A GENTLEMAN OF FRANCE.

Being the Memoirs of Gaston de Bonne,
Sieur de Marsac.

By STANLEY J. WEYMAN.

AUTHOR OF ‘THE HOUSE OF THE WOLF,” ETC.

With Frontispiece and Vignette by H. J. Ford.
12mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.

**One of the best novels since ‘Lorna Doone.’ 1t will be read and then re-read for the
mete pleasure its reading gives. The subtle charm of it is not in merely transporting the
nineteenth-century reader to the sixteenth, that.he may see life as it was then, but in trans-
forming him into a sixteenth-century man, thinking its thoughts, and living its life in perfect
touch and sympathy . . . itcarries the reader out of his present life, giving him a new
and totally different existence that rests and refreshes him.”—N. Y. Wor.b.

“‘ No novelist outside of France has displayed a more definite comprehension of the very
essence of medizval French life, and no one, certainly, has been able to set forth a depiction
of it in colors so vivid and so entirely in consonance with the truth. . . . The characters
in the tale are admirably drawn, and the narrative is nothing less than fascinating in its fine
flavor of adventure.’—Bgacon, Boston.

‘We hardly know whether to call this latest work of Stanley J. Weyman a historical
romance or a story of adventure. It has all the interesting, fascinating and thrilling charac-
teristics of both. The scene is in France, and the time is that fateful eventful one which
culminated in Henry of Navarre becoming king. Naturally it isa story of plots and intrigue,
of danger and of the grand passion, abounding in intense dramatic scenes and most intcrest-
ing situations. It is a romance which will rank among the masterpieces of historic fiction.”

—ADVERTISER, BosToNn.

‘A romance after thé style of Dumas the elder, and well worthy of being read by those
who can enjoy stirring adventures told in true romantic fashion, .. . ‘I'he great person~
ages of the time—Henry III. of Valois, Henry IV., Rosny, Rambouillet, Turenne—are
brought in skillfully, and the tragic and varied history of the time forms a splendid frame in
which to set the picture of Marsac’s love and courage . . . the troublous days are well
described and the interest is genuine and lasting, for up to the very end the author manages
effects which impel the reader to go on with renewed curiosity.”—THE NaTION.

“A genuine and admirable piece of work. . . . The reader will not turn many pages
before he finds himself in the grasp of a writer who holds his attention to the very last mo-
ment of the story. The spirit of adventure pervades the whole from beginningtoend. . . .

It may be said that the narration is a delightful love story. The interest of the reader
is constantly excited by the development of unexpected turns in the relation of the principal

lovers. The romance lies against a background of history truly painted. . . . The
descriptions of the court life of the period and of the factional strifes, divisions, hatreds of the
age, are fine. . . . This story of those times is worthy of a very high place among histori

cal novels of recent years.”—PuBLic OPINION.

“Bold, strong, dashing, it is one of the best we have read for many years. We sat down
for a cursory perusal, and ended by reading it delightedly through. . . . Mr, Weyman
has much of the vigor and rush of incident of Dr. Conan Doyle, and this book ranks worthily
beside ‘The White Company.’ . . . We very cordially recommend this book to the jaded
novel reader who cares for manly actions more than for morbid introspection.”

—THE CHURCHMAN.

“The book is not only good literature, it is a ‘rattling good story,’ instinct with the
spirit of true adventure and stirring emotion. Of love and peril, intrigue and fighting, there
is plenty, and many scenes could not have been bettered. In all his adventures, and they
are many, Marsac acts as befits his epoch and his own modest yet gallant personality. Well
known historical figures emerge in telling fashion under Mr. Weyman’s discriminating and
fascinating touch.”—ATHEN/EUM.

‘*T cannot fancy any reader, old or young, not sharing with doughty Crillon his admiration
for M, de Marsac, who, though no swashbuckler, has a sword that leaps from its scabbard at the
breath of insult. . . . There are several historical-personages in the novel; there is, of
course, a heroine, of great beauty and enterprise; but that true ‘Gentleman of France,’
M, de Marsac, with his perseverance and valor, dominates them all.”

—Mr. James Payn in the ILLusrratep Lonpon News.

 

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