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PENGELLY: AN OUTCAST. THE ATHENAEUM.--"The book is to be recommended for the dramatic effectiveness of some of the scenes. The wild, half-mad woman is always picturesque wherever she appears, and the rare self-repression of her son is admirably done." THE STORY OF ANDREW FAIRFAX. THE MANCHESTER EXAMINER.--"Rustic scenes and characters are drawn with free, broad touches, without Mr. Buchanan's artificiality, and, if we may venture to say it, with more realism than Mr. Hardy's country pictures." THE BIRTHRIGHT. THE SPECTATOR.--"'The Birthright' is, in its way, quite as well constructed, as well written, and as full of incident as any story that has come from the pen of Sir Conan Doyle or Mr. Stanley Weyman." MISTRESS NANCY MOLESWORTH. THE SCOTSMAN.--"'Mistress Nancy Molesworth' is as charming a story of the kind as could be wished, and it excels in literary workmanship as well as in imaginative vigour and daring invention." FIELDS OF FAIR RENOWN. THE DUNDEE ADVERTISER.--"Mr. Hocking has produced a work which his readers of all classes will appreciate.... There are exhibited some of the most beautiful aspects of disposition." GOD AND MAMMON. THE LITERARY WORLD.--"The hero of Mr. Hocking's latest novel is a clever young country lawyer. The story is vigorously told, his struggles, his success and his love affairs are vividly described, while a strong religious tone pervades the book." MARIE CONNOR LEIGHTON HER CONVICT HUSBAND. Although Mrs. Leighton's work is often spoken of as "melodramatic," it is of the kind that one enthuses over by reason of its emotional interest and unusual realism. HER MARRIAGE LINES. Can be safely recommended to those who like their fiction hot and strong and full of sensation of the more robust sort. Marie Connor Leighton has proved herself one of our cleanest and most prolific weavers of sensational novels, and "Her Marriage Lines" shows no diminution of her inventive faculties. DUCKS AND DRAKES. A tale comparable to "Convict 99" in its actuality and holding interest. THE MISSING MISS RANDOLPH. Marie C. Leighton has done full justice to her reputation as a writer of highly sensational and dramatic fiction. THE TRIANGLE. THE COMMENTATOR.--"Altogether a most powerful and well-written novel; and one likely to maintain a permanently conspicuous position upon every library list." EDGAR WALLACE. GREY TIMOTHY. DAILY NEWS AND LEADER.--"Mr.
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