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XXX. LIFE OF THE EEV. EDWAED IRVING. 

 BY MRS. OLIPHANT. 



44 A good book on a most interesting theme." Times. 



" A truly interesting and most affecting memoir. ' Irving's Life ' ought to have a niche 

 in every gallery of religious biography. There are few lives that will be fuller of in- 

 struction, interest, and consolation." Saturday Review. 



XXXI. ST. OLAVE'S. 



BY THE AUTHOR OF " JANITA'S CROSS." 



44 This novel is the work of one who possesses a great talent for writing, as well as 

 experience and knowledge of the world. The whole book is worth reading." Athenaeum. 



14 4 St Olave's ' belongs to a lofty order of fiction. It is a good novel, but it is something 

 more. It is written with unflagging ability, and it is as even as it is clever. The author 

 has determined to do nothing short of the best, and has succeeded." Morning Post. 



XXXIL SAM SLICK'S TEAITS OF AMERICAN HTJMOUE. 



" Dip where you will into this lottery of fun, you are suro to draw out a prize. These 

 ' Traits ' exhibit most successfully the broad national features of American humour." Post. 



XXXIIL CHRISTIAN'S MISTAKE. 



BY THE AUTHOR OF " JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN." 



41 A more charming story has rarely been written. It is a choice gift to be able thus to 

 render human nature so truly, to penetrate its depths with such a searching sagacity, and 

 to illuminate them with a radiance so eminently the writer's own." Time*. 



XXXIV. ALEC FOEBES OF HOWGLEN. 



BY GEORGE MAG DONALD, LL.D. 



"No account of this story would give any idea of the profound interest that pervades 

 the work from the first page to the last" Athenaeum. 



" A novel of uncommon merit Sir Walter Scott said he would advise no man to try 

 to read ' Clarissa Harlowe ' out loud in company if he wished to keep his character for 

 manly superiority to tears. We fancy a good many hardened old novel-readers will feel 

 * rising in the throat as they follow the fortunes of Alec and Annie." Pall Mall Gazette. 



XXXV. AGNES. 



BY MRS. OLIPHANT. 



41 'Agnes ' is a novel superior to any of Mrs. Oliphant's former works." Athenaeum. 



'Mrs. Oliphant is one of the most admirable of our novelists. In her works there 

 ere always to be found high principle, good taste, sense, and refinement 'Agnes ' IB 

 ft story whose pathetic beauty will appeal irresistibly to all readers." Morning Post. 



XXXVI. A NOBLE LIFE. 

 BY THE AUTHOR OF " JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN." 



"Few men and no women will read 'A Noble Life' without feeling themselves the 

 better for the effort" Spectator. 



" A beautifully written and touching tale. It is a noble book." Morning Post. 



" * A Noble Life ' is remarkable for the high types of character it presents, and the 

 tkill with which they are made to work out a story of powerful and pathetic interest" 

 Daily News. 



XXXVII. NEW AMEEICA. 

 BY W. HEPWORTH DIXON. 



"A verv interesting book. Mr. Dixon has written thoughtfully and well." Times. 

 " We recommend everyone who feels any interest in human nature to read Mr. 

 ^iron's very interesting book." Satui day Review. 



