throughout we
were galloping on strong horses. There is a rush and fervour about it
all which sweeps us off our feet till the end is reached, and the tale
is done. It is very clever, very spirited."

LITTLE NOVELS OF ITALY.

_DAILY CHRONICLE._--"And even such as fail to understand, will very
certainly enjoy--enjoy the sometimes gay and sometimes biting humour,
the deft delineation, the fine quality of colour, the delicately-flavoured
phrasing."

_DAILY TELEGRAPH._--"The most finished studies which have appeared since
some of the essays of Walter Pater."

OPEN COUNTRY: A COMEDY WITH A STING.

_DAILY TELEGRAPH._--"_Open Country_ is a beautiful bit of work, a work
that is inspired through and through with a genuine love for what is
pure and beautiful. Mr. Hewlett's main figures have not only a wonderful
charm in themselves, but they are noble, simple, and true-hearted
creatures. Sanchia, the heroine, is a divine creation."

_EVENING STANDARD._--"_Open Country_ is an important book and a fine
novel."

REST HARROW: A COMEDY OF RESOLUTION.

_DAILY NEWS._--"_Rest Harrow_ has not only the effect of providing an
aesthetically logical conclusion to the motives of _Open Country_, but it
throws back a radiant retrospective influence, enhancing the value of
what has preceded it.... In many ways the best piece of work Mr. Hewlett
has done."

_PALL MALL GAZETTE._--"The present book certainly sustains the charm of
_Open Country_ without any faltering of dramatic movement."

THE STOOPING LADY.

_DAILY TELEGRAPH._--"A wondrously beautiful piece of fiction, gallant
and romantic, a high treat for lovers of good reading."

_WORLD._--"A rarely picturesque and beautiful production."

_EVENING STANDARD._--"A story which fascinates him who reads."

MRS. LANCELOT: A COMEDY OF ASSUMPTIONS.

_DAILY TELEGRAPH._--"The story, as a whole, sustains a lofty level of
creative vigour, and is dignified, moreover, with something of the epic
flavour, as the old order is seen breaking up under the advance of new
ideas and revolutionary enthusiasms.... Among the best books that the
present age is likely to produce."

_DAILY GRAPHIC._--"The best work of its kind since Meredith."

FOND ADVENTURES: TALES OF THE YOUTH OF THE WORLD.

_SPECTATOR._--"The materials for romance provided by this period (the
Renaissance) are inexhaustibly rich, and Mr. Maurice Hewlett is
admirably equipped for the task of reconstituting many of its phas