A Farcical Novel. By HAL GODFREY (Miss C. O'Conor Eccles). 6/=
"A lightsome, laughable farce.... Some delightfully grotesque situations. The humour of the book is most enjoyable."--_Daily Mail._
"Is the clever expansion of a clever idea. Well written, drawn to the life, and full of fun."--_Black and White._
By JOHN MACKIE, Author of the "Prodigal's Brother," "Sinners Twain," etc. With a special Photogravure Portrait of the Author. 6/=
"An exciting tale ... distinctly a book to read and enjoy."--_Daily Mail._
"A vigorous and exciting story. Some part of the action of the book is laid in Java, and the catastrophe of Krakatoa is described with a vividness that makes real to us that appalling upheaving of Nature."--_Daily News._
The Poor Plutocrats. (AS WE GROW OLD.) (_Fourth Edition._)
By MAURUS JÓKAI. Translated by R. Nisbet Bain. With a fine Photogravure Portrait of Dr. Jókai.
"Distinctly a novel of incident and adventure, the whole atmosphere is fresh and new; the ways of life, the people of those curious towns and villages and lonely mountains, are a revelation and a novelty. Put before us by the pen of a master like Jókai, the effect is to stir and interest in an unusual degree."--_Daily Chronicle._
By MAURUS JÓKAI. Translated from the Hungarian by R. Nisbet Bain. With a Photogravure Portrait of Dr. Jókai.
"It is wildly exciting--having once begun you cannot stop, but must go hurtling on to the end. The descriptive passages are remarkably vivid and lucid."--_Black and White._
By MAURUS JÓKAI. Translated by F. Steinitz (under the author's personal supervision). With specially engraved Photogravure Portrait of Dr. Jókai.
"With kaleidoscopic rapidity, scene after scene passes before us. The novel shows us in a high degree the craft of the story-teller."--_Literature._
By MAURUS JÓKAI. Translated by S. E. Boggs (under the author's personal supervision). With a Photogravure Portrait of Dr. Jókai.
"Told with infinite delicacy and charm, an enthralling romance."--_The Bookman._
By MAURUS JÓKAI. Translated by A. B. Yolland. With a charming Photogravure Portrait of Dr. and Madame Jókai.
"Full of life and incident. Jókai's inimitable pen, vivid, fiery, humorous, never fails to stir and attract."--_Daily Telegraph._