en
read aloud, woven with magic of rhythm, and music of phrase. It is a
great heroic subject, nobly conceived, and finely and thoughtfully
executed."

_BLACK AND WHITE._--"_The Agonists_ is more than fine verse; it is
literature impregnated with the purest fragrance of the classic spirit."

_DAILY EXPRESS._--"There is real drama in _The Agonists_, and there is
much splendid beauty."

_PALL MALL GAZETTE._--"Of the beauty of a great deal of the poetry it is
difficult to speak too highly."

_STANDARD._--"The imaginative grasp of these dramas, as well as their
lyric charm, is unquestionable, and so also is the rare skill with which
the strife of elemental passions is described and the action of the
relentless laws which made men of old regard life as the sport of the
gods."

MACMILLAN AND CO., LTD., LONDON.

BY MAURICE HEWLETT

_Crown 8vo. 6s. each._

THE FOREST LOVERS: A ROMANCE.

_SPECTATOR._--"_The Forest Lovers_ is no mere literary _tour de force_,
but an uncommonly attractive romance, the charm of which is greatly
enhanced by the author's excellent style."

_DAILY TELEGRAPH._--"Mr. Maurice Hewlett's _The Forest Lovers_ stands
out with conspicuous success.... There are few books of this season
which achieve their aim so simply and whole-heartedly as Mr. Hewlett's
ingenious and enthralling romance."

THE SONG OF RENNY.

_EVENING STANDARD._--"Mr. Hewlett has produced a remarkable series of
historical novels, and _The Song of Renny_ is one of the best of
them.... An admirable romance, full of 'go' and colour and good temper."

_DAILY TELEGRAPH._--"Mr. Hewlett is mounted upon his Pegasus again,
riding full tilt against a rushing wind, with the moonlight of
imagination playing glorious tricks upon all the marvellous sights
around him."

THE QUEEN'S QUAIR: OR, THE SIX YEARS' TRAGEDY.

_ATHENAEUM._--"A fine book, fine not only for its extraordinary wealth of
incidental beauties, but also for the consistency of conception and the
tolerant humanity with which its main theme is put before you."

_WESTMINSTER GAZETTE._--"That Mr. Maurice Hewlett would give us a
flaming, wonderful picture of Queen Mary was a foregone conclusion."

RICHARD YEA-AND-NAY.

Mr. FREDERIC HARRISON in _THE FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW_.--"Such historic
imagination, such glowing colour, such crashing speed, set forth in such
pregnant form, carry me away spell-bound."

_DAILY TELEGRAPH._--"The story carries us along as though