SPECTATOR.—"The three plays have throughout a high level of dramatic interest, and they have moments of great tragic beauty.... It is not a book of sporadic beauties, for its most remarkable quality is its unity of interest and effect. The chorus has many passages of lyrical charm ... but it is the great story which moves us most deeply, the stress of dramatic and logical sequence, so that we have no time to notice the art of it all. This is a high tribute to Mr. Hewlett's technical skill. At its best the irregular verse has a sharp freshness which the more orthodox metres could scarcely give."

DAILY TELEGRAPH.—"The poetry is full of music, yet refreshingly free from monotony, and in passages when swift broken phrases are of the essence of the atmosphere the effect is splendidly dramatic and austere. Mr. Hewlett is to be congratulated upon a high success in a field of the worthiest enterprise."

OBSERVER.—"There is no single passage that can fail to charm when read aloud, woven with magic of rhythm, and music of phrase. It is a great heroic subject, nobly conceived, and finely and thoughtfully executed."

BLACK AND WHITE.—"The Agonists is more than fine verse; it is literature impregnated with the purest fragrance of the classic spirit."

DAILY EXPRESS.—"There is real drama in The Agonists, and there is much splendid beauty."

PALL MALL GAZETTE.—"Of the beauty of a great deal of the poetry it is difficult to speak too highly."

STANDARD.—"The imaginative grasp of these dramas, as well as their lyric charm, is unquestionable, and so also is the rare skill with which the strife of elemental passions is described and the action of the relentless laws which made men of old regard life as the sport of the gods."

THE FOREST LOVERS: A Romance.

SPECTATOR.—"The Forest Lovers is no mere literary tour de force, but an uncommonly attractive romance, the charm of which is greatly enhanced by the author's excellent style."

DAILY TELEGRAPH.—"Mr. Maurice Hewlett's The Forest Lovers stands out with conspicuous success.... There are few books of this season which achieve their aim so simply and whole-heartedly as Mr. Hewlett's ingenious and enthralling romance."

THE SONG OF RENNY.

EVENING STANDARD.—"Mr. Hewlett has produced a remarkable series of historical novels, and The Song of Renny is one of the best of them.... An admirable romance, full of 'go' and colour and good temper."

DAILY TELEGRAPH.—"Mr. Hewlett is mounted upon his Pegasus again, riding full tilt against a rushing wind, with the moonlight of imagination playing glorious tricks upon all the marvellous sights around him."

THE QUEEN'S QUAIR: or, The Six Years' Tragedy.

ATHENÆUM.—"A fine book, fine not only for its extraordinary wealth of incidental beauties, but also for the consistency of conception and the tolerant humanity with which its main theme is put before you."

WESTMINSTER GAZETTE.—"That Mr. Maurice Hewlett would give us a flaming, wonderful picture of Queen Mary was a foregone conclusion."

RICHARD YEA-AND-NAY.

Mr. Frederic Harrison in THE FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW.—"Such historic imagination, such glowing colour, such crashing speed, set forth in such pregnant form, carry me away spell-bound."

DAILY TELEGRAPH.—"The story carries us along as though throughout we were galloping on strong horses. There is a rush and fervour about it all which sweeps us off our feet till the end is reached, and the tale is done. It is very clever, very spirited."

LITTLE NOVELS OF ITALY.

DAILY CHRONICLE.—"And even such as fail to understand, will very certainly enjoy—enjoy the sometimes gay and sometimes biting humour, the deft delineation, the fine quality of colour, the delicately-flavoured phrasing."

DAILY TELEGRAPH.—"The most finished studies which have appeared since some of the essays of Walter Pater."

OPEN COUNTRY: A Comedy With a Sting.

DAILY TELEGRAPH.—"Open Country is a beautiful bit of work, a work that is inspired through and through with a genuine love for what is pure and beautiful. Mr. Hewlett's main figures have not only a wonderful charm in themselves, but they are noble, simple, and true-hearted creatures. Sanchia, the heroine, is a divine creation."

EVENING STANDARD.—"Open Country is an important book and a fine novel."

REST HARROW: A Comedy of Resolution.

DAILY NEWS.—"Rest Harrow has not only the effect of providing an Æsthetically logical conclusion to the motives of Open Country, but it throws back a radiant retrospective influence, enhancing the value of what has preceded it.... In many ways the best piece of work Mr. Hewlett has done."

PALL MALL GAZETTE.—"The present book certainly sustains the charm of Open Country without any faltering of dramatic movement."

THE STOOPING LADY.

DAILY TELEGRAPH.—"A wondrously beautiful piece of fiction, gallant and romantic, a high treat for lovers of good reading."

WORLD.—"A rarely picturesque and beautiful production."

EVENING STANDARD.—"A story which fascinates him who reads."

MRS. LANCELOT: A Comedy of Assumptions.

DAILY TELEGRAPH.—"The story, as a whole, sustains a lofty level of creative vigour, and is dignified, moreover, with something of the epic flavour, as the old order is seen breaking up under the advance of new ideas and revolutionary enthusiasms.... Among the best books that the present age is likely to produce."

DAILY GRAPHIC.—"The best work of its kind since Meredith."

FOND ADVENTURES: Tales of the Youth of the World.

SPECTATOR.—"The materials for romance provided by this period (the Renaissance) are inexhaustibly rich, and Mr. Maurice Hewlett is admirably equipped for the task of reconstituting many of its phases."

EVENING STANDARD.—"The present volume is a rich mine of beauty. It contains four fine romantic tales."

NEW CANTERBURY TALES.

ATHENÆUM.—"The Two-shilling Series deserves exceptional praise for its handiness and excellent type."

PALL MALL GAZETTE.—"An enterprise to be welcomed by all lovers of good literature."

DAILY MAIL.—"This cheap and handsome edition is very welcome."

WORLD.—"Extremely attractive edition.... Notable examples of what can nowadays be achieved in the way of handsome book-production at surprisingly moderate prices."