This clever work has been one of the greatest successes of the present London season.
52. HER LAST THROW. By Mrs. HUNGERFORD, Author of “Molly Bawn.” 1 vol.
“Mrs. Hungerford never fails to be prettily piquant.”--_Academy._
53. THE SCAPEGOAT. By HALL CAINE, Author of “The Deemster,” “The Shadow of a Crime,” &c. 1 vol.
Mr. Hall Caine has only just concluded the writing of this, his newest novel. It is the fruit of his recent travel in Tangier and introduces the author to new ground.
A book of essays in Mr. Wilde’s picturesque and vigorous manner, containing the well-known paper, “The Decay of Lying.”
55. A FAR-AWAY MELODY. By MARY E. WILKINS, Author of “A Humble Romance,” “A New England Nun,” &c. 1 vol.
This charming volume of short stories has won for the author an unique position as the artist of humble human emotion.
56, 57. THE SIN OF OLGA ZASSOULICH. By FRANK BARRETT, Author of “The Admirable Lady Biddy Fane,” “Between Life and Death,” &c. 2 vols.
“Those people who ... debate whether Mr. R. L. Stevenson or Mr. Rider Haggard shall be awarded the palm of modern romance writing must really take into consideration the claims of Mr. Frank Barrett.”--_Athenæum._
58. THE ENGLISH POETS. By JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL, 1 vol.
This book contains some of Mr. Lowell’s best known contributions to literary criticism.
59. SOLDIERS THREE. By RUDYARD KIPLING, Author of “The Light that Failed,” “The Phantom Rickshaw,” “Mine Own People,” &c. 1 vol.
“If Mr. Kipling should not ultimately blossom into an Anglo-Indian Dickens, he will, at all events, occupy a high place in the literature of our day.”--_Athenæum._
60. ACCORDING TO ST. JOHN. By AMÉLIE RIVES, Author of “The Quick or the Dead,” “A Brother to Dragons,” &c. 1 vol.
A new and very original work by this powerful and vivid writer.
61, 62. MR. CHAINE’S SONS. By W. E. NORRIS, Author of “Matrimony,” “Marcia,” “Miss Wentworth’s Idea,” &c. 2 vols.
Mr. Norris’s new story, which has just met with great success in Temple Bar.
63. THE NEW RECTOR. By STANLEY J. WEYMAN, Author of “The House of the Wolf,” &c. 1 vol.
A new story of village life, rich in domestic interest and full of character.
64, 65. THE MYSTERY OF M. FELIX. By B. L. FARJEON, Author “Blade o’ Grass,” &c.