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FOURTH EDITION.
THE IRONMASTER;
OR, LOVE AND PRIDE.
By GEORGES OHNET.
Translated without Abridgment from the 146th French Edition.
The above work, which may be regarded as the greatest literary successin any language of recent times, has already yielded its author aprofit of upwards of £12,000.
An edition of "The Ironmaster," in large crown 8vo, beautifullyprinted on toned paper, and illustrated with 42 full-page engravings byFrench artists, separate from the text, is also published, in handsomebinding and with gilt edges, price 7s. 6d.
NUMA ROUMESTAN;
OR, JOY ABROAD AND GRIEF AT HOME.
By ALPHONSE DAUDET.
Translated by Mrs. J. G. Layard.
"'Numa Roumestan' is a masterpiece; it is really a perfect work; it has no fault,no weakness. It is a compact and harmonious whole."—Mr. Henry James.
"'Numa Roumestan' is a triumph for the art of literary seduction."—Spectator.
"The interest of the story is sustained from first to last. It has a charm of its ownwhich will be felt long after its final page has been attained."—Morning Post.
COUNTESS SARAH.
By GEORGES OHNET, Author of "The Ironmaster."
Translated from the 118th French Edition.
"The book contains some very powerful situations and first-rate character-studies."—Whitehall Review.
"The translation, which forms one of Vizetelly's capital series of one-volume novels,is a vigorous and obviously faithful one, and to an interesting plot must be added anumber of strongly marked and cleverly drawn characters."—Society.
THIRD EDITION.
A MUMMER'S WIFE.
By GEORGE MOORE, Author of "A Modern Lover."
"'A Mummer's Wife' is a striking book, clever, unpleasant, realistic.... Thewoman's character is a very powerful study, and the strolling player, if less original,is not less completely presented.... No one who wishes to examine the subjectof realism in fiction with regard to English novels can afford to neglect 'A Mummer'sWife.'"—Athenæum.
"'A Mummer's Wife,' in virtue of its vividness of presentation and real literaryskill, may be regarded as in some degree a representative example of the work of aliterary school that has of late years attracted to itself a good deal of the notorietywhich is a very useful substitute for fame."—Spectator.
"Mr. Moore shows unquestionable power in telling Kate Lennox's story, and thesketch of her second husband—big, frankly sensual, yet good-natured—is probably asgood as anything of the kind could be."—Academy.
"'A Mummer's Wife' holds at present a unique position among English novels.It is a conspicuous success of its kind."—Graphic.
THE CORSARS;
OR, LOVE AND LUCRE.
By JOHN HILL, Author of "The Waters of Marah," "Sally," &c.