NOVELS BY W. J. LOCKE
SIMON THE JESTER
Crown 8vo. 6s.
PRESS OPINIONS
Morning Post.—"The entertainment Mr. Locke's books give is very real; they stimulate the mind and provide a sort of bank of optimism from which to draw pleasant thoughts and happy views of men and things. 'Simon the Jester' is one of the best of Mr. Locke's books. It arrests the interest from the start. . . . We thoroughly recommend ' Simon the Jester.'"
Daily Telegraph.—". . . Something of the precision of the pedant, combined with an easy garrulity which is absolutely charming, and a literary style which carries us from the beginning to the end with unfailing verve and ease. . . . Certainly you will not put down the book until you have read the last page. . . . The style, the quality of the writing, the atmosphere of the novel, the easy, pervasive charm . . . make us feel once more the stirring pulses and eager blood of deathless romance."
Standard.—" It is much the best of his sentimental stories. His Simon de Jex is . . . delightful; Lola is a charming woman."
Globe.—"In Simon de Jex, M.P., Mr. Locke has added yet another choice personality to his gallery of delightful people ... to the end of his delightful narrative we have the author at his best, fresh in ideas, delightfully individual in their expression, and bringing always the breath of poetry and the aroma of romance into his narrative."
Westminster Gazette.—"Lola Brandt is ... a wonderful attractive woman, with a large, generous nature and a simple soul. 'Simon the Jester' is characteristic of Mr. Locke. It is wonderfully pleasant reading, full of humour, sentiment and character."
Pall Mall Gazette.—"The whimsicality that guides the pen of Mr. Locke is full of power of remarkable scope. . . . It is only a delicate artist who could be entrusted with the theme of 'Simon the Jester,' and it is only the thinker and humorist combined who could evolve from it anything like the present story . . . strong lines of character development shape themselves in the story. ... It is a book that will not disappoint Mr. Locke's public—and that is surely all one need say."
