Mr. G. M. FENN is now preparing a Collected Edition of some of his The Author proposes to prepare the following most Popular Books. Volumes for early publication: THE PARSON O' DUMFORD. DUTCH THE DIVER. THE SAPPHIRE CROSS. WEBS IN THE WAY. IN JEOPARDY, AND OTHER TALES. THE CLERK OF PORTWICK. THE PITCH-IN. BY BIRTH A LADY. THEREBY HANGS A TALE. SHIP AHOY. PRETTY POLLY. NOTICES OF G. MANVILLE FENN'S WORKS. "Mr. Manville Fenn is one of the rare novelists who practise a delicate profession conscientiously. His successive books show unmistakable progress."-Times. "The germinal idea of Mr. Fenn's novels is nearly always good. Given the idea, it must be owned that Mr. Fenn is also thoroughly capable of putting it through the process of development. He is fertile of incident; he is rich in mysteries and surprises; he is curious in sensations; he has what in its way must be acknowledged an exceptional power of narrative. It follows, therefore, that when we come upon him at his best we are sure of a more or less happier hour of forgetfulness.”—London. "Mr. Fenn is always true to nature, free from vulgarity, high and pure in tone, and ready to look at the best and brightest side of human nature; while in his powers of minute and yet poetic description, in his true insight into the beauty and humour and pathos that lie at the heart of the most common things, he continually reminds his readers of Dickens in his best and tenderest moods."-Guardian. "There are touches of description in 'Poverty Corner,' as well as entire characters, which the author of 'A Christmas Carol' need not have been ashamed to own amongst his happiest efforts; whilst as a story the book could hardly have been improved. There is plenty of incident, and that of the most exciting nature, without any exaggeration or straining after effect; the language is pure and terse; the description both humorous and pathetic, extremely spontaneous; and the several characters are well and distinctly drawn. Mr. Fenn has very unusual descriptive powers."-Morning Post. "In point of style Mr. Fenn's writing is far above the average of writers of fiction."-Daily News. "There are, no doubt, dexterous manipulators of the miserable in 'tales of real life,' as the most commonplace romances are mostly called; but, without flattering Mr. Fenn, we set him high above any of these. His most pathetic passages in this book are really tender and graceful. Above all, he may be praised for the simple, homely grace of hope that gently irradiates the sadness of the story."-Daily Telegraph. "Mr. Fenn's work has strong elements of interest."-Observer. "Mr. Fenn's great merit as a novelist is that his pages are never dull, nor disfigured by bad taste."-Echo. "His tales are told with a simplicity and truth which must excite admiration."-Liverpool Albion. "Ingeniously constructed and admirably written. They are all full of dramatic force and strikingly-devised situations."-Sunday Times. Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., Ludgate Hill, London. |