. It has
beauty and brightness, and a kind of fascination which carries
the reader on till he has read to the last page."

=THE PENANCE OF PORTIA JAMES.= By TASMA, Author of "Uncle Piper of
Piper's Hill," &c.

_Athenaeum._--"A powerful novel."

_Daily Chronicle._--"Captivating and yet tantalising, this story
is far above the average."

_Vanity Fair._--"A very interesting story, morally sound, and
flavoured throughout with ease of diction and lack of strain."

=INCONSEQUENT LIVES.= A Village Chronicle, shewing how certain folk set
out for El Dorado; what they attempted; and what they attained. By J. H.
PEARCE, Author of "Esther Pentreath," &c.

_Saturday Review._--"A vivid picture of the life of Cornish
fisher-folk. It is unquestionably interesting."

_Literary World._--"Powerful and pathetic ... from first to last
it is profoundly interesting. It is long since we read a story
revealing power of so high an order, marked by such evident
carefulness of workmanship, such skill in the powerful and yet
temperate presentation of passion, and in the sternly realistic
yet delicate treatment of difficult situations."

=A QUESTION OF TASTE.= By MAARTEN MAARTENS, Author of "An Old Maid's
Love," &c.

_National Observer._--"There is more than cleverness; there is
original talent, and a good deal of humanity besides."

=COME LIVE WITH ME AND BE MY LOVE.= By ROBERT BUCHANAN, Author of "The
Moment After," "The Coming Terror," &c.

[_In the Press._

=THE O'CONNORS OF BALLINAHINCH.= By Mrs. HUNGERFORD, Author of "Molly
Bawn," &c.

[_In the Press._

=A BATTLE AND A BOY.= By BLANCHE WILLIS HOWARD, Author of "Guenn," &c.

[_In preparation._

=VANITAS.= By VERNON LEE, Author of "Hauntings," &c.

[_In preparation._

Heinemann's International Library.

EDITED BY EDMUND GOSSE.

_New Review._--"If you have any pernicious remnants of literary
chauvinism I hope it will not survive the series of foreign
classics of which Mr. William Heinemann, aided by Mr. Edmund
Gosse, is publishing translations to the great contentment of
all lovers of literature."

_Times._--"A venture which deserves