EDNA LYALL/S NOVELS 



EACH IN ONE VOLUME CROWN 8vo, 6s. 



DONOVAN: 



A MODEEN ENGLISHMAN. 



"This is a very admirable work. The reader is from the first carried away by the 

 gallant unconventionality of its author. 'Donovan 'is a very excellent novel; but it is 

 something more and better. It should do as much good as the best sermon ever written 

 or delivered extempore. The story is told with a grand simplicity, an unconscious poetry 

 of eloquence which stirs the very depths of the heart One of the main excellencies of 

 this novel is the delicacy of touch with which the author shows her most delightful char- 

 acters to be after all human beings, and not angels before their time." Standard. 



" ' Donovan ' is told with the power of truth, experience, and moral insight. The tone 

 of the novel is excellent and very high." Daily News. 



" This book is well written and full of interest. The story abounds with a good many 

 light touches, and is certainly far from lacking in incident." Times. 



"'We Two' contains many very exciting passages and a great deal of information. 

 Miss Lyall is a capable writer and a clear-headed thinker." Athenceum. 



" A work of deep thought and much power. Serious as it is, it is now and then bright- 

 ened by rays of genuine humour. Altogether this story is more and better than a novel." 

 Morning Post. 



" There is artistic realism both in the conception and the delineation of the personages; 

 the action and interest are unflaggingly sustained from first to last, and the book is per- 

 vaded by an atmosphere of elevated, earnest thought." Scotsman. 



IN THE GOLDEN DAYS. 



"Miss Lyall has given us a vigorous study of such life and character as are really worth 

 reading about The central figure of her story is Algernon Sydney ; and this figure she 

 invests with a singular dignity and power. He always appears with effect, but no liber- 

 ties are taken with the facts of his life. The plot is adapted with great felicity to them. 

 His part in it, absolutely consistent as it is with historical truth, gives it reality as well as 

 dignity. Some of the scenes are remarkably vivid. The escape is an admirable narra- 

 tive, which almost makes one hold one's breath as one reads." Spectator. 



" ' In the Golden Days ' is an excellent novel of a kind we are always particularly glad 

 to recommend. It has a good foundation of plot and incident, a thoroughly noble and 

 wholesome motive, a hero who really acts and suffers heroically, and two very nice 

 heroines. The historical background is very carefully indicated, but is never allowed to 

 become more than background." Guardian. 



"WON BY 



"The Dean's daughters are perfectly real characters the learned Cornelia especially; 

 the little impulsive French heroine, who endures their cold hospitality and at last wins 

 their affection, is thoroughly charming ; while throughout the book there runs a golden 

 thread of pure brotherly and sisterly love, which pleasantly reminds us that the making 

 and marring of marriage is not, after all, the sum total of real life." Academy. 



" ' Won by Waiting ' is a very pleasing and well-written tale ; full of graphic descrip- 

 tions of French and English life, with incidents and characters well sustained. A book 

 with such pleasant reading, and with such a healthy tone and influence, is a great boon 

 to the young people in our. families." Freeman. 



