Ringan Gilhaize, or, The Covenanters Part 53

Guides, Etc.

=_London._= A Handy Guide for the Visitor, Sportsman and Naturalist.

By J. W. CUNDALL. Including an Article on "Literary Restaurants,"

by CLEMENT SCOTT. Numerous Ill.u.s.trations. Second Year of Publication. Long 12mo, cloth, 6d.

=Vanity Fair.=--"A capital little guide book. No bulky volume this, but a handy booklet full of pithy information on all the most important subjects connected with our great city."

=Outlook.=--"A handy booklet, more tasteful than one is accustomed to."

=Pelican.=--"As full of useful and entertaining information as is an egg of meat."

=Bookman.=--"A very lively and readable little guide."

=To-day.=--"One of the best guide books for visitors to London. It is a model of lucidity and informativeness, and the profuse ill.u.s.trations are admirably executed."

=Glasgow Herald.=--"A useful little work for those who have no desire to wade through many pages of information before getting what they want."

=_America Abroad._= A Handy Guide for Americans in England. Edited by J. W. CUNDALL. With numerous Ill.u.s.trations. Ninth Year of Publication. 6d.

=_In Quaint East Anglia._= Descriptive Sketches. By T. WEST CARNIE.

Ill.u.s.trated by W. S. ROGERS. Long 12mo, cloth, 1s. (_See page 5._)

="_Sisters by the Sea._"= Seaside and Country Sketches. By CLEMENT SCOTT, Author of "Blossom Land," "Amongst the Apple Orchards," Etc.

Frontispiece and Vignette designed by GEORGE POWNALL. Long 12mo, attractively bound in cloth, 1s. (_See page 3._)

A BOOK OF GREAT INTEREST.

AT ALL BOOKSELLERS AND LIBRARIES. SECOND EDITION.

=RUDYARD KIPLING:=

=THE MAN AND HIS WORK.=

Being an Attempt at Appreciation. By =G. F. MONKSHOOD=. With a Portrait of Mr Kipling, and an Autograph Letter to the Author in facsimile.

_Crown 8vo, crimson buckram, gilt top, 5/= nett._ */

=A FEW OF MANY PRESS OPINIONS=

=Daily Telegraph.=--(Mr W. L. COURTNEY in "Books of the Day.")--"He writes fluently, and has genuine enthusiasm for his subject, and an intimate acquaintance with his work. Moreover, his book has been submitted to Mr Kipling, whose characteristic letter to the author is set forth in the Preface.... Of Mr Kipling's heroes Mr Monkshood has a thorough understanding, and his remarks on them are worth quoting." (Here follows a long extract.)

=Scotsman.=--"This well-informed volume ... is plainly sincere. It is thoroughly well studied, and takes pains to answer all the questions that are usually put about Mr Kipling. The writer's enthusiasm carries both himself and his reader along in the most agreeable style.... One way and another, his book is full of interest; those who wish to talk about Mr Kipling will find it invaluable, while the thousands of his admirers will read it through with delighted sympathy."

=Western Daily Press.=--"A very praiseworthy attempt, and by a writer imbued with a fervent esteem for his subject.... This valuation of the work of our most virile Empire author should hold the attention of those who have well studied the subject and can appreciate accordingly."

=Sun.=--"The author has carefully compiled a lot of most interesting matter, which he has edited with care and conscientiousness, and the result is a volume which every lover of Kipling can read with pleasure."

=Spectator.=--"It is very readable. It tells us some things which we might not otherwise have known, and puts together in a convenient form many things which are of common knowledge."

=Outlook.=--"SOMETHING MORE than an attempt at appreciation.... Mr Monkshood has written what all the young men at home and abroad who treasure Mr Kipling's writings think, but have not expressed. The volume is a striking testimony to the hold which work that is clean and sane and virile has upon the rising generation. And for this we cannot be sufficiently thankful."

=Globe.=--"It has at the basis both knowledge and enthusiasm--knowledge of the works estimated and enthusiasm for them.... This book may be accepted as a generous exposition of Mr Kipling's merits as a writer. We can well believe that it will have many interested and approving readers."

=Irish Times.=--"A well-thought-out and earnest appreciation of the great writer and his works."

=Academy.=--"The book should give its subject pleasure, for Mr Monkshood is very keen and cordial. His criticisms have some shrewdness too. Here is a pa.s.sage ..." (Long quotation follows.)

=Sunday Times.=--"Sure to attract much attention. In it we are given a sketch of Mr Kipling's career and the story of his various works, along with some sane and balanced criticism.... The book is written brightly, thoughtfully, and informingly."

=Bookseller.=--"It is acute in perception, and sympathetic to the verge of wors.h.i.+p, with just as much criticism as will allow that the hero has his limitations.... Mr Monkshood's well-informed and well-written critique possesses undoubted ability and attraction."

=Yorks.h.i.+re Herald.=--"This work, which is highly appreciative, will be received with enthusiasm.... From this point the biography becomes even more interesting.... The author deals at length with Kipling's works, and with sufficient forcefulness and originality to hold the reader's attention throughout. The biography has undoubted merit and will be largely read."