r
motives, and in whom the principle of 'noblesse
oblige' is, so far as the aristocratic class is
concerned, the fundamental rule of conduct. What
such people may be capable of is startlingly
shown."--_New York Tribune._

A ROMAN SINGER.

"One of Mr. Crawford's most charming stories--a
love romance pure and simple."--_Boston Home
Journal._

"'A Roman Singer' is one of his most finished,
compact, and successful stories, and contains a
splendid picture of Italian life."--_Toronto
Mail._

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MR. ISAACS.

A Tale of Modern India.

"The writer first shows the hero in relation with
the people of the East and then skilfully brings
into connection the Anglo-Saxon race. It is in this
showing of the different effects which the two
classes of minds have upon the central figure of
the story that one of its chief merits lies. The
characters are original, and one does not recognize
any of the hackneyed personages who are so apt to
be considered indispensable to novelists, and
which, dressed in one guise or another, are but the
marionettes, which are all dominated by the same
mind, moved by the same motive force. The men are
all endowed with individualism and independent life
and thought. . . . There is a strong tinge of
mysticism about the book which is one of its
greatest charms."--_Boston Transcript._

"No story of human experience that we have met
with since 'John Inglesant' has such an effect of
transporting the reader into regions differing
from his own. 'Mr. Isaacs' is the best novel that
has ever laid its scenes in our Indian
dominions."--_The Daily News, London._

DR. CLAUDIUS.

A True Story.

"There is a suggestion of strength, of a mastery
of facts, of a fund of knowledge, that speaks well
for future production. . . . To be thoroughly
enjoyed, however, this book must be read, as no
mere cursory notice can give an adequate idea of
its many interesting points and excellences, for
without a dou