Chapter XVII: The Hérault (2)

Dick Donovan has gone back to the troublous times of Mary Queen of Scots for the incidents which form the basis of his new romance, "In the Queen's Service." Manners and morals were doubtless less refined and less humane in those days, and objects were pursued with more violence and more disregard of consequences. From the novelist's standpoint, the period is rich in materials and possibilities. Intrigue, treachery, murder, disaster, chivalry, gallantry, passion, self-sacrifice—these are the constituents of "In the Queen's Service," and the author has, with his accustomed skill, created from them a story of great and penetrating interest.

=PURPLE HEATHER= By ALAN ST. AUBYN

The late Hawley Smart was a master of the true sporting novel, and Alan St. Aubyn has run him very close in "Purple Heather." In this she has given us a picture of the wilds of Exmoor the whole year round, with vivid descriptions of some of the inhabitants, and at the same time has woven about them a story of very human interest which centres on the packs of stag and fox hounds.

=THE SECRET SYNDICATE= By FRED WHISHAW

To the English reader there is a perennial fascination in the conditions of life in the mighty realms of the Czar, and few English writers have a more intimate knowledge of the various revolutionary currents in Russian affairs than Mr. Fred Whishaw. The action of "The Victims" transpires mainly in St. Petersburg, and the characters are wholly Russian. A young journalist and a young girl of the landed class are the central figures, and around these two are described the events which culminate in the recent peasant revolt. The story is graphically told, and has the air of being a veritable transcript from life.

=THE PLEASURE MONGER= By C. RANGER-GULL

The novel which tells of a complete, triumphant, and overwhelming success is always delightful to read. This is the case in Mr. Ranger Gull's new book, "The Pleasure Monger," one which will be found to be the best of all the brilliant studies of modern life which this author has given us. The character studies are especially strong and vivid, and the keen love-interest, which runs like a scarlet thread through the warp and woof of the tale, is novel and daring. It is very rarely, moreover, that a well-known author lifts the veil of the modern literary life and shows it as it really is. Stories which deal in part with literary life are nearly always written by amateurs. "The Pleasure Monger," in short, will be found full of force, brilliancy, and interest.

=THE SIN OF GABRIELLE= By Mrs. COULSON KERNAHAN

In this story Mrs. Kernahan has shown in the character of Gabrielle Desturnelle a beautiful young French adventuress, who has all the seductive charm of "Fanchette," without that heroine's innocence. The story shows how, by her arts and unscrupulous cleverness, she wrecks the life of Donovan Fitzgerald, a man of high ideals. The heartlessness of Gabrielle is put forth with power, while the nobility of Fitzgerald will win the sympathy of the reader.

=THE SECOND BEST= By CORALIE STANTON & HEATH HOSKEN

The work of Coralie Stanton and Heath Hosken stands out from the fiction of to-day in bold outline; there is nothing commonplace or anæmic about it. Their new novel, "The Second Best," is a realistic story of modern English society; the characters are vivid and natural, and the incidents palpitate with drama. The title is in keeping with the underlying idea, but "The Second Best" is, in point of fact, the authors' very best; it grips from the first, and a rich treat is in store for those who come within the spell of this rousing story.

=A LOVELY LITTLE RADICAL= By ALICE M. DIEHL

The work of Alice M. Diehl has two main recommendations—its freedom from the unpleasant and its polished and artistic setting. "A Lovely Little Radical," however, is not a placid story. It recounts the love of a young girl of patrician birth and heritage for a simple man of the people. The author manipulates her theme with unfailing tact and discrimination, and succeeds in eliciting the reader's sympathies from the commencement. "A Lovely Little Radical" may be regarded as the crowning achievement of this popular romanticist.

=THE LADY OF THE BLUE MOTOR= By G. SIDNEY PATERNOSTER. With Coloured
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Mr. Paternoster seems determined to prove in this novel that the motor-car provides inimitable opportunities for the rebirth of romance in an unromantic twentieth century. The central character, "My Lady Melodé," is a veritable heroine of romance. From the time she makes her appearance, enshrouded in a cloud of mystery, in the salon of a hotel at Versailles, she is the centre of a series of thrilling adventures and dramatic situations which enchain the reader's attention until the happy outcome is reached.

=INNOCENT MASQUERADERS= By SARAH TYTLER

This story is founded on an incident which happened at Blackheath upwards of thirty years ago. Two baby girls were exposed and left on the same night at opposite points of the heath to the charity of wayfarers. There is abundance of interest and incident before the mystery of their origin is solved. On one occasion the wrong waif is installed with an old city knight and his lady as their lost grandchild and heiress, but all comes right in the end. Best of all, the two waifs are innocent, good girls, although their adventures should appeal to every lover of true romance.

=RUBINA= By JAMES BLYTH. With Coloured Frontispiece

Mr. James Blyth stands almost alone among English novelists as a realist of the Zola School, but superadded to his realism is a strain of thought at once subtle and poetical. "Rubina" is the story of a girl of the people, and her life is passed wholly in a village in the heart of the Fens. Surrounded by the sights and sounds of nature, she herself is a child of nature, untrammelled by the niceties and scruples of modern conventions. Mr. Blyth pursues his theme in a legitimate and logical fashion, and he has produced a work which is a veritable piece of life, the poignant emotional power and truth of which will be acknowledged by every thoughtful reader.

=THE PASSING OF NIGHT= By J. FOVARGUE BRADLEY

"The Passing of Night" is a political novel written with a purpose. The author is a Congregational Minister who does not write at random, but whose views will be found worthy of attention, if they do not find acceptance. The story, from its argumentative side, treats of the attitude of the Church Association towards the Ritual excesses in the Church of England, and of Disestablishment in the interests of religious and social life; but the author challenges the advocates of Disendowment to show the equity of their case. "The Passing of Night" is polemical and controversial, but it is also a romance of consummate interest; there is wit, imagination, insight, sense of character, and high literary quality in it. It is a first work, but it is certain to be regarded as one of the most remarkable novels of the year.

=A BRIAR ROSE= By SARAH TYTLER

It is a characteristic of most fiction that the last chapters close to the sound of wedding bells. In "A Briar Rose" the order has been reversed, and the marriages take place at the commencement of the story. Miss Sarah Tytler has chosen the everyday lives of two young couples as her foundation, and around their joys and sorrows she has written a domestic story of quiet and penetrating charm. In this book, as in all her works, Miss Sarah Tytler's delicate literary gifts are distinctively apparent.

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There is scarcely a household in which the novels of Mrs. L. T. Meade are not known and appreciated; her work is infinite in its variety, and never dull. The thesis of her new story, "Little Josephine," is the marriage of a good and charming young girl with a man of blemished character. Incidentally, the follies and vices of the worst side of society are exposed and castigated in the manner of Father Vaughan. Mrs. L. T. Meade has never written with greater effect than in this poignant story.

=A WOMAN'S AYE OR NAY= By _Lucas Cleeve_

All who are interested in the suffragette movement—and who is not?—will read Lucas Cleeve's new novel with profit and pleasure. The story is set some ten years ahead, when women are allowed to vote for Parliament; but although there is much in the novel of a quasi-political character, it is the love side of it which is uppermost, and which will call for highest appreciation. As an exponent of the "tender passion," few living novelists can compare with Lucas Cleeve.

=VALDORA= By THOMAS PINKERTON

"Valdora" belongs to the order of romance which is a perpetual joy to the novel reader. A Princess of a small State secures the services of an Englishman to defend her possessions from the attacks of envious neighbours. There is the clash of arms, and the delight of love. "Valdora" suggests the method of Mr. Anthony Hope, with whose work it will well bear comparison.

=A WIFE FROM THE FORBIDDEN LAND= By ARCHER PHILIP CROUCH

The particular fascination of Mr. A. P. Crouch's new story is that the scene of its operations is placed in that weird, mysterious land, Thibet. A young Englishman of the self-reliant, strong, and adventurous type determines to visit Lhasa—the sacred Thibetan capital—a city which the foreigner is not allowed to explore upon pain of death. How the Englishman succeeds in his object, and how he brings back with him "A Wife from the Forbidden Land," is the function of the story to tell. Mr. Crouch knows the peoples of the wonderful East like a native; and his book is not only an engrossing romance: it is a vivid presentment of the customs, institutions, and manners of a land which is as yet but little known to the European.

=A YANKEE NAPOLEON= By JOHN F. MACPHERSON

The "Yankee Napoleon" is a scientist who manufactures a brain serum, by which his own intellect and will-power are so enormously increased that the whole of America lies helpless at his feet. He uses his power, not like a benevolent genius, but like a criminal lunatic who is held in check by no law, human or divine. How, after a devastating war, in which East and West are involved, the "Yankee Napoleon's" plans are frustrated and brought to nothingness by an English scientist and a Japanese Marquis, the reader must discover for himself. He is confidently promised a story unique in plot and inventive power, full of amazing thrills, and written with the pen of a wizard.

=A FULL-LENGTH PORTRAIT OF EVE= By DANIEL DOUGLAS BREWER

The action of this story is placed in Paris, and the characters are wholly French, but "A Full-Length Portrait of Eve" will appeal with irresistible force to English readers. In its essence it is a love-story—a fiery, passionate, overwhelming love-story; and it is written with a beauty of phrase and a distinctive style rarely to be found in the work of a new writer.

=THE JEWEL HOUSE= By Mrs. ISABEL SMITH

Mrs. Isabel Smith has already achieved a reputation by her first work, "The Minister's Guest." In her new story, "The Jewel House," the same qualities of quiet charm and literary style will be found united to a fine gift of portraiture. The incidents happen in the country, and the chief characters are a baronet, the scion of an ancient house, and a young and beautiful girl of the yeoman class. "The Jewel House" is a love-story; but it is natural, healthy, and wholly delightful, and it cannot fail to win fresh admirers for an authoress whose work has only to be known to be justly appreciated.

=IN SEARCH OF JÉHANNE= By AVIS HEKKING

A new historical romance which can bring effectively before the reader the life and manners of a bygone age, and make real flesh and blood of the characters which it introduces, is a rarity, and sure of a warm welcome. Such is "In Search of Jéhanne." Miss Avis Hekking has taken the sixteenth century and the Massacre of the Huguenots as a background. The characters are French, and the events happen wholly in France. "In Search of Jéhanne" is a romance of first-rate quality, and it should create for the author a high position among writers of historical novels.

=A LIGHT-HEARTED REBELLION= By JOHN LANGFIELD

In this story the author unwinds a plot in which there is nothing hackneyed or commonplace, but which in character and incident is fresh and natural and wholesome, and brimming with delightful comedy. Humorists are rare, and readers will assuredly be glad to have their attention directed to this light, bright, laughable, captivating book.

=THE WAY OF WAR= By HEW SCOT

Of late there have been attempts (feeble, it must be admitted) to portray in fiction the jealousy of Continental nations against our realm, but in no case has one of them approached the realistic and thrilling description of the sudden and secretly planned attempted invasion by Germany of Great Britain, as set forth in Hew Scot's splendid work, "The Way of War." Commencing with the admittance of a German patient into an Edinburgh hospital, and the suggestion of a strong love interest, we are carried swiftly through seven days of intense stress and adventure, during which the fate of our country seems to hang on the skill and resource of a single individual, by whose adroitness and courage the secret designs of the enemy are discovered, and as far as possible prepared for, until the climax is reached in a naval battle, when the steel-clad might of England, being at length let loose, swoops down in all its tremendous power and sweeps the foe from our waters. This is a book full of life and movement, and one it is impossible to lay aside, having once commenced.

=ONE EVENTFUL SUMMER= By ETHEL GRACE TAPNER

"One Eventful Summer" is the work of a new writer, but not since the days of "Lorna Doone" has a story been written which conveys so much of the subtle charm of Devonshire. The central idea of the story is whimsical, but there is comedy and tragedy in it—love and laughter and tears. "One Eventful Summer" differs essentially from fiction in general, and upon that account, as well as upon its undoubted intrinsic merits, it will be greatly appreciated by those who are fortunate enough to read the book.

=A HUMAN BACILLUS= By ROBERT EUSTACE

A story that will make some demand upon the nerves of the reader, and leave behind it a burning remembrance. Such is "A Human Bacillus." It describes the life and love of a strange being—partly genius, partly saint, and partly madman—whose subtle acts of renunciation and revenge lead to an extraordinary _dénouement_. The story is written by Robert Eustace, who is well known as the collaborator of L. T. Meade in "The Brotherhood of the Seven Kings," "The Sanctuary Club," "The Sorceress of the Strand," etc.

=INCAPABLE LOVERS, LIMITED= By W. W. WARD

A new work of humour is rare in these days, and if the humour is of the right sort—if it is wholesome and natural and unforced—such a book is something to be thankful for. "Incapable Lovers" is written in great good spirits, and the characters and incidents sparkle and bubble over with delightful fun. Not since the days of "Three Men in a Boat" has so popular and infectious a work of humour appeared.

=THE SHADE OF THE ACACIA= By JESSIE E. LIVESAY

To say that "The Shade of the Acacia" fulfils the high promise which was held out in the author's previous story, "The Little Tin Gods," does not adequately describe the fine qualities of this novel. It not only shows literary gifts of an unusual order, but there are flashes of insight and penetration in it of rare power. The plot is taken up with the marriage of a baronet to a young girl who loves her husband's best friend; and the eternal duel between love and duty is presented in an entirely original form; even the minor characters are distinct and individual. In a word, "The Shade of the Acacia" belongs to the higher rank of fiction.

=THE SACRED HERB= By FERGUS HUME

This story deals with a herb, brought from the South Seas, which is used for religious ceremonial, and is called the "Devil Root" by the natives. When burnt, the fumes produce insensibility, and release the spirit, which can see all that takes place on the physical world, without being able to interfere. The hero is a witness (while in such a trance) to a murder, for which he is afterwards blamed; but he cannot prove his innocence, until assisted by the heroine, whose psychic powers enable her to clear his character. The book is a new departure for Mr. Fergus Hume, as, although the mystery is still retained, the tale deals largely with the power of the occult in modern life.

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=SELMA= LUCAS CLEEVE
=THE MAN WITH THE AMBER EYES= FLORENCE WARDEN
=THE HOUSE OF HOWE= MAY CROMMELIN
=AMAZEMENT= JAMES BLYTH
=THE MILLIONAIRE AND THE LADY= GERTRUDE WARDEN
=KINDRED SPIRITS= L. T. MEADE
=A BUTTERFLY= BARONESS VON GOLDÄCKER
=DEYNCOURT OF DEYNCOURT= DAISY HUGH PRYCE
=THE FOLLY OF THE WISE= G. SIDNEY PATERNOSTER
=INNOCENT MASQUERADERS= SARAH TYTLER
=THE END OF A PASSION= ALICE M. DIEHL
=THE SECOND EVIL= SADI GRANT
=THE TWO FORCES= E. WAY ELKINGTON
=ALL THAT A MAN HATH= CORALIE STANTON AND HEATH HOSKEN
=THE DICTIONARY OF FOOLS= G. G. CHATTERTON
=TWO WOMEN AND A MAHARAJAH= MRS. C. E. PHILLIMORE
=A SERPENT IN HIS WAY= SUZANNE SOMERS
=A MINISTER OF FATE= CHARLES DAWSON
=LEONE= LADY DUNBAR OF MOCHRUM
=THE STAIN ON THE SHIELD= MRS. DARENT HARRISON
=A BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK= S. R. KEIGHTLEY
=FROM THE HAND OF THE HUNTER= L. T. MEADE
=THE GIRLS OF INVERBARNS= SARAH TYTLER

JOHN LONG'S SIXPENNY NOVELS

In Striking Picture Covers, 9 in. by 6 in.

_NEW VOLUMES (JANUARY-SEPTEMBER, 1907)_

58 =A BRIDE FROM THE SEA= GUY BOOTHBY
59 =WHEN IT WAS LIGHT (A Reply to
"When It was Dark")= WELL-KNOWN AUTHOR
60 =A BIT OF A ROGUE= NAT GOULD
61 =THE GIRL IN GREY= CURTIS YORKE
62 =HIS ITALIAN WIFE= LUCAS CLEEVE
63 =THE LADY TRAINER= NAT GOULD
64 =THE SECRET PASSAGE= FERGUS HUME
65 =IN SPITE OF THE CZAR= GUY BOOTHBY
66 =A STRAIGHT GOER= NAT GOULD
67 =AN INNOCENT IMPOSTOR= MAXWELL GRAY
68 =THE STORM OF LONDON= F. DICKBERRY
69 =A LOST CAUSE= GUY THORNE
70 =ONE HUNDRED TO ONE CHANCE= NAT GOULD
71 =FUGITIVE ANNE= MRS. CAMPBELL PRAED
72 =THE NIGHT OF RECKONING= FRANK BARRETT
1 =AN OUTSIDER'S YEAR= FLORENCE WARDEN
2 =SOMETHING IN THE CITY= FLORENCE WARDEN
3 =THE LOVELY MRS. PEMBERTON= FLORENCE WARDEN
4 =THE MYSTERY OF DUDLEY HORNE= FLORENCE WARDEN
5 =KITTY'S ENGAGEMENT= FLORENCE WARDEN
6 =OUR WIDOW= FLORENCE WARDEN
7 =No. 3, THE SQUARE= FLORENCE WARDEN
8 =THE JADE EYE= FERGUS HUME
9 =THE TURNPIKE HOUSE= FERGUS HUME
10 =THE GOLDEN WANG-HO= FERGUS HUME
11 =THE SILENT HOUSE IN PIMLICO= FERGUS HUME
12 =THE CRIMSON CRYPTOGRAM= FERGUS HUME
13 =A TRAITOR IN LONDON= FERGUS HUME
14 =WOMAN—THE SPHINX= FERGUS HUME
15 =A WOMAN'S "NO"= MRS. LOVETT CAMERON
16 =THE CRAZE OF CHRISTINA= MRS. LOVETT CAMERON
17 =A PASSING FANCY= MRS. LOVETT CAMERON
18 =BITTER FRUIT= MRS. LOVETT CAMERON
19 =AN ILL WIND= MRS. LOVETT CAMERON
20 =MIDSUMMER MADNESS= MRS. LOVETT CAMERON
22 =MRS. MUSGRAVE AND HER HUSBAND= RICHARD MARSH
23 =ADA VERNHAM, ACTRESS= RICHARD MARSH
24 =THE MAGNETIC GIRL= RICHARD MARSH
25 =MISS ARNOTT'S MARRIAGE= RICHARD MARSH
26 =THE MASK= WILLIAM LE QUEUX
27 =THE EYE OF ISTAR= WILLIAM LE QUEUX
28 =THE VEILED MAN= WILLIAM LE QUEUX
29 =A MAN OF TO-DAY= HELEN MATHERS
30 =THE SIN OF HAGAR= HELEN MATHERS
31 =THE JUGGLER AND THE SOUL= HELEN MATHERS
32 =FATHER ANTHONY= ROBERT BUCHANAN
33 =THE WOOING OF MONICA= L. T. MEADE
34 =THE BURDEN OF HER YOUTH= L. T. MEADE
35 =A JILT'S JOURNAL= RITA
36 =THE SIN OF JASPER STANDISH= RITA
37 =A CABINET SECRET= GUY BOOTHBY
38 =THE LADY OF THE ISLAND= GUY BOOTHBY
39 =THE FUTURE OF PHYLLIS= ADELINE SERGEANT
40 =BENEATH THE VEIL= ADELINE SERGEANT
41 =DELPHINE= CURTIS YORKE
42 =THE COUNTESS OF MOUNTENOY= JOHN STRANGE WINTER
43 =THE SELLING PLATER= NAT GOULD
44 =ONE OF A MOB= NAT GOULD
45 =THE OTHER MRS. JACOBS= MRS. CAMPBELL PRAED
46 =THE FLUTE OF PAN= JOHN OLIVER HOBBES
47 =THE KINGDOM OF MAMMON= VIOLET TWEEDALE
48 =THE STOLEN EMPEROR= MRS. HUGH FRASER
49 =A BEAUTIFUL REBEL= ERNEST GLANVILLE
51 =THE WORLD MASTERS= GEORGE GRIFFITH
52 =IN SUMMER SHADE= MARY E. MANN
53 =LE SELVE= OUIDA
54 =SWEET "DOLL" OF HADDON HALL= J. E. MUDDOCK
55 =GEORGE AND SON= EDWARD H. COOPER
56 =THE SCARLET SEAL= DICK DONOVAN
57 =THE THREE DAYS' TERROR= J. S. FLETCHER

JOHN LONG, 12, 13 & 14 Norris Street, Haymarket, London

BILLING AND SONS, LIMITED, PRINTERS, GUILDFORD

┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Transcriber's Note: │ │ │ │ Minor punctuation errors have been corrected without note. │ │ │ │ Punctuation and spelling were made consistent when a predominant │ │ form was found in this book; otherwise they were not changed. │ │ │ │ Ambiguous hyphens at the ends of lines were retained. │ │ │ │ An inverted asterism appears on pages 15 and 18 of the │ │ advertisements. They are shown as [***]. │ │ │ │ Footnotes were moved to the end of chapters and numbered in one │ │ continuous sequence. │ │ │ │ Mid-paragraph illustrations have been moved between paragraphs │ │ and some illustrations have been moved closer to the text that │ │ references them. The list of Illustrations paginations were │ │ changed accordingly. │ │ │ │ Italicized words are surrounded by underline characters, _like │ │ this_. Words in bold characters are surrounded by equal signs, │ │ =like this=. │ │ │ │ Other corrections: │ │ │ │ p. 14: Footnote 2: 'Nos' de Lavène replaced by 'Mos' de Lavène. │ │ │ │ p. 63: 'beseiged' replaced by 'besieged' (In 1590 he besieged │ │ Espaly again). │ │ │ │ p. 69: 'protusion' replaced by 'protrusion' (upon their │ │ protrusion from the volcanic vent). │ │ │ │ p. 76: 'irresitible' replaced by 'irrestistible' (proved an │ │ irresistible attraction). │ │ │ │ p. 79: 'pronouned replaced by 'pronounced.' (pronounced │ │ absolution). │ │ │ │ p. 94: 'aleep' replaced by 'asleep' (thinking that I was asleep). │ │ │ │ p. 100: 'Payrabeille' replaced by 'Peyrebeille' (on his way to │ │ Peyrebeille). │ │ │ │ p. 121: 'clientelle' replaced by 'clientele' (they have also │ │ their clientele). │ │ │ │ p. 128: 'wonful' replaced by 'wonderful' (it is really wonderful │ │ what changes). │ │ │ │ p. 83 Footnote 5: 'Vivavais' replaced by 'Vivarais' (Pays │ │ Volcaniques du Vivarais). │ │ │ │ p. 139: 'abrubtly' replaced by 'abruptly' (the crag that falls │ │ abruptly). │ │ │ │ p. 156: 'Grott' replaced by 'Grotte' (reach the Grotte of the │ │ Chouans). │ │ │ │ p. 197: 'insurgeuts' replaced by 'insurgents' (when the │ │ insurgents saw). │ │ │ │ p. 225: 'Christian' replaced by 'Christina' (Queen Christina │ │ of Sweden). │ │ │ │ Pp. 248, 306: 'Valerauge' replaced by 'Vallerauge.' │ │ │ │ p. 264: 'Courbeson' replaced by 'Courbezon' (He produced Les │ │ Courbezon in 1862). │ │ │ │ p. 264: 'Orbe' replaced by 'Orb' (Bédarieux is on the Orb). │ │ │ │ p. 305: 'Belzunce' replaced by 'Belsunce' (Belsunce, Mgr. │ │ de, 174). │ │ │ │ p. 305: 'Chassizac' replaced by 'Chassezac' (Chassezac, River, │ │ 139, 154). │ │ │ │ p. 308: 'Rouve' replaced by 'Roure' (Roure, Baron de, 198). │ │ │ │ p. 308: 'Hippolite-du-Fort' replaced by 'Hippolyte-le-Fort' │ │(S. Hippolite-le-Fort, 223-4). │ │ │ │ Advertisements, p. 24: Number 21 in the list is missing. Also, │ │ the sequence starting with no. 1 on p. 24 is continued on p. 23 │ │ with no. 58. These were not corrected. │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

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