16 LIST OF BOOKS 



HOPE A Sketch of tlie Life of George Hope of Fenton 



Barns. Compiled by his DAUGHTER. 6s. 



HOWARD One Summer. 



By BLANCHE WILLIS HOWARD. 32mo, paper, Is. ; cloth, Is. 6d. and 2s. 



HO WELLS A Modern Instance : A Novel. 



Published with the sanction of the Author. 

 By W. D. HOWELLS. Copyright Edition, in 2 vols. crown 8vo, 12s. 



" What interests us throughout is the vivid picture of American social life as it 

 really is." Spectator. 



"In 'A Modern Instance' Mr. Howells is as pitiless as life itself. As a piece 

 of artistic work it cannot easily be surpassed." St. James's Gazette. 



" Among the books which treat of the lives of Americans at home the most re- 

 markable is the ' Modern Instance.' It is more powerful than any of Mr. Howells's 

 previous works." Blackwood's Magazine. 



" No one can call this book either pious or didactic fiction, but we have seldom 

 met with a more religion-teaching book." The Guardian (London). 



" ' A Modern Instance' is before all things a study of character." Athenaeum. 



HOWELLS Dr. Breen's Practice : A Novel. 



Copyright Edition, in 1 vol. crown 8vo, 2s. 6d., or in cloth, 3s. 6d. 



" In Dr. Breen's Practice we have an entertaining representation of modern 

 American life, lightly and delicately touched off in Mr. Howells's peculiar style."- 

 Literary World. 



HOWELLS A Woman's Reasons A Novel. 



Copyright Edition, in crown 8vo, 2 vols., 12s. 



"This story will take rank with the best ones of the season." Literary World. 



"Mr. Howells has worked up the old theme very pleasantly on this occasion, 

 and flavoured it agreeably with a due share of the humour in which he decidedly 

 has the advantage of Mr. Henry James." Athenaeum. 



" The reader is carried irresistibly to the end." Nottingham Daily Guardian. 



"In future Mr. Howells should be known as the author of A Woman's Reason, 

 for here alone he seems to have done justice to his singular powers. It is a real 

 novel. We can only repeat how very excellent the book is, and how thoroughly 

 worth reading once, twice, and even thrice." Academy. 



By the same Author and published with his sanction. 

 Pocket Editions in One Shilling Volumes. Calico, Is. 6d.; cloth gilt, 2s. 

 HOWELLS A Foregone Conclusion. 



" It is the greatest triumph of the artist that out of material so little idealised 

 he should have produced a story of such enduring and pathetic .interest." The 

 Times. 



HOWELLS Their Wedding Journey. 



" With just enough of story and dialogue to give to it the interest of a novel. 

 It is also pne of the most charming books of travel that we have ever seen." 

 Christian Register (Boston). 



