JOHN LANE'S LIST OF FICTION 



BY MRS. JOHN LAIHE— continued. 



ACCORDING TO MARIA. Crown 8vo. 6/- 



Daily Telegraph— " A more entertaining, companionable, good-natured, and 

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 away a fit of the dumps." 



Daiiy Chronicle— ''This delightful novel, sparkling with humour. . . . Maria's 

 world is real. . . . Thackeray might have made such sheaves if he had been 



a woman. 



TALK O' THE TOWN. Crown 8vo. 6/- 



BY RICHARD LE GALLIENNE. 



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Second Edition. 



C. di B. (Mr. Bernard Shaw) in the S/ar—" If an unusually fine literary instinct 

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THE WORSHIPPER OF THE IMAGE. Crown Svo. 3/6 



Daily Chronicle— " Coniains passages of a poignancy which Mr. Le Gallienne 

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THE QUEST OF THE GOLDEN GIRL. Cr. Svo. 6/- 



Fifteenth Edition. 

 Daily News— ''A piece of literary art which compels our admiration." 

 Mr. May. Beerhohm in Daily Mail— " Mr. Le Gallienne's gentle, high spirits, 

 and his sympathy with existence is exhibited here. . . . His poetry, like his 

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 and incidents of life. . . . The whole 'book is delightful, for this reason, that no 

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THE ROMANCE OF ZION CHAPEL. Crown Svo. 6/- 



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St. James's Gazette—" Mr. Le Gallienne's masterpiece." 



Times—" Extremely clever and pathetic. As for sentiment Dickens might 

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PAINTED SHADOWS. Crown Svo. 6/- 



Scotsman—" Material and workmanship are of the finest." , 

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