THE ISLE OF MAN. 



By AGNES HERBERT. With 32 Full-page Illustrations 

 in Colour by DONALD MAXWELL. Demy 8vo. 

 Price 10/6 net. 



PRESS OPINIONS. 



The Daily Telegraph. — "It is not too much to say that we get 

 closer to the heart of the Manx nation in this bright interpretative 

 study than in all the fiction and topog-raphy that have preceded it. 

 The book is a model of its kind, admirably written, and delicately 

 appreciative." 



The Westminster Gazette. — "The best of this or any other 

 publisher's series. Full of grace and charm and light-heartedness 

 on the one hand, and so well-informed and intelligently informing 

 on the other. A delightful book . . . illustrations, an abundance of 

 colour-plates of real artistic merit, and in perfect harmony with the 

 spirit of the letterpress." 



Pall Mall Gacette. — " One of the best volumes of British travel we 

 have seen for some years. The book passes from the historical to 

 the topographical without loss of grip or sympathy. A distinctive 

 book. ... If the text had no merit at all, the book would still remain 

 distinctive by reason of the excellent series of colour illustrations, 

 after drawings by Mr. Donald Maxwell. They are in the best spirit 

 of the Impressionist school, where the colour note, like the form, is 

 subdued to the focus intended, and the result is invariably an aspect 

 which refreshes and delights the eye." 



Times. — "Miss Herbert is well supported by Mr. Maxwell's very 

 clever ventures in the decorative school of landscape painting." 



The Spectator. — " Miss Herbert touches upon many things, and 

 always with a light and discriminating hand. Mr. Maxwell's draw- 

 ings supply an additional attraction to the book," 



The Athenaum. — "Miss Herbert writes with the intimate know- 

 ledge of one who has lived in the island from childhood, yet with 

 the eye of a traveller who is accustomed to observe and record. 

 She writes too with considerable charm of style." 



The Outlook. — " Miss Herbert has a chameleonic gift of taking on 

 the colour of her surroundings. A freshness which is all her own, 

 and her comments on the past, and her observations of the present, 

 make wholly delightful reading. The 32 colour-plates by Mr. Donald 

 Maxwell are above the standard set by books of this kind." 



World. — " It is not easy to write an attractive book about the Isle 

 of Man ; but no one is better equipped for such a tour deforce than 

 the author of ' Two Dianas in Sonialiland.' Her descriptions really 

 present the beauty of the land ; she is never betrayed into guide-book 

 stj'le, and she conveys her impressions in a fresh, unconventional 

 manner." 



The Daily Graphic. — "A worthy addition to the literature of travel. 

 Graceful and versatile. Frankly, delightfully, irresistibly feminine. 

 A word of praise is due to Mr. Donald Maxwell for his illustrations. 

 Mr. Maxwell is a sympathetic artist, and his rendering of Manx 

 scenery under all possible conditions forms a fitting accompaniment 

 to the graceful and versatile prose of Miss Herbert." 



