MESSRS. METHUEN'S LIST 25 Gilbert Parker. THE TRAIL OF THE SWORD. By GILBERT PARKER, Author of 'Pierre and his People,' etc. Crown 8vo. 6s. A historical romance dealing with a stirring period in the history of Canada. Arthur Morrison. TALES OF MEAN STREETS. BY ARTHUR MORRISON. Crown 8vo. 6s. 'Told with consummate art and extraordinary detail. He tells a plain, unvarnished tale, and the very truth of it makes for beauty. In the true humanity of the book lies its justification, the permanence of its interest, and its indubitable triumph.'Athenæum. 'Each story is complete in itself, vivid, engrossing. His work is literature, and literature of a high order.'-Realm. A great book. The author's method is amazingly effective, and produces a thrilling sense of reality. The writer lays upon us a master hand. The book is simply appalling and irresistible in its interest. It is humorous also; without humour it would not make the mark it is certain to make.'-World. 'Mr. Morrison has shot the flashlight of his unmistakable genius. The literary workmanship is of the highest order.'-Aberdeen Press. 'Powerful pictures from the lower social depths.'-Morning Post. Robert Barr. IN THE MIDST OF ALARMS. By ROBERT Crown 8vo. 6s. BARR, Author of 'From Whose Bourne,' etc. 'A delightful romance with experiences strange and exciting. There are two pretty girls in the story, both the heroes fall in love, and the development of this thread of the tale is in all respects charming. The dialogue is always bright and witty; the scenes are depicted briefly and effectively; and there is no incident from first to last that one would wish to have omitted.'-Scotsman. Pryce. TIME AND THE WOMAN. By RICHARD PRYCE, Author of 'Miss Maxwell's Affections,' 'The Quiet Mrs. Fleming,' etc. New and Cheaper Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s. 'Mr. Pryce's work recalls the style of Octave Feuillet, by its clearness, conciseness, its literary reserve.' -Athenæum. Marriott Watson. DIOGENES OF LONDON and other Sketches. By H. B. MARRIott Watson, Author of 'The Web of the Spider.' Crown 8vo. Buckram. 6s. 'By all those who delight in the uses of words, who rate the exercise of prose above the exercise of verse, who rejoice in all proofs of its delicacy and its strength, who believe that English prose is chief among the moulds of thought, by these Mr. Marriott Watson's book will be welcomed.'-National Observer. Gilchrist. THE STONE DRAGON. By MURRAY GILCHRIST. Crown 8vo. Buckram. 6s. 'The author's faults are atoned for by certain positive and admirable merits. The romances have not their counterpart in modern literature, and to read them is a unique experience.'-National Observer. THREE-AND-SIXPENNY NOVELS Edna Lyall. DERRICK VAUGHAN, NOVELIST. By EDNA LYALL, Author of 'Donovan,' etc. Crown 8vo. 35. 6d. Baring Gould. ARMINELL: A Social Romance. BARING GOULD. New Edition. By S. Crown 8vo. 35. 6d. Baring Gould. URITH: A Story of Dartmoor. GOULD. Third Edition. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d. 'The author is at his best.'-Times. By S. BARING 'He has nearly reached the high water-mark of "Mehalah."'—-National Observer. Baring Gould. MARGERY OF QUETHER, and other Stories. By S. BARING GOULD. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d. Baring Gould. JACQUETTA, and other Stories. By S. BARING GOULD. Crown 8vo. 35. 6d. Gray. ELSA. A Novel. By E. M'QUEEN GRAY. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d. 'A charming novel. The characters are not only powerful sketches, but minutely and carefully finished portraits.'-Guardian. J. H. Pearce. JACO TRELOAR. By J. H. PEARCE, Author of 'Esther Pentreath.' New Edition. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d. A tragic story of Cornish life by a writer of remarkable power, whose first novel has been highly praised by Mr. Gladstone. The 'Spectator' speaks of Mr. Pearce as a writer of exceptional power'; the 'Daily Telegraph' calls the book powerful and picturesque; the "Birmingham Post asserts that it is 'a novel of high quality.' Clark Russell. MY DANISH SWEETHEART. By W. CLARK RUSSELL, Author of 'The Wreck of the Grosvenor,' etc. X. L. 3s. 6d. AUT DIABOLUS AUT NIHIL, and Other Stories. By X. L. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d. 'Distinctly original and in the highest degree imaginative. The conception is almost as lofty as Milton's.'-Spectator. 'Original to a degree of originality that may be called primitive—a kind of passionate directness that absolutely absorbs us.'-Saturday Review. 'Of powerful interest. There is something startlingly original in the treatment of the themes. The terrible realism leaves no doubt of the author's power.'-Athenæum. 'The stories possess the rare merit of originality.'-Speaker. O'Grady. THE COMING OF CUCULAIN. A Romance of the Heroic Age of Ireland. By STANDISH O'GRADY, Author of 'Finn and his Companions,' etc. Illustrated by MURRAY SMITH, Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d. 'A flashlight thrown on the greatness and splendour of our ancestors. Redolent of freshness and purity.'- Cork Herald. 'The suggestions of mystery, the rapid and exciting action, are superb poetic effects.' -Speaker. 'For light and colour it resembles nothing so much as a Swiss dawn.'-Manchester Guardian. 'A romance extremely fascinating and admirably well knit.'-Saturday Review. Constance Smith. A CUMBERER OF THE GROUND. By CONSTANCE SMITH, Author of 'The Repentance of Paul Wentworth,' etc. New Edition. Crown 8vo. 35. 6d. MESSRS. METHUEN'S LIST Author of 'Vera.' 27 THE DANCE OF THE HOURS. By the Author of 'Vera.' Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d. Esmè Stuart. A WOMAN OF FORTY. By ESMÈ STUART, Author of 'Muriel's Marriage,' 'Virginié's Husband,' etc. Edition. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d. New 'The story is well written, and some of the scenes show great dramatic power.'Daily Chronicle. Fenn. THE STAR GAZERS. By G. MANVILLE FENN, Author of 'Eli's Children,' etc. New Edition. 'A stirring romance.'-Western Morning News. Cr. 8vo. 3s. 6d. 'Told with all the dramatic power for which Mr. Fenn is conspicuous.'-Bradford Observer. Dickinson. A VICAR'S WIFE. By EVELYN DICKINSON. Crown 8vo. 35. 6d. Prowse. THE POISON OF ASPS. By R. ORTON PROWSE. Crown 8vo. 35. 6d. Grey. THE STORY OF CHRIS. By ROWLAND GREY. Lynn Linton. THE TRUE HISTORY OF JOSHUA DAVID- HALF-CROWN NOVELS A Series of Novels by popular Authors, tastefully Eleventh 2/6 1. THE PLAN OF CAMPAIGN. By F. MABEL ROBINSON. 2. DISENCHANTMENT. By F. MABEL ROBINSON. 3. MR. BUTLER'S WARD. By F. MABEL ROBINSON. 4. HOVENDEN, V.C. By F. MABEL ROBINSON. 5. ELI'S CHILDREN. By G. MANVILLE FENN. 6. A DOUBLE KNOT. By G. MANVILLE FENN. 7. DISARMED. By M. BETHAM EDWARDS. 8. A LOST ILLUSION. By LESLIE KEITH. 9. A MARRIAGE AT SEA. By W. CLARK RUSSELL. 10. IN TENT AND BUNGALOW. By the Author of 'Indian Idylls.' 11. MY STEWARDSHIP. By E. M'QUEEN GRAY. 12. A REVEREND GENTLEMAN. By J. M. COBBAN. 13. A DEPLORABLE AFFAIR. By W. E. NORRIS. 14. JACK'S FATHER. By W. E. NORRIS. Other volumes will be announced in due course. Books for Boys and Girls Baring Gould. THE ICELANDER'S SWORD. A stirring story of Iceland, written for boys by the author of 'In the Roar of the Sea. Cuthell. TWO LITTLE CHILDREN AND CHING. By EDITH E. CUTHELL. Profusely Illustrated. Crown 8vo. Cloth, gilt edges. 3s. 6d. Another story, with a dog hero, by the author of the very popular 'Only a GuardRoom Dog.' Blake. TODDLEBEN'S HERO. By M. M. BLAKE, Author of 'The Siege of Norwich Castle.' With 36 Illustrations. 8vo. 35. 6d. A story of military life for children. Crown Cuthell. ONLY A GUARD-ROOM DOG. By Mrs. CUTHELL. With 16 Illustrations by W. PARKINSON. Square Crown 8vo. 35. 6d. 'This is a charming story. Tangle was but a little mongrel Skye terrier, but he had a big heart in his little body, and played a hero's part more than once. The book can be warmly recommended.'-Standard. Collingwood. THE DOCTOR OF THE JULIET. BY HARRY COLLINGWOOD, Author of 'The Pirate Island,' etc. Illustrated by GORDON BRowNE. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d. ""The Doctor of the Juliet," well illustrated by Gordon Browne, is one of Harry Collingwood's best efforts.'-Morning Post. Clark Russell. MASTER ROCKAFELLAR'S VOYAGE. By W. CLARK RUSSELL, Author of 'The Wreck of the Grosvenor,' etc. Illustrated by GORDON BROWNE. Second Edition, Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d. 'Mr. Clark Russell's story of "Master Rockafellar's Voyage" will be among the favourites of the Christmas books. There is a rattle and "go" all through it, and its illustrations are charming in themselves, and very much above the average in the way in which they are produced.'-Guardian. Manville Fenn. SYD BELTON: Or, The Boy who would not go to Sea. By G. MANVILLE FENN, Author of 'In the King's Name,' etc. Illustrated by GORDON BROWNE. Crown 8vo. 35. 6d. 'Who among the young story-reading public will not rejoice at the sight of the old combination, so often proved admirable-a story by Manville Fenn, illustrated by Gordon Browne? The story, too, is one of the good old sort, full of life and vigour, breeziness and fun.'-Journal of Education. MESSRS. METHUEN'S LIST The Peacock Library A Series of Books for Girls by well-known Authors, handsomely bound in blue and silver, and well illustrated. Crown 8vo. 29 3/6 1. A PINCH OF EXPERIENCE. By L. B. WALFORD. 2. THE RED GRANGE. By Mrs. MOLESWORTH. 3. THE SECRET OF MADAME DE MONLUC. 4. DUMPS. By Mrs. PARR, Author of 'Adam and Eve.' 8. THE HONOURABLE MISS. By L. T. MEADE. University Extension Series By the A series of books on historical, literary, and scientific subjects, suitable for extension students and home reading circles. Each volume is complete in itself, and the subjects are treated by competent writers in a broad and philosophic spirit. Edited by J. E. SYMES, M.A., Principal of University College, Nottingham. Crown 8vo. Price (with some exceptions) 2s. 6d. The following volumes are ready : THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND. By H. DE B. GIBBINS, M. A., late Scholar of Wadham College, Oxon., Cobden Prizeman. Fourth Edition. With Maps and Plans. 35. 'A compact and clear story of our industrial development. A study of this concise but luminous book cannot fail to give the reader a clear insight into the principal phenomena of our industrial history. The editor and publishers are to be congratulated on this first volume of their venture, and we shall look with expectant interest for the succeeding volumes of the series.'-University Extension Journal. A HISTORY OF ENGLISH POLITICAL ECONOMY. By L. L. PRICE, M.A., Fellow of Oriel College, Oxon. PROBLEMS OF POVERTY: An Inquiry into the Industrial Conditions of the Poor. By J. A. HOBSON, M.A. Second Edition. VICTORIAN POETS. By A. SHARP. |