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MESSRS. METHUEN'S LIST 27 THE BROOM-SQUIRE. Illustrated by F RANK D ADD. Fourth Edition, 1 A_strain of tenderness is woven through the web of his tragic tale, and its atmosphere is sweetened by the nobility and sweetness of the heroine'scharacter.'— Daily Neivs. 'A story of exceptional interest that seems to us to bebetter thananything he has written of late.'— Speaker. THE PENNYCOMEQUICKS. Third Edition, DARTMOOR IDYLLS. 'A book to read, and keep and read again ; for the genuine fun and pathos of it will not early lose their effect.'— Vanity Fair. GUAVAS THE TINNER. Illustrated by Frank Dadd. Second Edition. 'Mr. Baring Gould is a wizard who transports us into a region of visi s, often lurid and disquieting, but always full of interest and enchantment.'— ' In the weirdness ofthe story, in the faithfulness with which the charactersare depicted, and in force of style, it closely resembles'' Mehalah. "'— Daily Telegraph. 'There is a kind of flavour about this book which alone elevates it above the ordinary novel. The storyitself has a grandeur inharmony with the wild and rugged scenery which is its setting.'— Athenceum, Gilbert Parker's Novels Crown %vo.6s. each. PIERRE AND HIS PEOPLE. Fourth Edition. 'Stories happily conceived and finely xecuted. There is strength and genius in Mr. Parker's style.'— Daily Telegraph. MRS. FALCHION. Fourth Edition. ' A splendid study of character.'— A thenauin. ' But little behind anything that has been done by any writer ofour time.'— Pall Mall Gazette. 'A very striking and admirable novel.'— St. James's Gazette. THE TRANSLATION OF A SAVAGE. 'The plot is original and o e difficult to work out; butMr. Parker has done it with great skill and delicacy.The reader who is not interested in this original, fresh, and well-told tale must be a dull person indeed.'— Daily Chronicle. THE TRAIL OF THE SWORD. Fifth Edition. 'Everybody with a soul for romance will thoroughly enjoy "The Trail of the Sword." ' — St. James's Gazette. 1 A rousing and dramatic tale. A book like this, inwhich swords flash,great sur­ prises are undertaken, and daring deeds done, in which men and women live and love in the old straightforward passionate way, is ajoy inexpressible to the re­ viewer.'— Daily Chronicle. WHEN VALMOND CAME TO PONTIAC : The Story of a LostNapoleon. Fourth Edition. ' Here we find romance—real, breathing, living romance, but it runs flush with our own times, level with our own feelings. The characterof Valmond isdrawn un­ erringly ; his career, brief as it is, is placed before us as convincingly as history itself. _The book must beread, wemay say re-read, for any one thoroughly to appreciate Mr. Parker's delicate touch and innate sympathy with humanity.'— Pall Mall Gazette. 'The one work of genius which 1893 has as yet produced.'— IVew Age. AN ADVENTURER OF THE NORTH: The Last Adven­ tures of ' Pretty Pierre.' S cond Edition. 'The present book is full of fine and movingstories ofthe great North, and it will add to Mr. Parker's already high reputation.'— Glasgow Herald,