of work ... as
enjoyable a blend of fun and hard sense as we have met in a long
while."--_New York Sun._

"Just wholesome human nature working in one of the short and simple
annals of the poor. The best of Dickens without his too profuse
pathos."--_Reedy's Mirror._

"A juvenile Mrs. Wiggs, not of the cabbage patch, but of the London
pavements ... a wholesome bit of lite illumined with an optimism that
even poverty cannot dim."--_Duluth News-Tribune._

"St John G. Ervine has firmly established his claim to a place in the
ranks of those younger writers to whom we look for the worth-while
novels of the future."--_New York Times._

"A delightfully entertaining story, full of humor and common sense
philosophy.... St John G. Ervine has already won a place as one of the
foremost of the present day novelists."--_Independent._

"One of the most brilliant novels I have read in recent
years."--_William Lyon Phelps._

MRS. MARTIN'S MAN

By ST. JOHN G. ERVINE

_Cloth, 12mo, $1.35_

The central figure in this truthful picture of Irish home life is Mrs.
Martin--an exceedingly interesting character---a, steadfast,
self-reliant woman who through the exercise of common sense averts a
domestic tragedy and brings harmony into a troubled household. No less
an unusual creation, however, is James--"Mrs. Martin's Man." Intolerant,
overbearing but yet possessed of a certain romantic attractiveness, he
is one of the most commanding characterizations of recent fiction.

Mr. Ervine's style is agreeable; it is simple and full of the tang and
flavor of Irish speech, though there is little of the conventional
dialect usually connected with Irish stories. The theme is marked by an
absence of cant and conventionalism and by a love and wisdom for mankind
that are most pleasing.

Though this is Mr. Ervine's first novel, his plays depicting Irish
characters have been produced with considerable success at the Abbey
Theatre in Dublin. In "Mrs. Martin's Man" as in his dramas, he gives a
faithful portraiture of the simple folk of Erin.

"A story of remarkable power and workmanship."--_N. Y. Sun._

"An intimate picture of Irish life. Brings with it the force of an
overwhelming truth. It is not merely plausible, it is convincing from
its first word to its last"--_Boston Transcript._

"An almost perfect literary performance, and a most interesting and
unhackneyed story."--_N. Y. Globe._

"Far out of the usual groove of fiction.... One o