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ROBERT CROMIE'S BOOKS
_OPINIONS OF THE PRESS_
A PLUNGE INTO s.p.a.cE
WITH PREFACE BY JULES VERNE
_Times._--The story is written with considerable liveliness, the scientific jargon is sufficiently perplexing, and the characters are sketched with some humour.
_Chronicle._--A strange, weird, mysterious story that holds the reader spell-bound, from the first page to the last.
_Athenaeum._--Mr. Cromie's Utopia is charming, and the quasi-scientific detail of the expedition is given with so much integrity that we hardly wonder at the marvellous results accomplished.
_Truth._--A very clever description of a flight through s.p.a.ce to Mars ... the book is extremely interesting and suggestive; especially, perhaps, where it attacks the theories of Mr. George and "Looking Backwards."
_Court Journal._--Mr. Robert Cromie's remarkably clever and entertaining volume is told with much of the vivid fancy of a Jules Verne--with remarkable picturesqueness, and the experiences of mortals in Mars are described with considerable humour.
_Review of Reviews._--An unquestionably interesting story. The adventures of the hero and his friends are in no small degree thrilling.
_Glasgow Herald._--The imagination is brilliant, the scientific details are skilfully worked in, the dialogues and descriptions are lively and interesting, and the pictures of Martian life and scenery are remarkable--a decidedly clever book.
FOR ENGLAND'S SAKE
_Academy._--There is not a dull page in the story.
_Army and Navy Gazette._--A capital little story of military life, full of bright word-painting.
_Literary World._--This exciting chapter in the history of the future is written with a great deal of enthusiasm, and a great deal of common sense to boot.
_Irish Times._--The plot is well conceived, and the interest throughout is well maintained.
_Belfast Northern Whig._--The author displays much constructive and descriptive power. He is most felicitous in his word pictures of scenery, and imparts a fascinating dash to his military scenes.
_Belfast Morning News._--Deeply interesting without being sensational, this charming story of love and war is sure to appeal with force to a large circle of readers.
_Liverpool Daily Post._--A well-told story of life and love in troublous times in India.
IN SOUTHERN SEAS
WRITTEN IN COLLABORATION WITH W. R. RINGLAND.
_Athenaeum._--A bright, compact, and highly readable narrative, full of incidents, and ill.u.s.trated with clever little vignettes.
_Newcastle Chronicle._--A really charming book--deeply interesting, and full of capital drawings.
_Scotsman._--A very well-written narrative of a trip, and as such, about as good as it could be.
_Spectator._--A pleasant little book of travel.
_Leeds Mercury._--The author relies on vivid description, pointed and racy pictures, and lively and striking incident for interest.
_Sat.u.r.day Review._--Brightly written, and yet more brightly ill.u.s.trated.
_The foregoing Books may be had through_ DIGBY, LONG & CO., 18 BOUVERIE STREET, FLEET STREET, LONDON, E.C.
