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26 MESSRS. METHUEN'S LIST CHEAP JACK ZITA. Fourth Edition. THE QUEEN OF LOVE. Fourth Edition. MARGERY OF QUETHER. Third Edition. JACQUETTA. Third Edition. KITTY ALONE. Fifth Edition. NOEMI. Illustrated by R. C. WOODVILLE. Third Edition. THE BROOM-SQUIRE. Illustrated by F DADD. Fourth Edition. THE PENNYCOMEQUICKS. Third Edition. DARTMOOR IDYLLS. GUAVAS THE TINNER. Illustrated by F. DADD. Second Edition. BLADYS. Illustrated. Second Edition. Gilbert Parker's Novels Crown 8vo. 6s. each. PIERRE AND HIS PEOPLE. Fourth Edition. ' Stories happily conceived and finely executed. There is strength and genius in Mr. Parker's style.' Daily Telegraph. MRS. FALCHION. Fourth Edition.

A splendid study of character.' Atheneevm. 

' But little behind anything that has been done by any writer of our time.' Pall Mall Gazette. ' A very striking and admirable novel.' St. James's Gazette. THE TRANSLATION OF A SAVAGE.

The plot is original and one difficult to work out ; but Mr. Parker has done it with 

great skill and delicacy. The reader who is not interested in this original, fresh, and well-told tale must be a dull person indeed.' Daily Chronicle. THE TRAIL OF THE SWORD. Illustrated. Sixth Edition. ' A rousing and dramatic tale. A book like this, in which swords flash, great sur- prises are undertaken, and daring deeds done, in which men and women live and love in the old passionate way, is a joy inexpressible .' Daily Chronicle. WHEN VALMOND CAME TO PONTIAC : The Story of a Lost Napoleon. Fourth Edition. ' Here we find romance real, breathing, living romance. The character of Valmond is drawn unerringly. The book must be read, we may say re-read, for any one thoroughly to appreciate Mr. Parker's delicate touch and innate sympathy with humanity.' Pall Mall Gazette. AN ADVENTURER OF THE NORTH: The Last Adven- tures of ' Pretty Pierre.' Second Edition.

The present book is full of fine and moving stories of the great North, and it will 

add to Mr. Parker's already high reputation." Glasgow Herald. THE SEATS OF THE MIGHTY. Illustrated. Ninth Edition. ' The best thing he has done ; one of the best things that any one has done lately.' St. James's Gazette. ' Mr. Parker seems to become stronger and easier with every serious novel that he attempts. He shows the matured power which his former novels have led us to expect, and has produced a really fine historical novel.' Athcnaum. 1 A great book.' Black and White. 'One of the strongest stories of historical interest and adventure that we have read for many a day. ... A notable and successful book.' Speaker.