The Chronicles of Clovis/Advts

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NOVELS BY W. J. LOCKE

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THE GLORY OF
CLEMENTINA WING

Second Edition. Crown 8vo 6s.

PRESS OPINIONS

Times.—"Mr. Locke is a master of many spells."

Daily Telegraph.—"Mr. Locke may feel assured that both Clementina and Quixtus will become favourites with his readers, and that neither the rough idiosyncracies of Clementina, nor the amiable fatuity of Dr. Quixtus, will readily pass into the limbo of forgotten things."

Mr. James Douglas, Star.—"The best novel Mr. Locke has written since he produced his masterpiece, 'The Beloved Vagabond.' Into it he has poured all his powers . . . the story is a real story with a real plot, real human beings, real human emotions, and a real development of character. The story holds you from start to finish. You cannot lay it down. And over that story there is a perpetual play of that airy humour and fantastic gaiety with which Mr. Locke alone among living novelists knows how to enchant his readers."

Daily Chronicle.—" The tale is a very good thing indeed, one worthy and truly characteristic of an author who is reaping a golden harvest of appreciation, well deserved. 'The Glory of Clementina Wing' is very enjoyable. It runs trippingly throughout, and in characterisation, style, and dialogue deserves the laurels."

Globe.—"Clementina is a real triumph for Mr. Locke. He has certainly never drawn a more living character, or one whose charm is more certain. It is not necessary to emphasise the individuality of Mr. Locke's style and treatment. His latest effort is characteristically felicitous and unconventional in outlook, and possesses much of the poetry of virile romance. . . . A delightful work."

Sunday Times.—"With that style of his that is at once so fastidious and so charming, so illusive and so easy, Mr. Locke sets out the tale of his Quixtus's misfortunes, and in the meantime paints a very engaging portrait of this student-solicitor."

Observer.—"Mr. Locke's best. . . . Clementina Wing and Dr. Quixtus are the two most adorable characters that Mr. Locke has ever brought together in holy wedlock. . . . The phrases are Locke's most debonairly witty."

Eye-Witness. — "A very soothing, charming, and sparkling piece of work."

Truth.—"Of all adventurers into the realms of fantastic fiction there is none quite so daring, certainly none so much at home, as Mr. Locke. The novel will add to its writer's reputation."

Evening Times.—"In this work Mr. Locke gets back to the irresponsible joyousness of 'The Beloved Vagabond,' and he will add by it countless numbers to his host of admirers. In no book of his do we have more admirable characterisation of eccentric persons. . . ."

NOVELS BY W. J. LOCKE

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SIMON THE JESTER

Crown 8vo. 6s.

PRESS OPINIONS

Morning Post.—"The entertainment Mr. Locke's books give is very real; they stimulate the mind and provide a sort of bank of optimism from which to draw pleasant thoughts and happy views of men and things. 'Simon the Jester' is one of the best of Mr. Locke's books. It arrests the interest from the start. . . . We thoroughly recommend ' Simon the Jester.'"

Daily Telegraph.—". . . Something of the precision of the pedant, combined with an easy garrulity which is absolutely charming, and a literary style which carries us from the beginning to the end with unfailing verve and ease. . . . Certainly you will not put down the book until you have read the last page. . . . The style, the quality of the writing, the atmosphere of the novel, the easy, pervasive charm . . . make us feel once more the stirring pulses and eager blood of deathless romance."

Standard.—" It is much the best of his sentimental stories. His Simon de Jex is . . . delightful; Lola is a charming woman."

Globe.—"In Simon de Jex, M.P., Mr. Locke has added yet another choice personality to his gallery of delightful people ... to the end of his delightful narrative we have the author at his best, fresh in ideas, delightfully individual in their expression, and bringing always the breath of poetry and the aroma of romance into his narrative."

Westminster Gazette.—"Lola Brandt is ... a wonderful attractive woman, with a large, generous nature and a simple soul. 'Simon the Jester' is characteristic of Mr. Locke. It is wonderfully pleasant reading, full of humour, sentiment and character."

Pall Mall Gazette.—"The whimsicality that guides the pen of Mr. Locke is full of power of remarkable scope. . . . It is only a delicate artist who could be entrusted with the theme of 'Simon the Jester,' and it is only the thinker and humorist combined who could evolve from it anything like the present story . . . strong lines of character development shape themselves in the story. ... It is a book that will not disappoint Mr. Locke's public—and that is surely all one need say."