BOOKS BY MAY SINCLAIR
THE HELPMATE
A story of married life.
"An advance upon 'The Divine Fire.'"--_London Times._
"The one novel on the divorce question."--_Boston Transcript._
"A noteworthy book.... There are things said in these pages, and saidvery plainly, which need to be said, which are rarely enoughsaid--almost never so well said. The book contains unforgettable scenes,persons, phrases, and such a picture of the hardness of a good woman asexists nowhere else in our literature."--_New York Times SaturdayReview._
"Masterly ... artistic to the core."--_Boston Advertiser._
"No criticism of trifles can leave in doubt the great distinction of hercraftsmanship. Very certainly she must have made her reputation by thisbook, if it had not been already won."--_Punch_ (London).
THE DIVINE FIRE
A story of a London poet.
"In all our new fiction I have found nothing worthy to compare with 'TheDivine Fire.'"--MARY MOSS in _The Atlantic Monthly_.
"A full-length study of the poetic temperament, framed in a varied andcuriously interesting environment, and drawn with a firmness of handthat excites one's admiration.... Moreover, a real distinction of style,besides being of absorbing interest from cover to cover."--_Dial._
"I find her book the most remarkable that I have read for manyyears."--OWEN SEAMAN in _Punch_ (London).
THE TYSONS
"Maintains a clinging grip upon the mind and senses, compelling one toacknowledge the author's genius."--_Chicago Record-Herald._
SUPERSEDED
"Makes one wonder if in future years the quiet little English woman maynot be recognized as a new Jane Austen."--_New York Sun._
AUDREY CRAVEN
"It ranks high in originality, interest and power.... Audrey is adistinct creation."--_Times Review._
BOOKS BY WILLIAM DE MORGAN
ALICE-FOR-SHORT
The story of a London waif, a friendly artist, his friends and family,with some decidedly dramatic happenings.
"'Joseph Vance' was far and away the best novel of the year, and of manyyears.... Mr. De Morgan's second novel ... proves to be no lessremarkable, and equally productive of almost unalloyed delight.... Thereader ... is hereby warned that if he skims 'Alice-for-Short' it willbe to his own serious loss.... A remarkable example of the art offiction at its noblest."--_Dial._
"Really worth reading and praising ... will be hailed as a masterpiece.If any writer of the present era is read a half century hence, a quartercentury, or even a decade, that writer is William De Morgan."--_BostonTranscript._
"It is the Victorian age itself that speaks in those rich, interesting,overcrowded books.... Page by page the new book is as rich, piquant andinteresting as its predecessor.... Everywhere are wit, learning andscholarship ... the true creative imagination.... Will be remembered asDicken's novels are remembered."--_Springfield Republican._
JOSEPH VANCE
A novel of life near London in the 50's.
"The book of the last decade; the best thing in fiction since Mr.Meredith and Mr. Hardy; must take its place, by virtue of its tendernessand pathos, its wit and humor, its love of human kind, and its virilecharacterization, as the first great English novel that has appeared inthe twentieth century."--LEWIS MELVILLE in _New York Times SaturdayReview._
"No novel since Thackeray's own will give you so much honest comfort anddelight."--_World's Work._
"If the reader likes both 'David Copperfield' and 'Peter Ibbetson' hecan find the two books in this one."--_The Independent._
"A perfect piece of writing."--_New York Tribune._
OTHER BOOKS
MRS. E. L. VOYNICH'S THE GADFLY
An intense romance of the Italian rising against the Austrians early inthe nineteenth century.
"One of the most powerful novels of the decade."--_New York Tribune._
ANTHONY HOPE'S THE PRISONER OF ZENDA
Being the history of three months in the life of an English gentleman.Illustrated by C. D. Gibson.
ANTHONY HOPE'S RUPERT OF HENTZAU
A sequel to "The Prisoner of Zenda." Illustrated by C. D. Gibson.
These stirring romances established a new vogue in fiction and are amongthe most widely-read novels. Each has been successfully dramatized.
C. N. AND A. M. WILLIAMSON'S THE LIGHTNING CONDUCTOR
A humorous love story of a beautiful American and a gallant Englishmanwho stoops to conquer. Two almost human automobiles play prominentparts. There are picturesque scenes in Provence, Spain and Italy.
"Altogether the best automobile story of which we have knowledge, andmight serve almost as a guide-book for highway travel from Paris toSicily."--_Atlantic Monthly._
C. N. AND A. M. WILLIAMSON'S THE PRINCESS PASSES
Illustrated by Edward Penfield.
"The authors have duplicated their success with 'The LightningConductor.' ... Unusually absorbing."--_Boston Transcript._
D. D. WELLS' HER LADYSHIP'S ELEPHANT
This humorous Anglo-American tale made an instantaneous hit.
"He is probably funny because he cannot help it.... Must consent to beregarded as a benefactor of his kind without responsibility."--_TheNation._
R. M. JOHNSTON'S LEADING AMERICAN SOLDIERS
Biographies of Washington, Greene, Taylor, Scott, Andrew Jackson, Grant,Sherman, Sheridan, McClellan, Meade, Lee, "Stonewall" Jackson, Joseph E.Johnson. With portraits.
The first of a new series of biographies of leading Americans.
"Performs a real service in preserving the essentials."--_Review ofReviews._
"Very interesting.... Much sound originality of treatment, and the styleis clear."--_Springfield Republican._
AS THE HAGUE ORDAINS
Journal of a Russian Prisoner's Wife in Japan. Illustrated fromphotographs.
"Holds a tremendous human interest.... Author writes with wit and adelightfully feminine abandon."--_Outlook._
"This surprisingly outspoken volume ... could have been written only byan extraordinarily able woman who knew the inside of Russian politicsand also had actual experience in Japanese war hospitals."--_ChicagoRecord-Herald._
W. F. JOHNSON'S FOUR CENTURIES OF THE PANAMA CANAL
With 16 illustrations and 6 colored maps.
"The most thorough and comprehensive book on the PanamaCanal."--_Nation._
JOHN L. GIVENS' MAKING A NEWSPAPER
The author was recently with the _New York Evening Sun_.
Some seventy-five leading newspapers praise this book as the bestdetailed account of the business, editorial, reportorial andmanufacturing organization of a metropolitan journal. It should beinvaluable to those entering upon newspaper work and a revelation to thegeneral reader.
THE OPEN ROAD
THE FRIENDLY TOWN
Compiled by E. V. Lucas.
Pretty anthologies of prose and verse from British and American authors,respectively for wayfarers and the urbane.
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