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Special Title-page, 3s. 6d. "We do not exaggerate when we say that there are very few books of living writers which we would not gladly exchange for such a work as she has now given us."--_Manchester Courier._ JOSEPH HOCKING. Fields of Fair Renown. With Frontispiece and Vignette by J. Barnard Davis, Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d. "Mr. Joseph Hocking's 'Fields of Fair Renown' is a novel with a purpose, and the theme is worked out with a good deal of force and effective power ... it is both interesting and powerful."--_Scotsman._ "Mr. Hocking has produced a work which his readers of all classes will appreciate.... There are exhibited some of the most beautiful aspects of disposition."--_Dundee Advertiser._ All Men are Liars. By Joseph Hocking. With Frontispiece and Vignette by Gordon Browne. Second Edition. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt. 3s. 6d. "This is a notable book. Thoughtful people will be fascinated by its actuality, its fearlessness, and the insight it gives into the influence of modern thought and literature upon the mind and morals of our most promising manhood."--_Christian World._ "A striking book.... It is strong and earnest and vigorous: It shows knowledge of the lower class, and impatience and contempt of shams of all sorts."--_The Standard._ Ishmael Pengelly: An Outcast. By Joseph Hocking. With Frontispiece and Vignette by W. S. Stacey. Third Edition. Crown 8vo. cloth gilt, 3s. 6d. "As a story this book is a splendid piece of writing; every detail is interesting, and the situations it creates are novel and striking."--_The Record._ "A remarkable novel.... The plot of the story is ingenious, the manner of its telling essentially dramatic, the character-drawing excellent and consistent."--_Christian World._ The Story of Andrew Fairfax. By Joseph Hocking. With Frontispiece and Vignette by George Hutchinson. Fourth Edition. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d. "Rustic scenes and characters are drawn with free, broad touches, without Mr. Buchanan's artificiality, and, if we may venture to say it, with more realism than in Mr. Hardy's country pictures."--_Manchester Examiner._ Jabez Easterbrook. By Joseph Hocking. Fourth Edition. With Frontispiece and Vignette by W. S. Stagey. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d. "Real strength is shown in the sketches, of which tha
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