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PHROSO. Illustrated by H. R. 

 Millar. Fifth Edition, 

 * The tale is thoroughly fresh, quick with 

 vitality, stirring the blood.'— ^^. James's 

 Gasette. 

 'From cover to cover "Phroso" not only 

 engages the attention, but carries the 

 reader in little whirls of delight from 

 adventure to adventure.' — Academy, 



SIMON DALE. Illustrated. Fifth 

 Edition. 

 ' There is searching analysis of human 

 nature, with a most ingeniously con- 

 structed plot. Mr. Hope has drawn the 

 contrasts of his women with marvellous 

 subtlety and delicacy.' — Times. 



THE KING'S MIRROR. Third 



Edition. 



* In elegance, delicacy, and tact it ranks 

 with the best of his novels, while in the 

 wide range of its portraiture and the 

 subtilty of its analysis it surpasses all bis 

 earlier ventures. ' — Spectator. 



"'The King's Mirror" is a strong book, 

 charged with close analysis and exquisite 

 irony ; a book full of pathos and moral 

 fibre — in short, a book to be read.' — 

 Daily Chronicle. 



QUISANTE, Second Edition. 

 ' The book is notable for a very high liter- 

 ary quality, and an impress of power 

 and mastery on every page.' — Daily 

 Chronicle. 



Gilbert Faxker's Novels 



Crown $vo. 6s. each. 



PIERRE AND HIS PEOPLE. 

 Fifth Edition. 



' Stories happily conceived and finely ex- 

 ecuted. There is strength and genius in 

 Mr. Parker's style.'— i?«7> Telegraph. 



MRS. FALCHION. Fourth Edition. 

 ' A splendid study of character.' — 



A thetmum. 



THE TRANSLATION OF A 

 SAVAGE. 

 'The plot is original and one difficult to 

 work out ; but Mr. Parker has done it 

 with great skill and delicacy. ' 



— Daily Chronicle. 



THE TRAIL OF THE SWORD. 



Illustrated. Seventh Edition. 

 ' A rousing and dramatic tale. A book like 

 this, in which swords flash, great sur- 

 prises are undertaken, and daring deeds 

 done, in which men and women live and 

 love in the old passionate way, is a joy 

 inexpressible. ' — Daily Chronicle, 



WHEN VALMOND CAME TO 



PONTIAC: The Story of a Lost 



Napoleon. Fifth Edition. 



' Here we find romance — real, breathing, 



living romance. The character of Val- 



mond is drawn unerringly.* — Pall Mall 



Gazette. 



AN ADVENTURER OF THE 

 NORTH : The Last Adventures of 

 ' Pretty Pierre.' Second Edition. 



' The present book is full of fine and mov- 

 ing stories of the great North, and it 

 will add to Mr. Parker's already high 

 reputation.' — Glasgow Herald. 



THE SEATS OF THE MIGPITY. 

 Illustrated. Eleventh Edition. 



Mr. Parker has produced a really fine 

 historical novel.' — Athemeum. 

 ' A great book.' — Black and White. 



THE POMP OF THE LAVILET- 

 TES. Second Edition. 3J. ^d. 



* Living, breathing romance, unforced 

 pathos, and a deeper knowledge of 

 human nature than Mr. Parker has ever 

 displayed before.' — Pall Mall Gazette. 



THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG : 

 a Romance of Two Kingdoms. 

 Illustrated. Fourth Edition. 



' Nothing more vigorous or more human has 

 come from Mr. Gilbert Parker than this 

 novel. It has all the graphic power of 

 his last book, with truer feeling for the 

 romance, both of human life and wild 

 nature.' — Literature. 



