22 MEssrs. METHUEN’S LIST

Norris. HIS GRACE. By W. E. Norris, Author of
© Mademoiselle de Mersac.’ Third Edition, Crown 8vo. 6s.

‘The characters are delineated by the author with his characteristic skill and
vivacity, and the story is told with that ease of manners and Thackerayean in-
sight which give strength of flavour to Mr. Norris’s novels No one can depict
the Englishwoman of the better classes with more subtlety.’—Glasgow Herald.

‘Mr. Norris has drawn a really fine character in the Duke of Hurstbourne, at once
unconventional and very true to the conventionalities of life, weak and strong in
a breath, capable of inane follies and heroic decisions, yet not so definitely por-
trayed as to relieve a reader of the necessity of study on his own behalf.’.—
Atheneum.

Parker. MRS. FALCHION. By GILBERT PARKER, Author of
Pierre and His People.’ MWew Edition. 6s.

Mr. Parker's second book has received a warm welcome. The ‘Athenaeum’ called
it @ splendid study of character; the ‘Pall Mall Gazette’ spoke of the writing as
but little behind anything that has been done by any writer of our time; the
“St. James's’ called it a very striking and admirable novel; and the ‘ West-
minster Gazette’ applied to it the epithet of distinguished.

Parker. PIERRE AND HIS PEOPLE. By GILBERT

PARKER. Crown 8vo. Buckram. 65.
‘Stories happily conceived and finely executed. There is strength and genius in Mr.
Parker's style.’ —Daily Telegraph.

Parker. THE TRANSLATION OF ASAVAGE. By GILBERT
Parker, Author of ‘Pierre and His People,’ ‘Mrs. Falchion,’ etc.
Crown 8v0. 55.

‘The plot is original and one difficult to work out; but Mr. Parker has done it with
great skill and delicacy. The reader who is not interested in this original, fresh,
and well-told tale must be a dull person indeed.’—Daily Chronicle.

‘A strong and successful piece of workmanship. The portrait of Lali, strong, digni-
fied, and pure, is exceptionally well drawn.’—Manchester Guardian.

‘ A very pretty and interesting story, and Mr. Parker tells it with much skill. The
story is one to be read.’'—Sz. James's Gazette.

Anthony Hope. A CHANGE OF AIR: A Novel. By
AntTHONY Horr, Author of ‘The Prisoner of Zenda,’ ete.
Crown 8v0. 65.

A bright story by Mr. Hope, who has, the Atheneum says, ‘a decided outlook and
individuality of his own.’

‘A graceful, vivacious comedy, true to human nature. The characters are traced
with a masterly hand.’—TZimes.

Pryce. TIME AND THE WOMAN. By RICHARD PRYCE,
Author of § Miss Maxwell’s Affections,’ ‘The Quiet Mrs. Fleming,’
etc. New and Cheaper Edition. Crows 8vo. 65.

'Mr. Pryce’s work recalls the style of Octave Feuillet, by its clearness, conciseness,
its literary reserve.’—A thenaum.