Crown 8vo, paper covers, in the style of a French novel, price 2s.

'Mrs. W. K. Clifford's "Mere Stories" is not only notable for the
excellence and uniform interest of the stories it contains, but also for
the novelty of its shape--that of the yellow French novel pure and
simple. The innovation deserves encouragement. You do not want, at this
time of day, an introduction to Mrs. Clifford's many good qualities. She
has become one of those few writers of English fiction no one of whose
books one can afford to leave unread.'--_Review of Reviews._

'They are neatly and incisively written, with an unfailing strain of
humour running through them. Altogether, this is a volume to read, and
we like its get-up--in paper covers on the French model, only neater and
more substantial.'--_Daily Mail._

'In type, make-up, and size, it is exactly the volume to buy at the
book-stall and slip into such convenient receptacle as you may chance to
carry with you in the railway carriage. It costs you no more than a few
illustrated papers, and is more handy to bestow when you have read it.
As for the contents, they are eight slight stories, in Mrs. Clifford's
best manner. Yet, simple and unpretending as they are, they contain the
real novelist's touch. There is nature, drama, character, in these short
histories, and, above all, that command of simple pathos which Mrs.
Clifford has more than most writers. We do not know many living writers
who could have done either so well.'--_St. James's Gazette._

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