ion still subjects Judaism, its glorious exaltation in Deronda' is most healthy and beneficial. Where calumny and obtuseness see nothing but disjecta membra, the prophetic eye of the poetess perceives a complete and perfect body destined to a renewed life of fresh and manly vigour. The march of universal history has verified Lessing's predictions, and when another century shall have passed away, time will show what genius has to say of Deronda's grandchildren. But this is certain in the meantime-As Gotthold Ephraim Lessing has endeared himself for ever to the hearts of the Jewish race, so, too, will it always be gratefully declared that George Eliot has deserved right well of Judaism. A Cheap Edition, complete in One Volume, DANIEL DERON DA. By GEORGE ELIOT. With VIGNETTE, engraved by Jeens. Crown 8vo, 7s. 6d. 3s. 6d. With Illustrations. 3s. 6d. BY THE SAME AUTHOR. With Illustrations. SILAS MARNER, THE WEAVER OF RAVELOE. MIDDLEMARCH. With Vignette by JEENS. 7s. 6d. THE SPANISH GYPSY. Sixth Edition. 7s. 6d. 3s. 6d. 3s. With THE LEGEND OF JUBAL, AND OTHER POEMS. Second Edition. 6s. WISE, WITTY, AND TENDER SAYINGS, IN PROSE AND VERSE. Selected from the Works of GEORGE ELIOT. BY ALEXANDER IN THE PRESS. CABINET WORKS A EDITION OF THE OF GEORGE ELIOT. To be published in Monthly Volumes, price 5s. each. WILLIAM BLACKWOOD & SONS, EDINBURGH AND LONDON. Sold by all Booksellers. MOTTISCLIFFE: AN AUTUMN STORY. BY JAMES WALTER FERRIER. 2 vols. crown 8vo, 17s. EXTRACTS FROM REVIEWS Morning Advertiser. "Mottiscliffe' is simply one of the most amusing books of the present season, and one which no one will begin without pleasure or lay by without regret. No more amusing companion for a tiresome journey or to while away sunny hours on the sea-shore could well be desired." Scotsman. "From the beauty of the style, the fresh piquancy of the humour, the appreciation of the ludicrous, the power of giving reality to his characters and conversations, which we find in 'Mottiscliffe,' we feel certain that if Mr Ferrier chooses, he has the career of a successful writer of fiction before him. The story is of the simplest kind, and those who read it must look forward to finding its chief charm in its descriptions of character and its conversations, now playfully philosophical and now delightfully man-of-the-worldly." "The reader is carried along very pleasantly, feeling a continued and increasing interest in the story till he closes the second volume with regret. There are sufficient marks of ability, reading, and reality of purpose in it to enable us heartily to commend it to the attention of our readers." Dundee Advertiser. "There is a fine vein of humour through all, and a rattling bonhomie in the writing, that shows it to be the production of one in whom animal spirit is strong. author has real power." It is a novel of promise. The Extracts from Reviews of Mottiscliffe—continued. Home News. 'A son of the late Professor Ferrier, a grandnephew of Miss Ferrier, and a grandson of Christopher North, the author may be said to inherit by right of birth the literary faculty displayed in the pages of this thoroughly entertaining story. Marks of culture are everywhere visible. There is abundance of accomplished excellence in 'Mottiscliffe,' and there is the sure promise of better things yet to come from Mr Ferrier's pen." Belfast Northern Whig. "The style is fresh and vigorous, the characters are well drawn and unconventional, and the grouping is artistic and effective. The story is altogether thoroughly enjoyable, and is full of promise for the literary career of the writer." Academy. "The delight of the book lies in a sort of lazy, Epicurean atmosphere, which wooingly pervades the reader as he advances from page to page. The lines have fallen to him in pleasant places, and every one around him is content." Aberdeen Free Press. "No brighter or more genial book of the season can fall into the hands of holiday readers than 'Mottiscliffe,' and no one will lay it down without a wish to renew his acquaintance with the author at no distant date." Oxford University Herald. "There is talent in it which will be recognised, and the recognition will remain when many of the fashionable novels of the present day are forgotten." Graphic. "The principal figure in the piece, Sir Valentine Ormathwaite, a handsome and well-preserved gentleman of sixty-four, witty, goodnatured, and easy-going to the tips of his fingers, is drawn with singular excellence, and strikes us as altogether a fresh conception." Dumfries Herald. "Seriously, 'Mottiscliffe' is a charming book, full of a light, lambent humour, and a buoyant good temper that are infectious." Westminster Review. "The writer possesses a much larger stock of what may be called literary information than most novelists." WILLIAM BLACKWOOD & SONS, EDINBURGH AND LONDON. |