The cruise of Her Majesty's ship "Challenger" : voyages over many seas, scenes in many lands . s meet with a ready sale. Edith Lyle is one of her best stories, and in itspresent form it is exceedingly attractive,—Watchman, St. John. The style is, as usual, very pleasant and pure, and as with the rest of herworks, the book is characterized by a good moral tone throughout.—TorontoChristia n Guardian. We are inclined to place Mrs. Holmes last production on a higher rank thanher previous works.—Toronto Telegram. We commend this last production to our readers.—Oxford Tribune, In%ersoll. In Edith Ly
The cruise of Her Majesty's ship "Challenger" : voyages over many seas, scenes in many lands . s meet with a ready sale. Edith Lyle is one of her best stories, and in itspresent form it is exceedingly attractive,—Watchman, St. John. The style is, as usual, very pleasant and pure, and as with the rest of herworks, the book is characterized by a good moral tone throughout.—TorontoChristia n Guardian. We are inclined to place Mrs. Holmes last production on a higher rank thanher previous works.—Toronto Telegram. We commend this last production to our readers.—Oxford Tribune, In%ersoll. In Edith Lyle, Mrs. Holmes has not lost, but added to the reputation she hasacquired of being a pleasant and interesting writer of fiction. One whose books willamuse many a weary traveller, and wile away the tedious hours that pass so sternlyto the invalid.—Expositor, Perth. Almost anyone picking up Edith Lyle will read it without Hali-fax Chronicle. The value of this work is peculiarly adapted to those who love a novel for itsbeing a Novel.—Brockville Recorder. \FRONT/Sr/ECE.]. The Princess soon found out the Pearl Fountain, and saw the Fairy and the Wrenplaying together.—Page 16. Specimen Illustration in The Pearl^ Fountain. ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF BOOKS. HOWELLS (W. D.)—A Chance Acquaintance, by W. D. Howells, author of Their Wedding Journey. Uniform with One Summer/ and second edition of Helens Babies. Cloth,$, Boards, 75c. The writings of William D. Howells are masterpieces of literary workman-ship, resembling the products of those cunning artificers who add one or twothousand per cent, to the value of their raw material by their incomparable wayof working it up. What they are as artizans, he is as artist. His faculties andemotions are in exquisite harmony with each other, and unite to produce due effectof beauty and grace in the singular felicity of his style. He has humour in abun-dance, but it is so thoroughly blended with his observation, fancy, im
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