Daily Telegraph. — " It is a fine story, manifestly based on facts, and told with no less picturesqueness than vivacflty. There is fighting enough in it, between ' black fellows ' and ' white fellows,' bushrangers and mounted police, to satisfy the combative proclivities of the most sanguinary British Schoolboy." THE IMPERSONATOR By MARY IMLAY TAYLOR Author of " On the Red Staircase," " Imperial Lover," "My Lady Ckncarty," etc. Illustrated by CH. GRUNWALD Crown 8vo, Cloth Gilt, 6s. Liverpool Post. — "Always bright and most agreeable, the book has that vague quality which can only be described as charm, while in the management of plot and character development it is far above the average. Mary is, indeed, a winsome character." Morning Post. — " Miss Taylor has succeeded in giving us an interesting novel." Ladies' Field. — " One gets thoroughly absorbed in it.'' Glasgow News. — " Pleasantly written and very readable." Dundee Advertiser. — "All the happenings are treated with charm and considerable naturalness." I'S tTbe ®lb Honbon H^ovels BY SIDNEY HERBERT BURCHELL Cheap Editions. Crown 8vo, Cloth Gilt, 3/. 6d. each. MY LADY OF THE BASS Birmingham Fast. — " A cleverly constructed story, and the characters are drawn with the skill of a master hand. ' My L«dy of the Bass ' is one of the best romances of its kind that has come from the press this year." THE DUKE'S SERVANTS People. — "Mr. Burchell is a master of the picturesque, and also has considerable strength in characterisation." World. — " A thoroughly well-written, humorous, and most readable production, skilfully constructed, and essentially a tale told in a merry vein." DANIEL HERRICK spectator. — " Distinctly a book to be recommended." Scotsman. — " Another powerful romance founded upon the social condition of London in the third quarter of the Seventeenth Century." IN THE DAYS OF KING JAMES Athenaum. — " The stories are well-written, readable romances, showing careful workmanship and scrupulous com- position." Birmingham Post. — " One seems almost to be reading some omitted chapters of Sir Walter Scott's ' Fortune of Nigel.' " ' Sheffield Telegraph. — " Grips the reader's interest from the first, and holds it to the end." 16 " She is what is always and everywhere rare — a real humorist." Graphic. WORKS BY ^ ^ KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN IVhat the Press say of her and her Books. Times. — " It is pleasant to meet with an American lady writer so cultivated in style, so susceptible to enthusiasm, and (O capable of seasoning her enthusiasm with quiet humour." Graphic. — "The best and brightest of American humorists." Pall Mall Gazette. — " Mrs. Wig^in has a fund of genuine and refined humour that is simply irresistible." REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM Crown 8vo, Cloth, fully Gilt back, 6s. This book has met with a phenomenal success, over z 1 0,000 copies having been already sold, and is still in great demand. Bookman. — " From the moment when you see Rebecca, a imall child of eleven, to the end, some six years later, your in- terest never flags. The humour and pathos of it all is of the quiet, subtle kind that is almost as indescribable as a fragrance is. The characters are drawn clearly and intimately .... they are all fashioned with a skill and a sympathetic knowledge that makes them vividly real. The naturid life-likeness and humour of the book are perfect in their kind. Mrs. Wiggin herself has done nothing better, and this is very high praise." Spectator. — " By its gaiety, its tenderness, and its wit, as well as on the score of its subject, deserves a place on the shelf that holds Mrs. Ewing's ' Six to Sixteen.' " TIMOTHY'S QUEST. Illustrated by Oliver Herford. Cloth Gilt, 2j. 6d. A CATHEDRAL COURTSHIP. Illustrated by C. E. Bkock. Cloth Gilt extra, y. dd.

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Daily Telegraph. — " It is a fine story, manifestly based on facts, and told with no less picturesqueness than vivacflty. There is fighting enough in it, between ' black fellows ' and ' white fellows,' bushrangers and mounted police, to satisfy the combative proclivities of the most sanguinary British Schoolboy." THE IMPERSONATOR By MARY IMLAY TAYLOR Author of "On the Red Staircase," "Imperial Lover," "My Lady Clencerty," etc. Illustrated by CH. GRUNWALD Crown 8vo, Cloth Gilt, 6s. Liverpool Post. — "Always bright and most agreeable, the book has that vague quality which can only be described as charm, while in the management of plot and character development it is far above the average. Mary is, indeed, a winsome character." Morning Post. — " Miss Taylor has succeeded in giving us an interesting novel." Ladies' Field. — " One gets thoroughly absorbed in it.'' Glasgow News. — " Pleasantly written and very readable." Dundee Advertiser. — "All the happenings are treated with charm and considerable naturalness." I'S tTbe ®lb Honbon H^ovels BY SIDNEY HERBERT BURCHELL Cheap Editions. Crown 8vo, Cloth Gilt, 3/. 6d. each. MY LADY OF THE BASS Birmingham Post. — "A cleverly constructed story, and the characters are drawn with the skill of a master hand. 'My Lady of the Bass' is one of the best romances of its kind that has come from the press this year." THE DUKE'S SERVANTS People. — "Mr. Burchell is a master of the picturesque, and also has considerable strength in characterisation." World. — " A thoroughly well-written, humorous, and most readable production, skilfully constructed, and essentially a tale told in a merry vein." DANIEL HERRICK spectator. — " Distinctly a book to be recommended." Scotsman. — " Another powerful romance founded upon the social condition of London in the third quarter of the Seventeenth Century." IN THE DAYS OF KING JAMES Athenaum. — " The stories are well-written, readable romances, showing careful workmanship and scrupulous composition." Birmingham Post. — " One seems almost to be reading some omitted chapters of Sir Walter Scott's ' Fortune of Nigel.' " ' Sheffield Telegraph. — " Grips the reader's interest from the first, and holds it to the end." " She is what is always and everywhere rare — a real humorist." Graphic. — KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN IVhat the Press say of her and her Books. Times. — "It is pleasant to meet with an American lady writer so cultivated in style, so susceptible to enthusiasm, and capable of seasoning her enthusiasm with quiet humour." Graphic. — "The best and brightest of American humorists." Pall Mall Gazette. — "Mrs. Wiggin has a fund of genuine and refined humour that is simply irresistible." REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM Crown 8vo, Cloth, fully Gilt back, 6s. This book has met with a phenomenal success, over z 1 0,000 copies having been already sold, and is still in great demand. Bookman. — " From the moment when you see Rebecca, a imall child of eleven, to the end, some six years later, your interest never flags. The humour and pathos of it all is of the quiet, subtle kind that is almost as indescribable as a fragrance is. The characters are drawn clearly and intimately .... they are all fashioned with a skill and a sympathetic knowledge that makes them vividly real. The naturid life-likeness and humour of the book are perfect in their kind. Mrs. Wiggin herself has done nothing better, and this is very high praise." Spectator. — "By its gaiety, its tenderness, and its wit, as well as on the score of its subject, deserves a place on the shelf that holds Mrs. Ewing's 'Six to Sixteen.'" TIMOTHY'S QUEST. Illustrated by Oliver Herford. Cloth Gilt, 2s. 6d. A CATHEDRAL COURTSHIP. Illustrated by C. E. Brook. Cloth Gilt extra, 3s. 6d.

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