THE WORKS OF

THOMAS HARDY

Collected Edition

1. TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES.

2. FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD..

3. THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE.

4. A PAIR OF BLUE EYES.

5. TWO ON A TOWER.

6. THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE.

7. THE WOODLANDERS.

8. JUDE THE OBSCURE.

9. THE TRUMPET-MAJOR.

10. THE HAND OF ETHELBERTA.

II. A LAODICEAN.

12. DESPERATE REMEDIES.

13. WESSEX TALES.

14. LIFE'S LITTLE IRONIES.

15. A GROUP OF NOBLE DAMES.

16. UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE.

17. THE WELL-BELOVED.

18. WESSEX POEMS, and other Verses.

19. POEMS OF THE PAST AND THE PRESENT.

THE

WORKS OF THOMAS HARDY

SOME PRESS OPINIONS OF THE THREE-AND-SIXPENNY ISSUE

PALL MALL GAZETTE. -"... their charming edition of the works of Thomas Hardy . . . the price asked for it. . . is absurdly cheap. . . . Any more convenient and beautiful form of presentation for these books it would be difficult to find."

ATHENÆUM.-"This edition is so comely and so moderate in price that it may well placate those who have sighed for earlier issues out of their reach. Mr. Hardy's prefaces to the volumes should not be missed, for they are models of a difficult art, whether reflective, informative, or combative."

3. JACK HINTON THE GUARDSMAN. Illustrated by PHIZ.

4. TOM BURKE OF OURS. Illustrated by PHIZ.

5. ARTHUR O'LEARY. Illustrated by G. CRUIK

SHANK.

6. LORD KILGOBBIN. Illustrated by LUKE FILDES.

THE NOVELS OF

F. MARION CRAWFORD

MR. ISAACS: A Tale of Modern India. ATHENEUM.—“A work of unusual ability. . . . It fully deserves the notice it is sure to attract."

DOCTOR CLAUDIUS: A True Story. ATHENÆUM.-" Few recent books have been so difficult to lay down when once A ROMAN SINGER.

begun."

TIMES.-"A masterpiece of narrative. . . . Unlike any other romance in English literature."

ZOROASTER.

GUARDIAN.—"An instance of the highest and noblest form of novel.

Alike

in the originality of its conception and the power with which it is wrought out, it stands on a level that is almost entirely its own."

MARZIO'S CRUCIFIX.

TIMES.-"A subtle compound of artistic feeling, avarice, malice, and criminal renzy is this carver of silver chalices and crucifixes.'

A TALE OF A LONELY PARISH. GUARDIAN.-"The tale is written with all Mr. Crawford's skill."

PAUL PATOFF.

ST. JAMES'S GAZETTE.-"Those who neglect to read Paul Patoff will throw away a very pleasurable opportunity."

WITH THE IMMORTALS.

SPECTATOR.-"Cannot fail to please a reader who enjoys crisp, clear, vigorous writing, and thoughts that are alike original and suggestive."

GREIFENSTEIN.

SPECTATOR.-" Altogether, we like Greifenstein decidedly so much so as to doubt whether it does not dislodge A Roman Singer from the place hitherto occupied by the latter as our favourite amongst Mr. Crawford's novels."

TAQUISARA: A Novel.

PALL MALL GAZETTE.-"Cannot fail to be read with interest and pleasure by all to whom clever characterisation and delicate drawing make appeal."

A ROSE OF YESTERDAY.

SPEAKER." There is something in A Rose of Yesterday which makes the book linger with a distinct aroma of its own in the reader's memory.'

SANT' ILARIO.

ATHENÆUM.-"The plot is skilfully concocted, and the interest is sustained to the end. A very clever piece of work."

A CIGARETTE-MAKER'S ROMANCE. GLOBE.-"We are inclined to think this is the best of Mr. Marion Crawford's

stories."

KHALED: A Tale of Arabia. ANTI-JACOBIN.-"Mr. Crawford has written some stories more powerful, but none more attractive than this."

THE THREE FATES.

NATIONAL OBSERVER.—“Increases in strength and in interest even to the

end."

THE NOVELS OF

F. MARION CRAWFORD

THE WITCH OF PRAGUE.

ACADEMY.-"Is so remarkable a book as to be certain of as wide a popularity as any of its predecessors; it is a romance of singular daring and power."

MARION DARCHE: A Story without Comment. ATHENÆUM.-" Readers in search of a good novel may be recommended to lose no time in making the acquaintance of Marion Darche, her devoted friends, and her one enemy. KATHARINE LAUDERDALE.

PUNCH.-" Admirable in its simple pathos, its unforced humour, and, above all, in its truth to human nature."

THE CHILDREN OF THE KING. DAILY CHRONICLE.-"Mr. Crawford has not done better than The Children of the King for a long time. The story itself is a simple and beautiful one."

PIETRO GHISLERI.

SPEAKER.-"Mr. Marion Crawford is an artist, and a great one, and he has been brilliantly successful in a task in which ninety-nine out of every hundred writers would have failed."

DON ORSINO.

ATHENEUM.-" Don Orsino is a story with many strong points, and it is told with all the spirit we have been wont to expect from its author.'

CASA BRACCIO.

GUARDIAN.-"A very powerful story and a finished work of art."

ADAM JOHNSTONE'S SON.

DAILY NEWS.-"Mr. Crawford has written stories richer in incident and more powerful in intention, but we do not think that he has handled more deftly or shown a more delicate insight into tendencies that go towards making some of the more spiritual tragedies of life."

THE RALSTONS.

ATHENEUM.-"The present instalment of what promises to be a very voluminous family history, increasing in interest and power as it develops, turns upon the death of Robert and the disposition of his millions, which afford ample scope for the author's pleasantly ingenious talent in raising and surmounting difficulties of details."

CORLEONE: A Tale of Sicily.

PALL MALL GAZETTE.-" A splendid romance.'

VIA CRUCIS: A Romance of the Second Crusade. GRAPHIC.-"A stirring story.'

IN THE PALACE OF THE KING: A Love Story of Old Madrid. SPECTATOR.-"A truly thrilling tale."

CECILIA: A Story of Modern Rome.

ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS.-"Can only enhance Mr. Crawford's reputation. Admirably treated with all the subtlety, finesse, and delicacy which are characteristic of the author at his best."

MARIETTA: A Maid of Venice.

PUNCH.-" Marion Crawford is at his very best in Marietta, A Maid of Venice. It is a powerfully dramatic story of Venice under 'The Ten,' told in a series of picturesque scenes described in strikingly artistic word-painting, the action being carried on by wellimagined clearly-defined characters."

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THE HEART OF Rome.

PALL MALL GAZETTE.-"In freshness, delicacy, and pictorial charm, has all the marks of its author's best work and his essential spirit."

THE NOVELS OF

ROLF BOLDREWOOD

ROBBERY UNDER ARMS.

A STORY OF LIFE AND ADVENTURE IN THE BUSH AND IN THE GOLD-FIELDS OF AUSTRALIA.

GUARDIAN.-"A singularly spirited and stirring tale of Australian life, chiefly in the remoter settlements."

A MODERN BUCCANEER.

DAILY CHRONICLE. "We do not forget Robbery under Arms, or any of its various successors, when we say that Rolf Boldrewood has never done anything so good as A Modern Buccaneer. It is good, too, in a manner which is for the author a new one.' THE MINER'S RIGHT.

A TALE OF THE AUSTRALIAN GOLD-FIELDS.

WORLD." Full of good passages, passages abounding in vivacity, in the colour and play of life. The pith of the book lies in its singularly fresh and vivid pictures of the humours of the gold-fields--tragic humours enough they are, too, here and again.” THE SQUATTER'S DREAM.

FIELD.-"The details are filled in by a hand evidently well conversant with his subject, and everything is ben trovato, if not actually true. A perusal of these cheerfully. written pages will probably give a better idea of realities of Australian life than could be obtained from many more pretentious works."

A SYDNEY-SIDE SAXON. GLASGOW HERALD.-"The interest never flags, and altogether A Sydney-Side Saxon is a really refreshing book."

A COLONIAL REFORMER. ATHENEUM.-"A series of natural and entertaining pictures of Australian life, which are, above all things, readable."

NEVERMORE.

OBSERVER.-"An exciting story of Ballarat in the 'fifties. Its hero, Lance Trevanion, is a character which for force of delineation has no equal in Rolf Boldrewood's previous novels.

PLAIN LIVING. A Bush Idyll. ACADEMY.-"A hearty story, deriving charm from the odours of the bush and the bleating of incalculable sheep.'

MY RUN HOME.

ATHENEUM.-" Rolf Boldrewood's last story is a racy volume. It has many of the best qualities of Whyte Melville, the breezy freshness and vigour of Frank Smedley, with the dash and something of the abandon of Lever. . . . His last volume is one of his best.'

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THE SEALSKIN CLOAK.

TIMES.--"A well-written story.'

THE CROOKED STICK; or, Pollie's Probation. ACADEMY.-"A charming picture of Australian station life.'

OLD MELBOURNE MEMORIES.

NATIONAL OBSERVER.-"His book deserves to be read in England with as much appreciation as it has already gained in the country of its birth.'

A ROMANCE OF CANVAS TOWN, and other Stories. ATHENÆUM.-"The book is interesting for its obvious insight into life in the Australian bush."

WAR TO THE KNIFE; or, Tangata Maori. ACADEMY. -"A stirring romance.'

BABES IN THE BUSH.

OUTLOOK.-"A lively and picturesque story.

DAILY TELEGRAPH.-"Bristles with thrilling incident."

IN BAD COMPANY, and other Stories.

DAILY NEWS.-"The best work this popular author has done for some time."