’A striking and delightful book.  A task something akin to Scott’s may lie before Miss Lawless.  If she carries forward this series of historical pictures with the same brilliancy and truth she has already shown, and with the increasing self-control one may expect from the genuine artist, she may do more for her country than many a politician.  Throughout this fascinating book, Miss Lawless has produced something which is not strictly history and is not strictly fiction, but nevertheless possesses both imaginative value and historical insight in a high degree.’—­Times.

’A really great book.’—­Spectator.

’There is no keener pleasure in life than the recognition of genius.  Good work is commoner than it used to be, but the best is as rare as ever.  All the more gladly, therefore, do we welcome in “Maelcho” a piece of work of the first order, which we do not hesitate to describe as one of the most remarkable literary achievements of this generation.  Miss Lawless is possessed of the very essence of historical genius.’—­Manchester Guardian.

E.F.  BENSON.  DODO:  A DETAIL OF THE DAY.  By E.F.  BENSON. Crown 8vo.  Sixteenth Edition, 6s.

A story of society which attracted by its brilliance universal attention.  The best critics were cordial in their praise.  The ‘Guardian’ spoke of ‘Dodo’ as ‘unusually clever and interesting’; the ‘Spectator’ called it ‘a delightfully witty sketch of society;’ the ‘Speaker’ said the dialogue was ’a perpetual feast of epigram and paradox’; the ‘Athenaeum’ spoke of the author as ’a writer of quite exceptional ability’; the ‘Academy’ praised his ’amazing cleverness;’ the ‘World’ said the book was ‘brilliantly written’; and half-a-dozen papers declared there was ’not a dull page in the book.’

E.F.  BENSON.  THE RUBICON.  By E.F.  BENSON, Author of ‘Dodo.’ Fourth Edition.  Crown 8vo. 6s.

Of Mr. Benson’s second novel the ‘Birmingham Post’ says it is ’well written, stimulating, unconventional, and, in a word, characteristic’; the ’National Observer congratulates Mr. Benson upon ‘an exceptional achievement,’ and calls the book ’a notable advance on his previous work.’

M.M.  DOWIE.  GALLIA.  By MENIE MURIEL DOWIE, Author of ’A Girl in the Carpathians.’ Second Edition.  Crown 8vo. 6s.

’The style is generally admirable, the dialogue not seldom brilliant, the situations surprising in their freshness and originality, while the subsidiary as well as the principal characters live and move, and the story itself is readable from title-page to colophon.’—­Saturday Review.

’A very notable book; a very sympathetically, at times delightfully written book.’—­Daily Graphic.

MR. BARING GOULD’S NOVELS

’To say that a book is by the author of “Mehalah” is to imply that it contains a story cast on strong lines, containing dramatic possibilities, vivid and sympathetic descriptions of Nature, and a wealth of ingenious imagery.’—­Speaker.