woven with the greatest skill; there is a directness in the
construction which is masterly."

THE TIMES: "There are few living novelists who show signs of
thinking out things so broadly and independently as Mr.
Marriott in this book.... Well constructed, interesting, and
moving, and the characters are full of life.... Mr.
Marriott's dialogue is admirable."

THE KISS OF HELEN

THE MORNING POST: "In sympathetic interpretation of
character, in skilful analysis of situation, and in
dexterity of dialogue, he is at his high-water mark."

THE DAILY GRAPHIC: "The best novel Mr. Marriott has written
since 'The Column.'"

_BY RENE BAZIN_

THE NUN _Fifth Edition_
_With Frontispiece in Photogravure by Harold Copping_

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: "It is difficult to speak in measured
terms of this book.... A consummate artist, his work eats
into the heart and lives in the memory as do but few books
from modern authors."

THE DAILY MAIL: "'The Nun' is a novel of great beauty and
distinction."

THE DAILY CHRONICLE: "Told with a power and simplicity that
are beyond all words of praise.... Beautiful, extremely
beautiful."

THE STANDARD: "Nothing can be more tender, more delicate,
more sensitively artistic."

THE MORNING POST: "The book is full of poignant moments ...
a noble and ennobling study in human idealism."

THE WESTMINSTER GAZETTE: "A book which no one who reads it
will ever forget."

THE EVENING STANDARD: "We have discovered in it an absorbing
interest--the interest which comes of humanity skilfully
moulded by art, of essential truth and fine perception.... A
very powerful piece of work."

THE SATURDAY REVIEW: "It is a pitiful and poignant story,
rich in real drama and arresting by its fidelity to the
truths of life."

THE DAILY GRAPHIC: "A master-work of fiction."

_BY J. S. FLETCHER_

MR. POSKITT

THE ATHENAEUM: "Mr. Poskitt is an altogether delightful
creation."

THE SKETCH: "Mr. Fletcher's characters are always the
characters of life, and it is pleasant to think that there
are still Mr. Poskitts in this money-seeking, hurrying and
scurrying world of work."

THE PALL MALL GAZETTE: "The Yorkshire farmer is a
picturesque type, and Mr. Poskitt is certainly very pleasant
company. There