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Otago Daily Times, Issue 7654, 30 August 1886, Page 4

Business Notices. T>ON TAILORING COMPANY. rtpilE most Wretched ot nil Men aro those JL without, Hope for the Future of this Colony. ■NOTWITHSTANDING the present conJ_ d dition of thhij-a, Prosperity will now quickly follow, " Thus saitli the I'rophoial" IN the meantime the Public must bo Supplied with good, cheap, and well-made Clothing. /■"[HO Supply these Necessaries of Life is tho JL Special Business of tlie Don Tailoring Company, Dunedin. OUR Cash System has attracted attention from all parts of tlie Colony, and works with success. GENTLEMEN,— You must. Pay for Credit and also for those who don't pay at all. nnHE Don Tailoring Company's 12s Cd JL Trousers (made to order) are 'a Marvel of Cheapness. Try them. npiiE Don Tailoring Company's 57s Cd Jl. Tweed Suits are worn by all classes of citizens. fipilE Don Tailoring Company's £3 10s JL Mosgiel Tweed Suits will stand unlimited wear aud tear. f|)HE Don Tailoring Company present a JL handsome, good-going Watch with a£s Tweed Suit. POST Orders receive prompt attention Patterns and Chart, ior self-measurement sent by return. mHE DON TAILORING COMPANY JL now amalgamated with WILLIAMSON and 110LDEN. — Only Address : George street, Dunedin. 21 au -OTHAT "THE QUEEN" SAYS:--That Mrs OuriiAM' is " One of tho Most Versatile and Agreeable Novelists of the Day." mHE NEW YORK ~ TRIBUNE SAYS :— Mra Oliphant is "One of the Best Living Novelists." mII E "ATLANTIC MON TH L V," Giving a synopsis of Mrs Oliphant's works, i says:—"lt is a question whether George Eliot herself has afforded a more striking example of possible feminine capacity. The resources of her mental vitality are greater than even her most faithful admirers have ; imagined. Long may we continue not merely to be entertained by tho lighter exercises, ' but stimulated by the graver speculations of this open, vigorous, nnd brilliant mind. We have pleasure iv announcing that A NEW STORY by MRS OLIPHANT, . Entitled _! !_ - I The Son op His Father, | i i— Was commenced in the r\ TA G 0 witness On FRIDAY, 6th AUGUST. i As the author^ of "The Chronicles of _Carlingford" and the numerous and splendid series of brilliant and popular Stories Mrs Oliphant lias written, her name nnd rank as b Novelist are sufficient to inspire readers with coutidence that their r highest anticipations will be realised iv the work now announced. Truth very cogently and justly remarks that " the books of Mrs t Oliphant, William Black, and Wilkie Collins—like the children of old friendsneed no other recommendation than their parentage." Mr Henry Morley, in " Collections of British Authors. Tauchnitz Edition," Bays: -"Mrs Oliphant has always shown a gentle spirit under a quick womanly sense of life and character." The Reviewers of h Mrs Oliphant's works are, in fact, unanimous ' in their eulogies press opinions 1 On ' WP 18 OLIPHANT'S NOVELS. MADAM. "A novel:" that will be throughly enjoyed."— I Bristol Mercury. " She has a keenness of observation and a discriminating power ot expression that are almost incredible."—Literary News. "A decidedly clever andjntercstinf- novel."—Nonconformist. " To an insight into human nature, and a literary faculty which gives her the foremost place amone l.vmg lemal- novelists in Kngland, shejoinsanro- ' ductiveness that would not disgrace a Dumas "— Pictorial World. - .." T,*! e read<-'r's interest in tho mystery is kept con- - tmuallyon the stretch."—Sheflleld Daily Telegraph. ' , " A! 1 admirable and a careful study of human nature. —Scotsman. "Of one thing, however, her readers may always make sure, which is of (hiding in her heroine a warm - generous, and natural English girl or woman, such as the indigenous product of English society."— "H- T B. T, ero askea vrho is t,ie most agreeable novelist of the present day, the answer would certainly bo in favour of Mrs 01iphaut."-The Literary World. J " Mrs Oliphant's novels grow fresher everyyear. and her capacity for bestowing pleasure is greater now than it was when she wrote about Carlinjkord." —Vanity Fair " "A very considerable charm of Mrs Oliphant's book lies in her close descriptions of Engliih Hie and which give them a permanent and never-failing I value."—Daily Picayune, Nfw Orleans. " "There is satisfaction in taking up a novel by Mrs Ohphant. -IJaily Evening Telegram, Philadelphia biie has been one of the most industrious of writers, and her I ooks, covering almost every field of literature, form a little library in themselves "— , Boston Evening Gazette, Massac'hussetts. " Mrs Oliphaut is one of the best living novelists." —New York Tribune, f .-,V? rs ,*-> li P*'*v- t was inspired when she wrote 1 'Madam, her latest and yen best book. Her heroine :• is one of the greatest, noblest women ever found in ■ taction.'—PittsburghChrouicleaudTelegraph.Penn- ; sylvanla. i SIB TOM. - "Full of the touches of sympathetic insight. ; which lengtheniiigtime and accumulatingexperience ' are storing up in the authoress' mindf—Dailv * News J ' •■ Unlike most writers, Mrs Oliphant seems incaunble^of ever writing herself out."—Gla-irow ' Herald •- i WITHIN THE~PEECINCTS. " An authoress who is one of the most versatile and agreeable novelists of the day."—The Queen. THE CHRONICLES OF CARLINaFORD. _ " Lively, pregnant, and rich in imagination, feeling, and eloquence, they will irresistibly carry to the end every leader who ventures upon them." f Spectator. SALEM CHAPEL. " Look where we will, there are the same easy. . graphic touches of life."—Church and State Review "'lhe writing of this story is masterly, and it will' be read with enjoyment." -Daily News. " This story, so tre-h, so powerfully written, and so tragic, stands out fiom amongst its fellows lil<e a f piece of newly-coined gold in a handful of dim commonplace shillings." Westminster Review. THE PERPETUAL CURATE, i " Takes very high rank."—Press. "No one can help being the better for reading- ■ and reading with a good deal of thought and intro- , siection, the "Perpetual Curate." — Saturday Review J THE GREATEST HEIRESS IN ENGLAND. "Attests her Inexhaustible versatility in nlotweaving."—Academy. r "Few other novelists write so much: not half of them write so well." -Athenamm " Which of Mrs Oliphant's qi-alitiea are most* s markablc? Her rapidity of production and,! Jn sidenng that, rapiditj, the average excellence ofh c work, are scarcely more surprising than tne fertilit of her mmd m constructing stories and varvlncharact^r. —Daily News. "Itis curious to observe how far superior Mra .' Oliphant is to most lady novelists in her analysis of '■ male character, even in many respects to George fchot, herself. —T-xammer. " In inventiveness Mrs Oliphant shows herself here as richly endowed as ever."—Graphic "The kindly spirit in which she writes is a great element in the pleasantness of her books."—Pall ' Mall Gazette. j "As veritable a chapter of the' human comedy' as I any that Balzac ever w-rote and it is pervaded "by a I realism scarcely less powerful, though much mere refined." —Scotsman. j "Nature and insight, freshness and humour I which proves her to be iv the vein."—Saturday Review. J HE THAT WILL NOT WHEN HE MAY. "There is no small pleasure in reading such admirable English as Mrs Oliphant£always writes."—John Bull. " One foresees very early in the story what the 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 mastery 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 Ilonamy's is an excellent portrait. The playful tenderness which subsists between father and daughter is touchingly described."—Atbenreum. "An excellent aud 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 Mra Oliphant exiele,"—Pall Mall Gazette. "Mrs Oliphant has great versatility of imagination."—Times. THB PRIMROSE PATH. " We find ourselves unconsciously trying to help poor Margaret out of her trouble."—Academy. | " There is not a character without individuality I from oue end ofthe book to thcother."—Athenamm. "There s hardly a single character in the tale that does not seem individual, well-marked, and thoroughly alive."—Graphic. YOUNG MUSGRAVE. «" fl 1,-;*-!-- 11"-*1 °; Mrs Oliphant's truthful picturing child-hfe, real skill in character-drawing, and wonderful power ct describing animate and inanimate nature."-Academy. HZ l bJ*!, h\ hf • cl* ila™' 'that Mrs Oliphant achieves her greatest triumph."—Athen-cum. A BELEAGUERED CITY. „• " c ,mv.°,! ,>n« been "dn''rers of Mrs Oliphant's strange variety otpower."-Spectator. lie*? S remi,ld, "r, ese,lt r™(1"sof tho Witness &.tu m,il! ld """"811 tllom acquaint new ETrty SCltte.o d fathe n,momiCea-nam^' °'at th<* NEW STORY, mHE SON OF HIS FATHER, X Br MRS OLIPHANT, Appeared in the OTAGO WITNESS On FRIDAT, 6th AUGUST, '