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Otago Daily Times, Issue 7648, 23 August 1886, Page 4

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POST Orders receive prompt attention Patterns and Chart ior self-meaaureinent suut by return. rfuiE DON TAILORING COMPANY X now amalgamated with WILLIAMSON anc 11OLDEN. — Only Address : George street Uuuedin. 21at WHAT "TUB QUEEN" SAYS:That Mrs Oliphant is " One of the Mosl Versatile and Agrcenblo Novelists of tin Day." rniiis Niiw yoiiic says-.-Mrs Olipiiant is " One of tho Best Livinj Novelists." rpilß "ATLANTIC MONTHLY, Giving a synopsis of Mrs Olipiiant's works says;-"It is a question whether Georgi liliot herself has afforded a more strikiiii example of possible feminine capacity. Th resources of her mental vitality are greate than even her most faithful admirers hay imagined. Long may we continue not raerel; to be entertained by the lightor exercises but stimulated by the graver speculations o this open, vigorous, and brilliant mind. We have pleasure in announcing that ANEW STORY by ~ MHS OLIPHAN'i Entitled _j_ L | The Son of His Father,] Was commenced in the OTAGO WIT ESI OH FRIDAY, Oth AUGUST. As the author] of " The Chronicles < Carlingford" and the numerous an splendid series of brilliant and popul» Stories Mrs Oliphant has written, be name and rank as a Novelist are suflicier to inspire readers with confidence that the: highest anticipations will be realised in tb work now announced. Truth very cogentl and justly remarks that " the books of Mi Oliphant, William Black, and WilUi Oollins-like the children of old'friendsneed no other recommendation than the: parentage." Mr Henry Morley, in " Collei tious of British Authors, Tauchnitz Edition, says:-"Mrs Oliphant has always Bhown gentle spirit under a quick womanly sen( of life and character." The Reviewers < Mrs Olipiiant's works are, in fact, unanimoi in their eulogies PRESS OPINIONS On TVTRS OLIPHANT'S NOVELS MADAM. "A novel;'.that will; be' throughly>enjoyed."Bristol Mercury. " She has a keenness of observation and a dii criminating power of expression that are almost ii credible."—Literary News. " A decidedly clover andSnterestingnovel."—Noi conformist. " To an insight into human nature, and a liter.ir faculty which gives her the foremost place amon living female novelists in England, Bhe joins a pr< ductiveness that would not disgrace a Dumas."Pictorial World. " Tho reader' 6 interest in the mystery iB kept eoi tinually on the Btretch."—Sheffield Daily Telegrapl " An admirable and a careful study of human ni ture."—Scotsman. " Of one thing, however, her readers may alwaj make sure, which is of finding in her heroine awari generous, and natural English girl or woman, sue as the indigenous product of English society ."- limeas "If we were asked who is the most agreeab novelist oE the present day, the answer^would^ce "•"Mrs" Ohph'autVriovels grow fresher every yea and her capacity for bestowing pleasure is great, now than it was when she wrote about Carlingford —Vanity Fair "A very considerable charm of Mrs Oliphant book lies in her close descriptions of Engliih lit and which give them a permanent and never-failic value."—Daily Picayune, New Orleans. "There is satisfaction in taking up a novel by Mi Oliphant."—Daily Evening Telegram, Philadelphi "She has been one of the most industrious < writers, and her books, covering almost every fie) of literature, form a little library in themselves."Boston Evening Gazette, Massachusetts. •' Mrs Oliphant is one of the best living novelists —New York Tribune. " Mrs Oliphant was inspired when she wrol ' Madam/her latest and very best book. Her heroic is one of the greatest, noblest women ever found i fiction."—Pittsburgh Chronicle and Telegraph, Pern sylvauia. SIB TOM. "Full of the touches of sympathetic insigh whiohlengtheningtimeandaccumulatiiigexperienc are storing up in the authoress' mind.—Dail " Unlike most writers, Mrs Oliphant seems ii capable Jof ever writing herself out."— Glasgcr Herald WITHIN THE PRECINCTS. " An authoress who is one of the most versatile an agreeable novelists of the day."—The Queen. THE CHRONICLES OF OARLINGFORD. " Lively, pregnant, and rich in imagination, fee ing, and eloquence, they will Irresistibly carry to tb end every reader who ventures upon them. Spectator. SALEM CHAPEL. " Look where we will, thero are the same easj graphic touches of life."—Church and State Review " The writing of this story is masterly,' and it wi be read withenjoyment."-Daily News. — Tiusetory, so fresh, so powerfully written, an so tragic, stands out from amongst its fellows like piece of newly-coined gold in a handful of dii commonplace shillings." -Westminster Review. THE PERPETUAL CURATE. " Takes very high rank."—Press. " No one can help being the better for reading "I"™rr~ ll"'«vith a good deal of thought and intro soectjon, Hie —*R-.-r-i_-_i n - » 0«b»»-d U Eeview THE GREATEST HEIRESS IN ENGLAND. "Attests her Inexhaustible versatility in plol weaving."—Academy. "Few other novelists write so much; not half o them write bo well."—Athenteura. " Which of Mrs Oliphant's qualities are most rt marknble? Her rapidity of production and, con sidering that rapiditj, the average excellence of he work, are scarcely more surprising than the ferfcilit" of her mind in constructing stories and varyini character."—Daily News. "It is curious to observe how far superior Mr Oliphant is to most lady novelists in her analysis o male character, even in many respects to Georg Bliot herself."—Bxaminer. "In inventiveness Mrs Oliphant Bhows hersel here as richly endowed as ever."—Graphic. "The kindly spirit in which she writes is a grea element in the pleasantness of her hooks."—Pal Mall Gazette. " A 6 veritable a chapter of the 'human comedy' a; nny that Balzac ever wrote and it is pervaded by i realism scarcely less powerful, though much mon refined."—Scotsman. "Nature and insight, freshness and humour which proves her to be in the vein."—Saturday Review. HE THAT WILL NOT WHEN HE MAY. "There is no small pleasure in reading such admir able English as Mrs Oliphant£always writes."—Johl Bull. " One foresees very early in the story what th< general course of things Is likely to be; but the charm of the tale is enhanced rather than diminished by this transparency. ■ She writes from the fullness of experience, with the maßtery of methods."— Spectator. HARRY JOSCELYN. "Such a scene as that of the 'Red Lion,' the village inn, in the first volume, is very nearly enough to set up a book by itself."—Academy. "Mr Bonamy's is an excellent portrait. The playful tenderness which subsists between father and daughter is touchiugly described."—Athenreum. "An excellent and even brilliant study of character."—Globe. " The whole novel is pleasantly fresh and wholesome."—Graphic. " Every page abounds in those little touches of true and subtle observation in which Mrß Oliphant exiels,"—Pall Mall Gazette. "Mrs Oliphaut has great versatility of imagination."—Times. THE PRIMROSE PATH. " We find ourselves unconscionsly trying to help poor Margaret out of her trouble."—Academy. " There is not a character without individuality from one end of Uip book to the other."—Athenamm. "There s bardly a single character in the tale that does not seem individual, well-marked, and thoroughly alive."—Graphic. YOUNG MUSGRAVB. " The charm of Mrs Cliphant's truthful picturing of child-life, rea! skill in character-drawing, and wonderful power of describing animate and inanimate nature."—Academy. " It is in her children that Mrs Oliphant achieves her greatest triumph."—Athenamm. A BELEAGUERED CITY. " We have long been admirers of Mrs Oliphant's strange variety of power."—Spectator. We would remind present readers of tho Witness light literature, and through them acquaint new friends, of the date announced—namely, that the Early Chapters of the NEW STORY, 'TIHE SON OF HIS FATHER, •*• By MRS OLIPHANT, Appeared in tho OTAGO WITNESS On FRIDAY, 6th AUGUST.