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VOL. I.-ESSAYS IN LITTLE. 



By ANDREW LANG. 



OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 



"If it is well to judge by firstfruits (and, generally speaking, the judgment 

 is right), the new 'Whitefriars Library" should compass the very laudable 

 designs of its projectors. The first monthly volume of the new series may 

 fairly be said to be aflush with the finest promise. Mr. Andrew Lang's 

 ' ESSAYS IN LITTLE" is one of the most entertaining and bracing of books. Full 

 charming and recreative essays are 



and 



nd please 

 every class of reader." Saturday Review. 



"The volume is delightful, and exhibits Mr. Lang's light and dexterous 

 touch, his broad literary sympathies, and his sound critical instinct to great 

 advantage." Times. 



" 'The Whitefriars Library' has begun well. Its irst issue is a volume by 

 Mr. Andrew Lang, entitjed ' ESSAYS IN LITTLE." Mr. Lang is here at his best 

 alike in his most serious and his lightest moods. We find him turning 

 without effort, and with equal success, from 'Homer and the Study of Greek," 



to ' The Last Fashionable Novel ' on one page attacking grimly the modern 

 ttle (in- a 'Letter to a Young Journalist'), on 



newspaper tendency to tittle-tattl 



another devising a bright parody in prose or verse. Mr. Lang is in his most 

 rollicking vein when treating of the once popular Haynes Bayly, the author of 

 'I'd be a Butterfly ' and things of that sort. With Bayly's twaddling verse 

 Mr. Lang is in satiric ecstasies ; he revels in its unconscious inanity, and 

 burlesques it repeatedly with infinite gusto. . . . His tone is always urbane, 

 his manner always bright and engaging. No one nowadays has a style at 

 once so light and! so well bred. ... It is always pleasant, and frequently 

 delightful. 55 Globe. 



VOL. II. SAWN OFF: A Tale of a Family Tree. 



By G. MANVILLE FF.NN. 



OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 

 " Mr. Fenn is an excellent story-teller.'' Athenceum. 



"Another volume of the excellently designed 'Whitefriars Library.' Both 

 'Sawn Off" and the other story, 'The Gilded Pill,' are good examples of 

 light, entertaining and unsensational fiction." Review of Reviews. 



" Mr. Fenn has succeeded well in enlivening morality with wit, and in tem- 

 pering wit with morality." Daily Graphic. 



" Mr. Fenn is a favourite writer with the public, and in this volume he is 

 seen to advantage." Daily Chronicle. 



" An amusing volume." Daily News. 



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