16 LIST OF BOOKS 



HOPE— A Sketch of the 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. 



HOWELLS- A Modern Instance : A Novel. 



Published with the sanction of the Author. 

 By W. D. Howells. Copyright Edition, in 2 vols, crown Svo, 12s. 



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

 really is." — Sx>ectator. 



"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." — Athenceum. 



HOWELLS— Dr. Breen's Practice : A Novel. 



Copyright Edition, in 1 vol. crown Svo, 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 Reason : A Novel. 



Copyright Edition, in crown Svo, 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." — Athenwum. 



"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 one of the most charming books of travel that we have ever seen." — 

 Christian Register (Boston). 



