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    4 . £ . FROST'S NEW ILLUSTRATE ® EDITION . RUDDER GRANGE . By FRANK H . STOCKTON . OZNTIE KCXJZsrnDK / ElID ILLUSTK / ATIOITS : I Grown 8 vo . cloth , gilt top , 5 s . Fros T t has new given ' Rudder tls a ser Grange ies of ' interpretations has not been illustrated of Mr . Stockton in a conventional ' s fancies way which . - Mr will . deli ict g ures ht every of the man appreciative reat and reader memorab —sketches le even scattered tsand ever throu where gh the uain text t ornamen , larger ts and p lete headp lemen ieces . tin It y is g , on the ano whole ther b , one author of the and best , artist existing . y specimens q of the compsuppg y ^ ome ^ tess ^ loficcs . THE TIMES . — 'Many of the smaller drawings are wonderfully spirited ; there are sketchy hum suggesti an types ons of are scenery capital , which , from recall the row the of pregnant roosting touches fowls at of Bewick the "beginning ; and the of fi the gures chapter of animals to the dilap and of idated tramp standing hat in hand . ' SCOTSMAN . — 'Externally it is an uncommonly pretty volume , and the pencil of Mr . A . B . Frost has been employed to brighten its pages with a hundred capital illustrations / DAILY TELEGRAPH , —' Allured by the graphic illustrations , no fewer than a hundred , which the pencil of Mr . A . B . Frost has furnished , the reader who takes in hand It . Frank R . Stockton ' s " Rudder Grange" wilL have no reason to regret the fascination , or to wish he had resisted it ; altogether the book is full of quiet and humorous amusement . ' MORNING POST . — 'It will be welcomed in its new dress by many who have already made the acquaintance of Euphemia and Pomona , as well as by many who will now meet those excellent types of feminine character for the first time / SATURDAY REVIEW . — ' The new edition of " Rudder Grange " has a hundred illustrations by Mr . A . B . Frost ; they are extremely good , and worthy of Mr . Stockton ' s amusing book / COURT AND SOCIETY REVIEW . — ' After looking at the pictures we found ourselves reading the book again , and enjoying Pomona and her reading , and her adventure with the lightning rodder , and h « r dog-fight as much as ever . And to read it twice over is the greatest compliment you can pay to a took of American humour . ' FIGARO . — 'The volume contains no loss than a hundred illustrations large and small , all charming , and , what is even better , all appropriate . There is no doubt that it will be very popular . ' SOCIETY . —' Mr . Stockton ' s story is quaintly conceived and thoroughly American in style , the characters being most amusing types , and Mr . Frost has provided a host of quaintly grotesque illustrations , large and small , adding much to the intrinsic merit of the work / GUARDIAN . — 'The illustrations by Mr . A . B . Frost to the new edition are extremely humorous , and the edition itself is handsome both in type and paper . JSo one who cares to know what American humour is at its best should be without a copy of " Rudder Grange . " ' JOHN C . NIMMO , 14 King William Street , Stran ^ , London , W . C .

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Sept. 1, 1886, page 976, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01091886/page/26/