JOHN LANE'S LIST OF FICTION 



BY MRS. JOHN LAXE-continued. 



THE CHAMPAGNE STANDARD. Crown 8vo. 6/- 



Morning Foxt" The author's champagne overflows with witty sayings loo 

 numerous to cite." 



Pall Mnll Gnztfte" Mrs. Lane's papers on our social manners and foible* axe 

 the most entertaining, the kindest and the truest that hare been offered us tor & 

 long time. . . . The book shows an airy philosophy that will render it of srvio 

 to the social student." 



ACCORDING TO MARIA. Crown 8vo. 6/- 



Daily Chronicle" This delightful novel, sparkling with humour. . . . Maria's 

 world is real. . . . Mrs. Lane is remarkably true to life in that world. . . . Maria 

 is priceless, and Mrs. Lane is a satirist whose life may be indefatigably joyous in 

 satiric art. For her eyes harvest the little absurdities, and her hand makes 

 sheaves of them. . . . Thackeray might have made such sheaves if he had been 

 a woman." 



BALTHASAR AND OTHER STORIES. Crown 8vo. 6/- 



Translated by Mrs. JOHN LANE from the French of Anatole France 



Daily Graphic" The original charm and distinction of the author's style a*a 

 survived the difficult ordeal of appearing in another language. . . .' The Cur*' 

 Mignonette' is as perfect in itself as some little delicate flower." 



TALK O' THE TOWN. Crown 8vo. 6/- 



** Mrs. John Lane's new book " Talk of the Town " is on the same lin*s 

 aa " The Champagne Standard," that sparkling and brilliantly witty study of 

 English and American life, and has the delightful and refreshing humour 

 we have a right to expect of the author of " According to Maria," and that power 

 of observation and keen insight into everyday life which made " The Champagne 

 Standard " one of the most successful and one of the most quoted books of its 

 season, both in England and America." 



BY RICHARD LE GALLIENNE. 



THE QUEST OF THE GOLDEN GIRL. Cr. 8vo. 6/- 



Fifteenth Edition. 



Mr. MAX BEERLOHV, in Dnily Mail-" Mr. Le Gallienne's gentle, high spirit*, 

 and his sympathy with existence is exhibited here. . . . His poetry, like his 

 humour, suffuses the whole book an' 4 gives a charm to the most prosaic objects 

 and incidents of life. . . . The whole book is delightful, for this reason, that no 

 one else could have written a book of the same kind." 



THE ROMANCE OF ZION CHAPEL. Crown 8vo. 6/- 



Second Edition. 



St. James's Gazettt" Mr. Le Gallienne's masterpiece." 



Timet" Extremely clever and pathetic. As for sentiment Dickens might 

 have been justly proud of poor Jenny's Jingering death, and readers whose heiarta 

 have the mastery over their heads will certainly weep over it." 



