Novels by Joseph Hocking.
_CROWN 8vo, CLOTH GILT, 3s. 6d. EACH._ (EACH VOLUME UNIFORM.)
Though Mr. JOSEPH HOCKING'S novels have been (by the _Spectator_)compared to Mr. NG-GOULD'S and (by the _Star_) to Mr. THOMASHARDY'S--next to whom it placed him as a writer of country life--and byother journals to Mr. HALL CAINE'S and Mr. ROBERT BUCHANAN'S, they are,one and all, stamped with striking and original individuality. Bold inconception, pure in tone, strenuously high and earnest in purpose,daring in thought, picturesque and life-like in description, worked outwith singular power and in nervous and vigorous language, it is not tobe wondered at that Mr. HOCKING'S novels are eagerly awaited by a largeand ever increasing public.
=THE PURPLE ROBE.= Illustrated by J. BARNARD DAVIS.
=WEAPONS OF MYSTERY.= With Frontispiece and Vignette.
=FIELDS OF FAIR RENOWN.= With Frontispiece and Vignette by J. BARNARD DAVIS.
=ALL MEN ARE LIARS.= With Frontispiece and Vignette by GORDON BROWNE.
=ISHMAEL PENGELLY: An Outcast.= With Frontispiece and Vignette by W. S. STACEY.
=THE STORY OF ANDREW FAIRFAX.= With Frontispiece and Vignette by GEO. HUTCHINSON.
=JABEZ EASTERBROOK.= With Frontispiece and Vignette by STANLEY L. WOOD.
=ZILLAH.= With Frontispiece by POWELL CHASE.
=THE MONK OF MAR-SABA.= With Frontispiece and Vignette by W. S. STACEY.
=Recent Novels.=
=LADY BARBARITY.= By J. C. SNAITH, Author of "Mistress Dorothy Marvin," "Fierceheart, the Soldier," &c. Illustrated by W. D. ALMOND. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 6s.
"'Lady Barbarity' would cheer a pessimist in a November fog; it is so gay, so good humoured, so full of the influence of youth and beauty, that he must be a dull dog who finds no enjoyment in the reading of it."--_Black and White._
=WILLOW THE KING.= By the same Author. Illustrated by LUCIEN DAVIS, R.I. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 6s.
"The best cricket novel I have ever read. The heroine is drawn with amazing vigour and vividness. Her wit, her volleying repartee, her humour, are almost incredibly brilliant."--_The Star._
=THE SANCTUARY CLUB.= By Mrs. L. T. MEADE, Author of "The Medicine Lady," &c., &c. Illustrated by SIDNEY PAGET. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 5s.
In the "Sanctuary Club" the author has excelled her own brilliant record, and has written a novel as full of incident and breathless adventure as has been published for many a day.
=THE GOLD STAR LINE.= By the same Author. Illustrated by ADOLF THIEDE. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 5s.
"Tales of mystery never fail to attract.... There is plenty of variety and excitement to be got out of this volume."--_Bristol Times._
=A DAUGHTER OF THE MARIONIS.= By E. P. OPPENHEIM, Author of "False Evidence," "The World's Great Snare," &c. Illustrated by ADOLF THIEDE. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.
"Mr. Oppenheim has boundless imagination. There is good thrilling mystery in his books, and not a few excellent characters."--_British Weekly._
=THE MAN AND HIS KINGDOM=. By E. P. OPPENHEIM, Author of "A Daughter of the Marionis." Illustrated by J. AMBROSE WALTON. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.
"Humdrum is the very last word you could apply to (a tale by) E. P. Oppenheim."--_Illustrated London News._
=A MAN OF HIS AGE.= By HAMILTON DRUMMOND, Author of "For the Religion." Illustrated by J. AMBROSE WALTON. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.
This is a tale of the Hugenots, and is told with such dramatic power and such intense personal interest that the reader identifies himself or herself with the hero or heroine throughout.
=A FAIR BRIGAND.= By GEORGE HORTON, Author of "Constantine," "In Unknown Seas," &c., &c. Illustrated by EDMUND J. SULLIVAN. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.
The scene of this tale is laid in modern Greece, and is a funny, frolicsome story that will amuse every one, and likely take a lasting place in the reader's mind.
=AGATHA WEBB.= By A. K. GREEN, Author of "The Leavenworth Case," "X. Y. Z.," &c. Illustrated by ADOLF THIEDE. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.
Readers of "The Leavenworth Case" need not be told that A. K. Green can write a detective story with consummate ability, and the present story is in many ways her masterpiece.
=THE EYE OF FATE.= By ALICE MAUD MEADOWS, Author of "Out from the Night." Illustrated by T. W. HENRY. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.
"A weird and exciting story, very well written, the characters faithfully described, the interest vividly sustained from beginning to end."--_The Queen._
=PAUL: A Herald of the Cross.= By FLORENCE M. KINGSLEY, Author of "Titus," "Stephen," &c. Illustrated by HENRY AUSTIN. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.
"A book not to be missed. In a word ... a triumph. It is rare to meet a book so contenting in all its features."--_Literary World._
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Transcriber's Notes: Obvious errors in spelling and punctuation havebeen corrected. Variant spellings have been left in place.
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