HURST & BLACKETT'S STANDARD LIBRARY 



XXXVIIL ROBERT FALCONER. 



BY GEORGE MAO DONALD, LL.D. 



" ' Robert Falconer ' is a work brimful of life and humour and of the deepest human 

 interest. It is a book to be returned to again and again for the deep and searching 

 knowledge it evinces of human thoughts and feelings." Athenaeum. 



XXXIX. THE WOMAN'S KINGDOM. 



BY THE AUTHOR OP " JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN." 



" ' The Woman's Kingdom ' sustains the author's reputation as a writer of the purest 

 and noblest kind of domestic stories." Athenaeum. 



" ' The Woman's Kingdom ' is remarkable for its romantic interest. The characters are 

 masterpieces. Edna is worthy of the hand that drew John Halifax." Morning Pott. 



XL. ANNALS OF AN EVENTFUL LIFE. 



BY GEORGE WEBBE DASENT, D.O.L. 



" A racy, well-written, and original novel The interest never flags. The whole work 

 sptrklea with wit and humour." Quarterly Review. 



XLL DAVID ELGINBROD. 



BY GEORGE MAO DONALD, LL.D. 



" A novel which is the work of a man of genius. It will attract the highest class of 

 readers." Timet. 



XLIL A BRAVE LADY. 



BY THE AUTHOR OF " JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN." 



"We earnestly recommend this novel It is a special and worthy specimen of th 

 author's remarkable powers. The reader's attention never for a moment flags." Post. 



"'A Brave Lady' thoroughly rivets the unmingled sympathy of the reader, and her 

 history deserves to stand foremost among the author's works." Daily Telegraph. 



XLIIL HANNAH. 



BY THE AUTHOR OF " JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN." 



" A very pleasant, healthy story, well and artistically told. The book is sure of 

 circle of readers. The character of Hannah is one of rare beauty." Standard. 



" A powerful novel of social and domestic life. One of the most successful efforta of a 

 successful novelist" Daily News. 



XLIV. SAM SLICK'S AMERICANS AT HOME. 



" This is one of the most amusing books that wo ever read." Standard. 

 " 'The Americans at Home' will not be less popular than any of Judge Halliburton'i 

 previous works." Morning Post. 



XLV. THE UNKIND WORD. 



BY THE AUTHOR OF " JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN." 



" These stories are gems of narrative. Indeed, some of them, in their touching grace 

 and simplicity, seem to us to possess a charm even beyond the authoress's most popular 

 novels. Of none of them can this be said more emphatically than of that which opens the 

 eries, ' The Unkind Word.' It is wonderful to see the imaginative power displavpd la 

 the few delicate touches by which this successful love-story ia sketched out" The Echo. 



