now learnt to associate with the author."
_DAILY NEWS._--"An interesting and characteristic example of this
writer's manner. It possesses his sobriety of tone and treatment, his
limpidity and minuteness of touch, his keenness of observation....
The book abounds in clever character sketches.... It is very good."
_ST. JAMES'S GAZETTE._--There is something peculiarly fascinating in
Mr. Maarten Maartens's new story. It is one of those exquisitely told
tales, not unhappy, nor tragic, yet not exactly 'happy,' but full of
the pain--as a philosopher has put it--that one prefers, which are
read, when the reader is in the right mood, with, at least, a subdued
sense of tears, tears of pleasure."
_ATHENÆUM._--"Maarten Maartens has never written a brighter social
story, and it has higher qualities than brightness."
_PALL MALL GAZETTE._--" It is a most delicate bit of workmanship, and
the sentiment of it is as exquisite as it is true. All the characters
are drawn with rare skill: there is not one that is not an admirable
portrait.'
_LITERATURE._--"A powerful and sometimes painful study, softened
by many touches of pathos and flashes of humour--occasionally of
sheer fun. On the whole, it will stand comparison with any of its
predecessors for dramatic effect and strength of style."
_TRUTH._--"Mr. Maarten Maartens' latest and, perhaps, finest novel."
_SCOTSMAN._--"The book is one of singular power and interest,
original and unique."
_LEEDS MERCURY._--"_Her Memory_ is a book which only a man of genius
could write, and as a study of character it is fascinating.... The
prevailing impression left by _Her Memory_ is that of beauty and
strength. Unlike the majority of contemporary novels, the story
before us is one which arrests thought, as well as touches some of
the deepest problems of life."
Crown 8vo. 6s.
THE ADVENTURES OF FRANCOIS
_Foundling, Thief, Juggler, and Fencing Master during the French
Revolution_
By S. WEIR MITCHELL, M.D.
AUTHOR OF "HUGH WYNNE," ETC.
_DAILY TELEGRAPH._--"It is delightfully entertaining throughout, and
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