BY FORD MADOX HUEFFER
The Good Soldier
Crown 8vo, 6s.
_Press Opinions_
_Daily News and Leader_.--"And when one has come to the end of thisbeautiful and moving story, it is worth while reading the book overagain simply to observe the wonders of its technique ... indeed this isa much, much better book than any of us deserve."
_Observer_.--"So absorbing that one has the puerile itch to look at theend.... There are not three people in England who could have told it,or two who could have told it just that way."
_Globe_.--"This book is going to add enormously to Mr. Hueffer'sreputation as a novelist. It is ... an amazingly clever psychologicalstudy ... it is a novel that is going to be read."
_Daily Telegraph_.--"There is the excellent writing, the play ofimagination, the delicate attention to character that holds the mind inall his best work."
_Sunday Times_.--"Mr. Ford Madox Hueffer is a literary artist with abig future before him ... it is extremely effective and magnificentlytrue."
_Outlook_.--"This novel ... is amazingly well written."
_Truth_.--"The story is told with such astonishing artfully artlessnaturalness that it absorbs you from the first page to the last."
_Evening Standard_.--"It is ... among the very best he has turned outyet ... of Mr. Ford Madox Hueffer's many new veins, this would seem oneof the richest."
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Love-Birds in the Coco-Nuts
By PETER BLUNDELL.
Author of "The Finger of Mr. Blee."
Crown 8vo, 6s.
_Press Opinions_
_Daily Telegraph_.--"It is pleasant indeed at a time of severe trial,such as the present, to be able to take up a book that shall compelrelaxation of a thoroughly healthy kind, that shall in our hours offduty provide such entertainment as is the most delightful andrefreshing diversion, ... Ferdinard Fernandez ... is one of the mosthumorous people whom we have encountered in recent fiction.... To allwho seek fresh and hearty amusement Mr. Peter Blundell's new story maybe confidently commended."
_Morning Post_.--"The story ... is not merely amusing ... it appeals tothe imagination and the feelings in other ways."
SIDNEY DARK in the _Daily Express_.--"This is a delightfully amusingbook, the story of life somewhere or other in the Malay Peninsula, withirresistible light comedy in almost every chapter."
_Pall Mall Gazette_.--"Mr. Blundell continues to prove himself as truein his humour as he is surprising in his inventiveness.... The bookhas an exuberance of good humour."
_Evening Standard_.--"'Love-birds in the Coco-nuts' is an extraordinarybook, about extraordinary people.... The author has real originality,a style and humour all his own, and a background for his storypractically untouched by novelists."
_Scotsman_.--"The story is managed with a rare ability.... The bookcannot but be enjoyed by any reader who likes a new and natural touchof irresponsible humour."
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OTHER NEW NOVELS
Mrs. Barnet-Robes
By Mrs. C. S. PEEL, author of the "Hat-Shop." Crown 8vo, 6s.
_Outlook_.--"With insight and tenderness and courage, Mrs. Peel haswritten one of the most charming and at the same time most living ofstories.... It is stamped with truth and is very beautifully told."
The Titan
By THEODORE DREISER. Crown 8vo, 6s.
WILLIAM J. LOCKE in the _Pall Mall Gazette_.--"It is a memorable book,written by one saturated with knowledge of his own national life."
The Auction Mart
By SYDNEY TREMAYNE. Crown 8vo, 6s.
_Sunday Times_.--"Mr. Sydney Tremayne is a newcomer among Englishnovelists, but it is a sure and certain thing that he has come tostay.... He has wit, humour, and the knack of telling a story. Heshould go far."
The Jealous Goddess
By MADGE MEARS. Crown 8vo, 6s.
Merry-Andrew
By KEBLE HOWARD. Crown 8vo, 6s.
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