Mr. Crockett can always be depended upon for a good story, and his many admirers will not be disappointed by “The Red Axe,” which is an uncommonly strong novel of adventure.—Brooklyn Standard-Union.

Admirers of S. R. Crockett will find occasion for neither surprise nor disappointment in his new story, “Lochinvar.” It is just what we might expect of him after the assurance his other writings have given of the stability of his capacity for fine romantic fiction. He gives every indication that he is in the plenitude of his powers and graces as a constructionist and narrator.—Washington Times.

A strong book, … masterly in its portrayals of character and historic events.—Boston Congregationalist.

“This romance of the twenty-second century,” as the London Daily Telegraph says, “will prove absolutely enthralling. The hero goes into a trance in 1900, and when he awakes two centuries later he finds that his property has increased so greatly that he owns more than half the world.”

Creepy, ingenious, original, and more than clever they all are. They fascinate you like the eye of a snake.… It would be impossible to find a group of stories that will give the reader more sensations, or hold his attention more firmly.—Boston Herald.

One of the conspicuous books of the year, from its striking originality of title and plot.—Washington Times.

In his audacious imaginative insight into the romantic possibilities underlying the discoveries or the suggestion of modern science Mr. Wells stands unrivalled.… It is just like a transcript from real life, recalling the best work of Poe in its accent of sincerity and surpassing it in its felicity of style.—The Spectator, London.

Mr. du Maurier’s style has much distinction—a blending of refinement and unconventionality that is delightful. It is vehemently alive, moreover; there is not a word which could be spared without marring the effect, not a line which does not fall into rank with vigorous step. It has poetic grace, too, a musical and witching rhythm here and there.—New York Tribune.

A fantastic tale of a principality broken down by the gambling of its people and rulers.

The stirring scenes in Greece during the Greek War of Independence, in 1820-1821, are pictured in a graphic and vital way by Mr. Benson. An interesting romance of a period of which far too little is written.

“The Vintage” is a story of adventure in the best sense of the term; the Greek and Turkish characters are extremely well portrayed; there are many thrilling incidents, and (most important of all) the love-story is wholly uncommon.—Oakland Tribune.

An odd, suggestive story.… The tale is well told, the conceit a striking one.—Hartford Courant.

A real novel, with depth as well as sparkle, and no small degree of literary merit.—Chicago Tribune.

Contents: A Scandal in Bohemia, The Red-headed League, A Case of Identity, The Boscombe Valley Mystery, The Five Orange Pips, The Man with the Twisted Lip, The Blue Carbuncle, The Speckled Band, The Engineer’s Thumb, The Noble Bachelor, The Beryl Coronet, The Copper Beeches.

Contents: Silver Blaze, The Yellow Face, The Stock-Broker’s Clerk, The “Gloria Scott,” The Musgrave Ritual, The Reigate Puzzle, The Crooked Man, The Resident Patient, The Greek Interpreter, The Navy Treaty, The Final Problem.

Hardy has an exquisite vein of humor.… He has a reserve force, so to speak, of imagination, of invention, which keeps the interest undiminished always, though the personages in the drama maybe few and their adventures unremarkable. But most of all he has shown the pity and the beauty of human life, most of all he has enlarged the boundaries of sympathy and charity.—New York Tribune.