A True Cornish Maid. By G. Norway. With 6 page Illustrations by J. Finnemore. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, 3s. 6d. "There is some excellent reading.... Mrs. Norway brings before the eyes of her readers the good Cornish folk, their speech, their manners, and their ways. A True Cornish Maid deserves to be popular."—AthenÆum. "The incident is plentiful and exciting; the characters are drawn with no common skill. The contrast between the two girls—the rough, free-spoken Ph[oe]be, and the refined, retiring Honor—is excellent."—The Spectator. "Among girls' books the success of the year has fallen, we think, to Mrs. Norway, whose True Cornish Maid is really an admirable piece of work.... The book is full of vivid and accurate local colour; it contains, too, some very clever character studies."—Review of Reviews. Hussein the Hostage: Or, A Boy's Adventures in Persia. By G. Norway. With 8 page Illustrations by John SchÖnberg. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, 5s. "Hussein the Hostage is full of originality and vigour. The characters are lifelike, there is plenty of stirring incident, the interest is sustained throughout, and every boy will enjoy following the fortunes of the hero."—Journal of Education. The Loss of John Humble: What Led to It, and what Came of It. By G. Norway. With 8 page Illustrations by John SchÖnberg. Crown 8vo, cloth elegant, olivine edges, 5s. "This story will place the author at once in the front rank. It is full of life and adventure. He is equally at home in his descriptions of life in Sweden and in the more stirring passages of wreck and disaster, and the interest of the story is sustained without a break from first to last."—Standard. |