MRS. CRAIK'S NOVELS 



Each in One Volume, Crown Octavo, 3s. $d. 

 JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN. 



' The new and cheaper edition of this interesting work will doubtless meet with great 

 access. John Halifax, the hero of this most beautiful story, is no ordinary hero, and this 

 his history is no ordinary book. It is a full-length portrait of a true gentleman, one of 

 nature's own nobility. It is also the history of a home, and a thoroughly English one. 

 The work abounds in incident, and is full of graphic power and true pathos. It is a book 

 that few will read without becoming wiser and better." Scotsman. 



A LIFE FOR A LIFE. 



" We are always glad to welcome this author. She writes from her own convictions, 

 and she has the power not only to conceive clearly what it is that she wishes to say, but 

 to express it in language effective and vigorous. In ' A Life for a Life ' she is fortunate 

 in a good subject, and she has produced a work of strong effect. The reader, having read 

 the book through for the story, will be apt (if he be of our persuasion) to return and read 

 again many pages and passages with greater pleasure than on a Srst perusal The whole 

 book is replete with a graceful, tender delicacy ; and in addition to its other merit*, it la 

 written in good careful English." Athenaeum. 



CHRISTIAN'S MISTAKE. 



"A more charming story, to our taste, has rarely been written. Within the oompass 

 of a single volume the writer has hit off a circle of varied characters, all true to nature 

 some true to the highest nature and she has entangled them in a story which keeps us 

 in suspense till the knot is happily and gracefully resolved; while, at the same time, a 

 pathetic interest is sustained by an art of which it would be difficult to analyse the secret. 

 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 BO eminently the 

 writer's own." The ?imes. 



A NOBLE LIFE. 



" This is one of those pleasant tales in whi jh the author of ' John Halifax ' speaks out 

 of a generous heart the purest truths of life." Examiner. 



" Pew men, and no women, will read ' A Noble Life ' without finding themselves the 

 better." Spectator. 



" A story of powerful and pathetic interest " Daily News, 



THE WOMAN'S KINGDOM. 



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

 and noblest kind of domestic stories. The novelist's lesson is given with admirable force 

 and sweetness "Athenseum. 



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

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



A BRAVE LADY. 



"A very good novel, showing a tender sympathy with human nature, and permeated 

 by a pure and noble spirit" Examiner. 



"A most charming story." Standard. 



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

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



MISTKESS AND MAID. 



"A good, wholesome book, as pleasant to read as it is instructive." Athenaeum. 

 " This book is written with the same true-hearted earnestness as ' John Halifax.' The 

 spirit of the whole work is excellent " Examiner. 

 "A charming tale charmingly told." Standard. 



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