“I have not for a long time past come across a more vivid personality in fiction.” --_Punch._
“Camilla never fails the reader, and we are sure very few readers will fail to give her enough admiration and affection to satisfy her passionate amour propre. For ourselves, we think her as delightful as she is amazing. If this be a first adventure in fiction it is certainly an extraordinarily good one, and the author is to be congratulated on what, with little exaggeration, may be described as a ‘tour de force.’” --_Pall Mall Gazette._
“‘The Merry Marauders’ in no way belies its title. In a gay, light-hearted fashion, whose fun is infectious, it tells of the vicissitudes of a humble dramatic company in their efforts to amuse New Zealand.... A book in which there is a laugh on every page is a rare thing now-a-days. And ‘The Merry Marauders’ have left us their debtor.” --_Outlook._
LESS THAN THE DUST by MARY AGNES HAMILTON 6/-
“There is something delightfully fresh in the method of treatment, something that seems to mark the passing of another milestone in the work of the literary woman. Literary is the right word, for Miss Hamilton’s style bears the stamp of a natural purity of diction, while her analysis of emotion and character is keen without being over-protracted.” --_Daily Telegraph._
SET TO PARTNERS by Mrs. HENRY DUDENEY 6/-
Author of “A Runaway Ring,” “The Orchard Thief,” “A Large Room,” etc.
“If we were asked to say what is in ‘Set to Partners’ that we find so arresting, we should be likely to place the impression of reality which it conveys above its grim choice of situation, or even above Mrs. Henry Dudeney’s gift of delineating character, which is out of the common and yet never vague ... a piece out of life ... none will deny the splendid vitality of the work, which is by far the best that Mrs. Dudeney has yet done.” --_Daily Graphic._
THE HIPPODROME by RACHEL HAYWARD 6/- Illustrated by CLARA WATERS.
A brightly coloured story, the scene of which is laid in Barcelona. A young Irish girl who is dependent on herself for a means of subsistence becomes a “star” turn at a circus. While in the back-waters of that existence she falls in with certain gentlemen of international importance. She becomes their dupe and slave and passes through many adventures. But there is a way of escape and she takes it. Decidedly a book of swift movement and keen excitement.