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A CATALOGUE OF

JUNIPER HALL: Rendezvous of certain illustrious Personages during the French Revolution, including Alexander D'Arblay and Fanny Burney. Compiled by CONSTANCE HILL. With numerous Illustrations by ELLEN G. HILL, and repro-ductions from various Contemporary Portraits. Crown 8 vo. 5's.net.

Daily Telegraph.—" . . . one of the most charming volumes published within recent years. . . . Miss Hill has drawn a really idyllic and graphic picture of the daily life and gossip of the stately but unfortunate dames and noblemen who found in Juniper Hall a thoroughly English home."

The Times.—"This book makes another on the long and seductive list of books that take up history just where history proper leaves off ... We have given but a faint idea of the freshness, the innocent gaiety of its pages ; we can give none at all of the beauty and interest of the pictures that adorn it."

Westminster Gazette.—" Skilfully unified and charmingly told."

JANE AUSTEN : Her Homes and Her Friends. By CONSTANCE HILL. With numerous Illustrations by ELLEN G. HILL, together with Reproductions from Old Portraits, etc. Crown 8vo. 5s. net.

World.—"Miss Constance Hill has given us a thoroughly delightful book. . . ."

Spectator.—This book is a valuable contribution to Austen lore."

Daily Telegraph.—"Miss Constance Hill, the authoress of this charming book, has laid all devout admirers of Jane Austen and her inimitable novels under a debt of gratitude."

Manchester Guardian.—"The volume is the most valuable accession made since the publication of her Letters, to our knowledge, of Jane Austen."

The Times.—"Related with an engaging naivete."

THE HOUSE IN ST. MARTIN'S STREET. Being Chronicles of the Burney Family. By CONSTANCE HILL, Author of " Jane Austen, Her Home, and Her Friends," " Juniper Hall," etc. With numerous Illustrations by ELLEN G. HILL, and reproductions of Contemporary Portraits, etc. Demy 8vo. 21s. net.

World.—"This valuable and very fascinating work. . . . Charmingly illustrated. . . . Those interested in this stirring period of history and the famous folk who were Fanny Burney's friends should not fail to add 'The House in St. Martin's Street' to their collection of books."

Mr. C. K. Shorter in Sphere.—"Miss Hill has written a charming, an indispensable book."

Graphic.—"This is the most interesting, as well as the most charming collection of Fanny Burney's letters that we remember to have seen. Miss Constance Hill has written and compiled this volume in a truly admirable manner, and all readers owe her a deep debt of gratitude."

Bookman.—"To lay down this book is like being forced to quit a delightful and congenial company."

Morning Post.—". . . the authoress of this book has made a compilation which is full of charm and entertainment, and she may fairly be said to have succeeded in her object of recreating some of the domestic atmosphere of a very delightful family."

Globe.—"This is a thoroughly engaging book, bright and thoughtful, and delightful in its simple humanness."

STORY OF THE PRINCESS DES URSINS IN SPAIN (Camarera-Mayor). By CONSTANCE HILL. With 12 Illustrations and a Photogravure Frontispiece. New Edition. Crown 8vo. 5s. net.

Truth.—"It is a brilliant study of the brilliant Frenchwoman who in the early years of the eighteenth century played such a remarkable part in saving the Bourbon dynasty in Spain. Miss Hill's narrative is interesting from the first page to the last, and the value of the book is enhanced by the reproductions of contemporary portraits with which it is illustrated."

British Weekly.—"We rejoice to see this new and cheaper edition of Miss Hill's fascinating and admirable book."