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Messrs. Methuen's Catalogue 



' A story of adventure, every page of which 

 is palpitating with action.' — Speaker. 



'From cover to cover "Phroso" not only 

 engages the attention, but carries the 

 reader in little whirls of delight from 

 adventure to adventure.' — Academy. 



SIMON DALE. Illustrated. Third 



Edition. 

 ' " Simon Dale " is one of the best historical 



romances that have been written for a 

 long while.' — St. James's Gazette. 



' A brilliant novel. The story is rapid and 

 most excellently told. As for the hero, 

 he is a perfect hero of romance ' — 

 A thenceum. 



' There is searching analysis of human 

 nature, with a most ingeniously con- 

 structed plot. Mr. Hope has drawn the 

 contrasts of his women with marvellous 

 subtlety and delicacy.' — Times. 



Gilbert Parker's Novels 



Crown 8vo. 6s. each. 



PIERRE AND HIS PEOPLE. 



Fifth Edition. 

 ' Stories happily conceived and finely ex- 

 ecuted. There is strength and genius in 

 Mr. Parker's style.' — Daily Telegraph. 



MRS. FALCHION. Fourth Edition. 

 ' A splendid study of character.' — 



A therneum. 

 'A very striking and admirable novel.' — 

 St. James's Gazette. 



THE TRANSLATION OF A 

 SAVAGE. 

 1 The plot is original and one difficult to 

 work out ; but Mr. Parker has done it 

 with great skill and delicacy. The 

 reader who is not interested in this 

 original, fresh, and well-told tale must 

 be a dull person indeed.' — 



Daily Chronicle. 



THE TRAIL OF THE SWORD. 



Illustrated. Sixth Edition. 

 ' A rousing and dramatic tale. A book like 

 this, in which swords flash, great sur- 

 prises are undertaken, and daring deeds 

 done, in which men and women live and 

 love in the old passionate way, is a joy 

 inexpressible. ' — Daily Chronicle. 



WHEN VALMOND CAME TO 

 PONTIAC: The Story of a Lost 

 Napoleon. Fourth Edition. 

 1 Here we find romance — real, breathing, 

 living romance. The character of Val- 

 mond is drawn unerringly. The book 

 must be read, we may say re-read, for 

 any one thoroughly to appreciate Mr. 

 Parker's delicate touch and innate sym- 

 pathy with humanity.' — Pall Mall 

 Gazette. 



AN ADVENTURER OF THE 

 NORTH : The Last Adventures of 

 ' Pretty Pierre. ' Second Edition. 

 ' The present book is full of fine and mov- 

 ing stories of the great North, and it 



will add to Mr. Parker's already high 

 reputation.' — Glasgow Herald. 



THE SEATS OF THE MIGHTY. 

 Illustrated. Ninth Edition. 



'The best thing he has done; one of the 

 best things that anyone has done lately.' 

 — St. James's Gazette. 



' Mr. Parker seems to become stronger and 

 easier with every serious novel that he 

 attempts. He shows the matured power 

 which his former novels have led us to 

 expect, and has produced a really fine 

 historical novel.' — A thenceum. 



' A great book.' — Black and White. 

 THE POMP OF THE LAVILET- 

 TES. Second Edition. 35. 6d. 



' Living, breathing romance, genuine and 



unforced pathos, and a deeper and more 



subtle knowledge of human nature than 



Mr. Parker has ever displayed before. 



It is, in a word, the work of a true artist.' 



—Pall Mall Gazette. 



THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG : 



a Romance of Two Kingdoms. 



Illustrated. Fourth Edition. 



' Such a splendid story, so splendidly told, 

 will be read with avidity, and will add 

 new honour even to Mr. Parker's reputa- 

 tion.' — St. James's Gazette. 



' No one who takes a pleasure in literature 

 but will read Mr. Gilbert Parker's latest 

 romance with keen enjoyment. The mere 

 writing is so good as to be a delight in 

 itself, apart altogether from the interest 

 of the tale.'— Pall Mall Gazette. 



' Nothing more vigorous or more human has 

 come from Mr. Gilbert Parker than this 

 novel. It has all the graphic power of 

 his last book, with truer feeling for the 

 romance, both of human life and wild 

 nature. There is no character without its 

 unique and picturesque interest. Mr. 

 Parker's style, especially his descriptive 

 style, has in this book, perhaps even more 

 than elsewhere, aptness and vitality.' — 

 Literature. 



