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Three-and-Sixpenny Library 19 THE NOVELS OF ROSA N. CAREY Over Half-a-Million of these works have been printed. 34th Thousand. ONLY THE GOVERNESS. PALL MALL GAZETTE. "Tbis novel is for those who like stories with some- thing of Jane Austen's power, but with more .intensity of feeling than Jane Austen dis- played, who are not inclined to call pathos twaddle, and who care to see life and human nature in their most beautiful form." 24th Thousand. LOVER OR FRIEND? GUARDIAN. "The refinement of style and delicacy of thought will make Lover or Friend 1 popular with all readers who are not too deeply bitten with a desire for things improbable in their lighter literature." 2 1st Thousand. BASIL LYNDHURST. PALL MALL GAZETTE." We doubt whether anything has been written of late years so fresh, so pretty, so thoroughly natural and bright. The novel as a whole is charming." 22nd Thousand. SIR GODFREY'S GRAND-DAUGHTERS. OBSERVER. "A capital story. The interest steadily grows, and by the time one reaches the third volume the story has become enthralling. 24th Thousand. THE OLD, OLD STORY. DAILY NEWS. "Miss Carey's fluent pen has not lost its power of writing fresh and wholesome fiction." 24th Thousand. THE MISTRESS OF BRAE FARM. PALL MALL GAZETTE. "Miss Carey's untiring pen loses none of its power, and her latest work is as gracefully written, as full of quiet home charm, as fresh and wholesome, so to speak, as its many predecessors." 1 2th Thousand. MRS. ROMNEY and "BUT MEN MUST WORK." PALL MALL GAZETTE. "By no means the least attractive of the works of this charming writer." New Impression. OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES. BRADFORD OBSER VER." There is a quiet charm about this story which finds its way into the innermost shrines of life. The book is wholesome and good, and cannot fall to give pleasure to those who love beauty." 25th Thousand. HERB OF GRACE. WESTMINSTER GAZETTE.^ A clever delineator of character, possessed of a reserve of strength in a quiet, easy, flowing style, Miss Carey never fails to please a large class of readers. Herb of Grace is no exception to the rule. ..." 2oth Thousand. THE HIGHWAY OF FATE. BOOKMAN. "This pretty love story .... is charming, sparkling, and never mawkish." 1 9th Thousand. A PASSAGE PERILOUS. TIMES." Told with all Miss Carey's usual charm of quiet, well-bred sent ment." OUTLOO^K. "A pretty story of English country-house life during the terribly anxious ' waiting days ' of Ladysmith. The soldier's young bride is charmingly suggested and the love portions approach the idyllic."