Chapter I: Front Matter

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=Latest Volumes.--June 1907=.

=In the Days of the Comet.= By H. G. WELLS. 1 vol.--3927.

This work is a new study of the future and of "things as they
should be," in the style of Jules Verne, by which most of Mr.
Wells's popular books are characterised.

=Sophy of Kravonia.= By ANTHONY HOPE. 2 v.--3928/29.

Though the State of Kravonia be not found on any map, the lovers of
Mr. Hope's romances will find very real the characters in this new
tale of love, intrigue, and high politics.

=The Youngest Miss Mowbray.= By B. M. CROKER. 1 vol.--3930.

In this new novel of modern English life Mrs. Croker gives us
another version of the old and much-loved story of Cinderella. The
fairy godmother steps in at the right moment, and all ends happily.

=Chippinge.= By STANLEY J. WEYMAN. 2 vols.--3931/32.

A trenchant and realistic description of the state of England
during the passing of the Reform Bill, into which an exceedingly
pretty romance is interwoven.

=Rezánov.= By GERTRUDE FRANKLIN ATHERTON. 1 vol.--3933.

A story of old Californian days, a theme of which this popular
authoress has a right to speak. High politics and history here also
play their part.

=The Matrimonial Lottery.= By CHARLOTTE O'CONOR ECCLES. 1 vol.--3934.

A journalistic comedy in which all ends well and happily. Miss
Eccles is already the authoress of one delightful humorous book in
the Tauchnitz Edition.

=Sir Nigel.= By A. CONAN DOYLE. 2 vols.--3935/36.

The author of "Sherlock Holmes" has here given us a book of another
genre. It is a romance of the days of chivalry with a setting of
many historical incidents, showing how a brave young squire won his
golden spurs.

=A Lady of Rome.= By F. MARION CRAWFORD. 2 vols.--3937/38.

This is the story of a Roman family tragedy, and a psychological
study of the lengths to which unselfish love and expiatory
renunciation may go in poor human nature.

=Whom God hath joined.= By ARNOLD BENNETT. 1 vol.--3939.

A drama of real life dealing with the still unsolved marriage
problem and the working of the English divorce laws.

=The Lady Evelyn.= By MAX PEMBERTON. 1 vol.--3940.

A stirring romance of England and Roumania, in which the gypsies of
the latter country play an important part. The heroine herself has
gypsy blood, and her dual temperament leads to exciting
complications.

=A Barrister's Courtship.= By F. C. PHILIPS. 1 vol.--3941.

A collection of short sketches by a well-known humourist, and a
longer comedy written in collaboration with Percy Fendall.

=The Future in America.= By H. G. WELLS. 1 vol.--3942.

Mr. Wells, who has already written so many works on the future of
the world's civilisation, paid a visit to America on purpose to
judge on the spot of the future of that country.

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THE HOUSE OF DEFENCE. BY E. F. BENSON.

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