First Person Paramount Part 41

THE MASTER MUMMER.

The Dundee Advertiser says:--"'The Master Mummer' is a remarkable novel, such as only E. Phillips Oppenheim can write. No other author could make the wildly extravagant not only natural, as make-believe goes, but actually moving. It is a beautiful story that is here set within a story."

THE BETRAYAL.

The Dundee Advertiser says:--"Mr. Oppenheim's skill has never been displayed to better advantage than here.... He has excelled himself, and to a.s.sert this is to declare the novel superior to nine out of ten of its contemporaries."

ANNA, THE ADVENTURESS.

The Globe says:--"The story is ingeniously imagined and cleverly wrought out. Mr. Oppenheim has the gift of invention, and keeps his readers on the tenter-hooks of suspense."

THE YELLOW CRAYON.

The Daily Express says:--"Mr. Oppenheim has a vivid imagination and much sympathy, fine powers of narrative, and can suggest a life history in a sentence. As a painter of the rough life of mining camps, of any strong and striking scenes where animal pa.s.sions enter, he is as good as Henry Kingsley, with whom, indeed, in many respects, he has strong points of resemblance."

A PRINCE OF SINNERS.

Vanity Fair says:--"A vivid and powerful story. Mr. Oppenheim knows the world and he can tell a tale, and the unusual nature of the setting in which his leading characters live and work out their love story, gives this book distinction among the novels of the season."

THE TRAITORS.

The Athenaeum says:--"Its interest begins on the first page and ends on the last. The plot is ingenious and well managed, the movement of the story is admirably swift and smooth, and the characters are exceedingly vivacious. The reader's excitement is kept on the stretch to the very end."

A MILLIONAIRE OF YESTERDAY.

The Daily Telegraph says:--"The story abounds in dramatic situations, and there is more than one note of pathos which at once captures our sympathies. We cannot but welcome with enthusiasm a really well-told story like 'A Millionaire of Yesterday.'"

THE SURVIVOR.

The Nottingham Guardian says:--"We must give a conspicuous place on its merits to this excellent story. It is only necessary to read a page or two in order to become deeply interested. A story marked by brilliant and terse narration, vivid touches of characterization, and a plot that is consistent and yet fruitful in surprises."

THE GREAT AWAKENING.

The Yorks.h.i.+re Post says:--"A weird and fascinating story, which, for real beauty and originality, ranks far above the ordinary novel."

AS A MAN LIVES.

The Sketch says:--"The interest of the book, always keen and absorbing, is due to some extent to a puzzle so admirably planned as to defy the penetration of the most experienced novel reader."

A DAUGHTER OF THE MARIONIS.

The Scotsman says:--"Mr. Oppenheim's stories always display much melodramatic power and considerable originality and ingenuity of construction. These and other qualities of the successful writer of romance are manifest in 'A Daughter of the Marionis.' Full of pa.s.sion, action, strongly contrasted scenery, motives, and situations."

MR. BERNARD BROWN.

The Aberdeen Daily Journal says:--"The story is rich in sensational incident and dramatic situations. It is seldom, indeed, that we meet with a novel of such power and fascination."

THE MAN AND HIS KINGDOM.

The Freeman's Journal says:--"It is high praise to say that in this novel the author has surpa.s.sed his previous thrilling and delightful story, 'The Mysterious Mr. Sabin.' Yet that high praise is eminently deserved. The story is worthy of Merriman at his very best. It is a genuine treat for the ravenous and often disappointed novel reader."

THE WORLD'S GREAT SNARE.

The World says:--"If engrossing interest, changing episode, deep insight into human character, and bright diction are the sine qua non of a successful novel, then this book cannot but bound at once into popular favour. It is so full withal of so many dramatic incidents, thoroughly exciting and realistic. There is not one dull page from beginning to end."

A MONK OF CRUTA.

The Bookman says:--"Intensely dramatic. The book is an achievement at which the author may well be gratified."

MYSTERIOUS MR. SABIN.

The Literary World says:--"As a story of interest, with a deep-laid and exciting plot, this of the 'Mysterious Mr. Sabin' can hardly be surpa.s.sed."

L. G. MOBERLY

THAT PREPOSTEROUS WILL.

The Daily Graphic says:--"We could wish that every novel were as pleasant, unsophisticated and readable as this one."

HOPE, MY WIFE.

The Gentlewoman says:--"Miss Moberly shows the same nice skill In sketching character in 'Hope, my Wife' as in her earlier novel, 'That Preposterous Will.' She interests us so much in her heroine, and in her hero, that we follow the two with pleasure through adventures of the most improbable order."

DIANA.

The Scotsman says:--"So cleverly handled as to keep its interest always lively and stimulating; and the book cannot fail to be enjoyed."

DAN--AND ANOTHER.

_The Daily News_:--"Must be considered one of the best pieces of work that Miss Moberly has yet produced."

JUSTUS MILES FORMAN

JOURNEYS END.

The Court Journal says:--"Surprisingly fresh, abounding in touches of observation and sentiment, while the characters are drawn with exceptional skill, the 'red-haired young woman' being a haunting figure."

MONSIGNY.

The Daily Telegraph says:--"The novel is admirable, the idea is very cleverly worked out, and is of an interesting character. The book is worthy of much praise."

THE GARDEN OF LIES.

The Daily News says:--"This novel is far in advance of anything that Mr. Forman has. .h.i.therto accomplished. 'The Garden of Lies' belongs to that cla.s.s of story which touches the heart from the first. It contains scenes which are alive with real pa.s.sion, pa.s.sages that will stir the blood of the coldest, and whole chapters charged with a magic and a charm. It is a real romance, full of vigour and a clean, healthy life."

TOMMY CARTERET.