=AN INDEPENDENT MAIDEN.= By ADELINE SERGEANT
In Miss Sergeant’s new story will be found all those essentials which have made her name a household word in the realms of fiction, and readers of the present work will be delighted to make the acquaintance of so charming and sympathetic a heroine as Dulcie.
=THE BOOK OF ANGELUS DRAYTON.= By MRS. FRED REYNOLDS
‘The Book of Angelus Drayton’ is not a novel set to the ordinary tune. There is a plot, indeed, and one that no one can read without sympathetic interest; there is comedy and tragedy in it. But the chief note of the book is its charm—its charm of subject, its charm of treatment, and its charm of style. It is a story of the country, and to all who love the sights and sounds of the country it will appeal with irresistible strength. It leads the reader through the changing seasons of the year, and of them all it has something significant to say in the manner of a poet. It is not only a book to be read: it is a book to be bought and read and re-read.
=RONALD LINDSAY.= By MAY WYNNE, Author of ‘For Faith and Navarre’
This is an historical romance of the period of the Scotch Covenanters, and the background is filled with the fascinating though sinister figure of Graham of Olaverhouse. The book will delight all who have a feeling for the picturesqueness of bygone days.
Two adventurous young men on pleasure bent succeed in convoying two charming girls, with their unsuspecting chaperon, to the hotel where the heroes of this fascinating romance of the Riviera are to stay. Realism is happily blended with a delightful romance which promises to be one of the most amusing of the season.
Mr. Stuart Young’s ‘Merely a Negress’ is new and original insomuch that it deals with the problem of the marriage of an Englishman and a Negress. The author treats his subject tactfully, and dwells upon the incompatibility, as well as upon the emotional sympathy of the senses. There is candour in the book, and yet restraint. As a new experiment in fiction, Mr. Stuart Young’s book deserves to be received with careful attention.
=THE TEMPTATION OF ANTHONY.= By ALICE M. DIEHL
The name of Alice M. Diehl is a guarantee for vividly-coloured and present-day society presentments, veined with romance and exciting incident. ‘The Temptation of Anthony’ will certainly take high rank among the lively and delightful novels by this well-known writer. Her portrait of Eve (Lady Waring) is a masterpiece in true and delicate female delineation. The story of Eve’s trial and sufferings should appeal to every reader.