ading characters in the
book--Almayer, his wife, his daughter, and Dain, the daughter's
native lover--are well drawn, and the parting between father and
daughter has a pathetic naturalness about it, unspoiled by
straining after effect. There are, too, some admirably graphic
passages in the book. The approach of a monsoon is most effectively
described.... The name of Mr. Joseph Conrad is new to us, but it
appears to us as if he might become the Kipling of the Malay
Archipelago."--_Spectator._

THE EBBING OF THE
TIDE BY
LOUIS BECKE
Author of "By Reef and Palm"

_Second Edition. Crown 8vo., cloth_, 6s.

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"Mr. Louis Becke wields a powerful pen, with the additional
advantage that he waves it in unfrequented places, and summons up
with it the elemental passions of human nature.... It will be seen
that Mr. Becke is somewhat of the fleshly school, but with a pathos
and power not given to the ordinary professors of that school....
Altogether for those who like stirring stories cast in strange
scenes, this is a book to be read."--_National Observer._

PACIFIC TALES
BY
LOUIS BECKE
With a Portrait of the Author

_Second Edition. Crown 8vo., cloth_, 6s.

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"The appearance of a new book by Mr. Becke has become an event of
note--and very justly. No living author, if we except Mr. Kipling,
has so amazing a command of that unhackneyed vitality of phrase
that most people call by the name of realism. Whether it is scenery
or character or incident that he wishes to depict, the touch is
ever so dramatic and vivid that the reader is conscious of a
picture and impression that has no parallel save in the records of
actual sight and memory."--_Westminster Gazette._

"Another series of sketches of island life in the South Seas, not
inferior to those contained in 'By Reef and Palm.'"--_Speaker._

"The book is well worth reading. The author knows what he is
talking about and has a keen eye for the picturesque."--G. B.
BURGIN in _To-day_.

"A notable contribution to the romance of the South Seas."

T. P. O'CONNOR, M.P., in _The Graphic_.

PADDY'S WOMAN
BY
HUMPHREY JAMES

_Crown 8vo._, 6s.

"Traits of the Celt of humble circumstances are copied