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Page 261 - Everywhere there is the poetic landscape-painting which bespeaks an artist who has thrown himself into his work .... But perhaps Mr. Blackmore's special excellence is his gift of humour — a gift never misused in the service of ill-nature. It is not easy to give samples of this, because it pervades the whole book. For the rest, we will only say that Mr. Blackmore's 'Alice Lorraine' will sustain his reputation as one of our best English novelists.
Page 200 - Then come, put the jorum about, And let us be merry and clever, Our hearts and our liquors are stout, Here's the Three Jolly Pigeons for ever.
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Page 262 - It is almost superfluous to say that this is a good novel. . . . ' Three Feathers' is a book which no one but the author of 'A Daughter of Heth' could have written, and which all persons who appreciate real humour, good character-drawing, and beautiful landscape -painting in words, will love to read once and again.
Page 262 - ARA KILMENY. A Novel. By W. BLACK. IN SILK ATTIRE. Third Edition. LORNA DOONE. By RD BLACKMORE. CRADOCK NOWELL. By RD BLACKMORE. CLARA VAUGHAN. By RD BLACKMORE. INNOCENT. By Mrs. OUPHANT. Eight Illustrations. WORK : a Story of Experience. By LOUISA M. ALCOTT. Illustrations. MISTRESS JUDITH...