Chapter XIV (2)

+A GAMBLE FOR LOVE+. By Nat Gould. (For Complete List of Nat Gould's Novels see pages 12 and 13).

This novel follows "A Fortune at Stake," the first novel by Nat Gould to be issued at the outset at 6_s_. The innovation was an immediate success. The new tale, "A Gamble for Love," should undoubtedly win for itself many admirers. The hero and heroine have strong dominating personalities, and the love interest is well sustained. The element of sport of course prevails, and the book may fairly be said to be as thrilling as any Mr. Nat Gould has written.

+THE SECRET CALLING.+. By Olivia Ramsey, Author of "Callista in Revolt," etc.

This is a love story of unusual charm dealing with the fortunes of two girls. An artist falls in love with one; the other rejects the brilliant marriage arranged for her by her worldly aunt. Each girl seeks safety in flight. How both are finally won by the men who love them is convincingly described by the author. In this book she again displays her acknowledged skill as a clever novelist.

+THE SNAKE GARDEN.+ By Amy J. Baker, Author of "I Too Have Known," "The Impenitent Prayer," etc.

As with her two previous successes the scene is laid in South Africa. Miss Baker writes with a realism that is the outcome of personal experience. Theo, the heroine, is an unusual type of girl, and how she straightens out her life is told with rare humour and psychological insight. The book is remarkable for its clear-cut pictures of Colonial life.

+THE BELOVED PREMIER.+ By H. Maxwell, Author of "Mary in the Market," "The Paramount Shop," etc.

The author imagines what would happen in England were the authorities to govern with absolute disinterestedness and singleness of purpose. The picture thus drawn depicts a topsy-turvy world indeed. The story is told with much humour and many shrewd thrusts at our most cherished institutions. It is an unusual book replete with good things.

+THREE SUMMERS.+ By Victor L. Whitechurch, Author of "The Canon in Residence," "Left in Charge," etc.

Here is a book that will appeal to all who love a good plot and plenty of incident. It runs along fresh and sparkling and true to the end. The hero and heroine are cleverly depicted in this charming romance, which teems with lovable characters. It is a novel which enhances the reputation of this popular author.

+THE RESIDENCY.+ By Henry Bruce, Author of "The Eurasian," "The Native Wife," etc.

The previous novels by Henry Bruce have secured for him an appreciative following. Like its predecessors, "The Residency" is a story of life in India. The heroine is a beautiful Eurasian who, after twenty-two years of sheltered life in England, rashly returns to India. The novel is an account of the passionate attachment she forms for a Native of rank. Mr. Bruce has a power of humour all too rare in these days. He tells the narrative in a masterly way.

+PAUL MOORHOUSE.+ By George Wouil, Author of "Sowing Clover."

_The Morning Post_ said, in reviewing the author's first novel, "Sowing Clover": "We shall look for Mr. Wouil's future with every anticipation of continuous and increasing delight." The second novel is another Black Country study, but of much greater dramatic power. It depicts the central character, reared in poverty, without influence or promise; of the struggles of youth; of artisan life, the prospect of a "little 'ome" and drab respectability; of ambition; of the coming of love; of the making of a gentleman, and the battle with environment.

+THE WIDOW OF GLOANE.+ By D. H. Dennis, Author of "Crossroads," etc.

Mr. D. H. Dennis is one of the most promising exponents of the modern school of fiction. His new Work contains a capital idea. Phyllis, the heroine, who is a charming young widow when the story opens, meets and marries the playmate of her childhood. The narrative is full of good things, of wit as well as wisdom, and readers who like their fiction to be brainy as well as human will thoroughly enjoy its pages.

+THE BARBARIANS.+ By James Blyth, Author of "Rubina," "Amazement," etc.

The marital relationship is the keynote of "The Barbarians" Original, virile, human, bold and sympathetic, the novel, both in interest and craftsmanship, is a worthy successor of a sequence of brilliantly limned portraits of the feminine character. It is the tale that matters, and as a story teller Mr. Blyth may well challenge comparison.

+UNDER COVER OF NIGHT.+ By R. Murray Gilchrist, Author of "Weird Wedlock," etc.

A book of vivid atmosphere, probably the best of this author's novels of incident. Throughout, the strange country background, with its swiftly moving folk, gentle and simple, reminds one of a weird and fascinating drama. The contrast between the quiet inn house, and the dilapidated hall with its guilty secret, is admirably depicted. The plot is excellently fashioned and the unfolding of the mystery done with admirable restraint. The author understands to perfection the art of thrilling his readers.

+MAIDS OF SALEM.+ By K. L. Montgomery, Author of "The Gate-Openers," "The Cardinal's Pawn," etc.

The witch-persecution of New England, one of the most dramatic chapters of American history, is the theme of K. L. Montgomery's new novel. The scene is Salem, Massachusetts Bay. The story is one of tragedy and romance, told in the inimitable way with which the author's admirers have been so charmed by her previous books.

+THE DICE OF LOVE.+ By Edmund Bosanquet Author of "A Society Mother," "Mary's Marriage," etc.

Since the days of "A Society Mother," Mr. Edmund Bosanquet has gone far, and this, his latest romance, will more than satisfy the expectations of his admirers. The characters are never insipid, and have the happy knack of getting on the right side of the reader immediately. There is a sustained brilliance about the book which augurs well for its success.

+THE MEMOIRS OF PRINCESS ARNULF.+

These reminiscences form the record of the intimate life of the Princess Arnulf and her royal relatives. Not for many years has a work of such extraordinary interest been given to the reading public. It is the mart of news, of scandal, of rumour, of intrigue, of a galaxy of princes, courtiers, men and women of rank and fashion, of sullied virtue and invidious attachments.

+WHY SHE LEFT HIM.+ By Florence Warden, Author of "Love's Sentinel," etc.

Miss Warden's gypsy heroine forms a very interesting study. It would be unfair to explain the plot of the story, but behind it is tragedy. The hero, Lord Tregaron, is a well-drawn personage, and so, indeed, are the other characters clustered around the charming heroine.

+THE MAZE.+ By A. L. Stewart.

"The Maze" is the love story of a famous operatic singer who marries her protege, a violinist considerably younger than herself. As is inevitable, their gifts clash and jealousy ensues. The plot is cleverly unfolded, and the book reaches a satisfactory conclusion. The scene is laid in London, Paris, and the West of England.

+THE OYSTER.+ By a Peer, Author of "The Hard Way," "The Decoy Duck," etc.

The Novels of a Peer are distinguished among present-day fiction by their brilliant literary qualities and their deep emotional appeal to human hearts and sympathies. They are addressed to men and women who know the world and the significance of life: their keynote is strength. The _motif_ of this enthralling story is centred upon the maternal instinct--the profoundest of all human feelings. An idea of consummate originality is presented in a manner free from reproach or any suspicion of pruriency.

+A MILLION FOR A SOUL.+ By Mrs. C. E. Phillimore, Author of "Two Women and a Maharajah."

An Irish patriot bequeaths to his child, as her sole inheritance, his love for drink. She marries in India and through constant strain succumbs to the degrading habit. Cast off by her husband, her lover seeks to regain her and effect her regeneration. The story ends with this achieved, though the manner of its accomplishment is by way of the unexpected.

+THE WHITE VAMPIRE.+ By A. M. Judd, Author of "Lot's Wife," etc.

This is a powerful story of love, hate, revolution, and revenge, woven around the central figure of a beautiful, fascinating, unscrupulous woman who lures men to ruin and then dooms them to a horrible fate. Retribution overtakes her at last through the love of one of her victims. The book contains many thrilling episodes, and the ending is highly dramatic.

+LAW THE WRECKER.+ By Charles Igglesden, Author of "Clouds," etc.

Is it feasible that a sane man may be sent to a lunatic asylum? This vital question is answered by Mr. Igglesden in "Law the Wrecker." The author is especially qualified to deal with the subject, as he has acted as certifying magistrate for many years and been a governor of a county lunatic asylum. Life in a lunatic asylum is vividly and truthfully described. The plot is an exciting one with many dramatic situations, a young Colonial trying against heavy odds to prove his sanity to the girl he loves, and she in turn struggling with the doubt that racks her mind.

+MARY'S MARRIAGE.+ By Edmund Bosanquet, Author of "A Society Mother," "Catching a Coronet," etc.

Securing public favour at the first time of asking--such is this author's almost unique record. That he has come to stay may be gathered from the progressive successes he has achieved since the days of "A Society Mother." This novel follows its predecessors in that it makes the same direct appeal to the average human heart. Readers in their thousands and tens of thousands will rejoice to know something about the heroine and her wayward marriage.

+THE ENCHANTING DISTANCE.+ By Lilian Arnold, Author of "The Storm-Dog," etc.

This is a love story, in the development of which it becomes apparent that things are seldom what they seem and that the most passionate attachments are rarely based on pure reason. The adventures of the heroine in search of a life of her own in London are told with much humour.

+A BESPOKEN BRIDE.+ By Fred Whishaw, Author of "Nathalia," etc.

Mr. Fred Whishaw's description in this novel of the gallant little nation, Finland, fighting to a man and woman against inevitable absorption by the irresistible giant at the threshold, is moving and holds the reader. Every Finn is a resister, active or passive. Some fight wisely, some foolishly, but all fight and all sacrifice self for the sake of the Motherland and her disappearing rights and privileges.

+SALAD DAYS.+ By the Author of "Improper Prue," "The Price of Possession," etc.

This amusing novel can well be called a comedy of youth, for it depicts the invasion of a well-ordered English bachelor by a good-intentioned humourless Irish girl and twin young men of free and easy disposition. The bachelors are Mr. Weatherby, most chivalrous of victims, and his nephew, Richard Torr, an Oxford exquisite, who tries hard to save his own and his uncle's dignity under the most trying conditions. It is a book that men and women will laugh at and enjoy.

+FROM PILLAR TO POST.+ By Alice M. Diehl, Author of "Incomparable Joan," etc.

For the many readers of Mrs. Diehl's novels the present story will be rather a new departure in female portraiture. The heroine's aristocratic descent, conflicting with her father's democratic ideas, is the pivot on which much of the tale turns. Her experiences as a wife, and yet all the time no wife, go to make up a very fascinating romance which shows that the author has lost none of her power.

+CALLISTA IN REVOLT.+ By Olivia Ramsey, Author of "A Girl of No Importance," etc.

This dainty love-story is told with great charm and skill. A beautiful girl is forced, through adverse circumstances, to lead a monotonous existence in an isolated village. It is here that she is discovered by the wealthy Bruce Armadale, whose force of character is powerfully drawn. A dazzling dancer of London fame is introduced as a dangerous rival for his affection, and her plot to separate the lovers is convincingly told.

+THE RANSOM FOR LONDON.+ By J. S. Fletcher, Author of "The Bartenstein Case," etc.

This is one of the most enthralling conceptions that has yet appeared in realistic fiction. From the advent of the stranger at the week-end retreat of the Prime Minister, with his demand for ten millions sterling as the ransom for London, right through to the end, the narrative compels attention. Mr. Fletcher has in this story surpassed himself.

+ANGELS IN WALES.+ By Margam Jones, Author of "The Stars of the Revival," etc.

A tale of Welsh life in the last century, describing faithfully and vividly, in the glow of a sympathetic imagination, the joys and sorrows of the Celtic soul, and having for its central theme the all-important problem of true life. Here the lover of fiction will be continually charmed by a mysterious revelation of hidden life clothed in a new dress of spiritual psychology.

+THE PRICE OF CONQUEST.+ By Ellen Ada Smith, Author of "The Only Prison," etc.

The story has its setting partly in the west country and partly amidst the changes and chances of London musical life. As a risen Star, Sigismund Wirth is happy as only the successful can be. How at last his weakness is discovered and his final victory over self achieved is shown in this clever novel.

+FAITH AND UNFAITH.+ By James Blyth, Author of "Rubina," "Amazement," etc.

This novel is the study of a woman's love. The theme is developed with the certainty of touch and the clearness of vision which are the gifts of experience in life and art. It is as engrossing as the author's previous works, and a notable addition to his gallery of brilliant pen portraits of beautiful, frail women.

+THE RED WEDDING.+ By E. Scott Gillies, Author of "A Spark on Steel," etc.

The novel deals with one of the stormiest periods of history and of the fierce feud between two Highland Clans, each so powerful that Queen Elizabeth sought to gain their friendship for England against the Scottish Sovereign, James IV. It is a story of love and jealousy and the gradual success of the true lover in the face of all obstacles.

+ENVIRONMENT.+ By Mrs. A. M. Floyer.

The story illustrates the influence of environment upon character. The plot consists of episodes, amatory, humorous and otherwise, in the lives of people who are not always in their proper element. It should appeal to all who like something out of the beaten track.

RECENT POPULAR NOVELS

SIX SHILLINGS EACH

Several of these novels were the successes of last year. Some reached the distinction of a Second Edition and even a Third Edition, whilst with "The Lure of Crooning Water" a Thirteenth Edition was called for.

LOVE ON SMOKY RIVER Theodore G. Roberts
SOWING CLOVER George Wouil
THE PARAMOUNT SHOP H. Maxwell
A FORTUNE AT STAKE Nat Gould
THE EURASIAN Henry Bruce
MAZE OF SCILLY E. J. Tiddy
ETELKA Stanley Ford
A SOCIAL INNOCENT R. St. John Colthurst
GREEN GIRL Mrs. Henry Tippett
THE WISDOM OF THE FOOL By "coronet"
THE ELUSIVE WIFE R. Penley
LOT'S WIFE A. M. Judd
AN OFFICER AND A-- E. D. Henderson
YOUNG EVE AND OLD ADAM Tom Gallon
THE VAUDEVILLIANS Anonymous
A HANDFUL OF DAYS Hal D'arcy
CROSSROADS D. H. Dennis
LIGHT FINGERS AND DARK EYES Vincent Collier
THE MAN IN THE CAR Alan Raleigh
THE LURE OF CROONING WATER Marion Hill
THE DECOY DUCK By a Peer
LEVITY HICKS Tom Gallon
OUR ALTY M. E. Francis
QUEER LITTLE JANE Curtis Yorke
CATCHING A CORONET Edmund Bosanquet
THE HOUSE OF THE OTHER WORLD Violet Tweedale
THE ONLY PRISON Ellen Ada Smith
A GIRL OF NO IMPORTANCE Olivia Ramsey
UNQUENCHED FIRE Alice Gerstenberg
MARY IN THE MARKET H. Maxwell
THE IMPENITENT PRAYER Amy J. Baker
THE LITTLE MAISTER R. H. Forster
LOVE'S SENTINEL Florence Warden
INCOMPARABLE JOAN Alice M. Diehl
THE VISION OF THE YEARS Curtis Yorke
HIS AMERICAN WIFE George H. Jessop
WEIRD WEDLOCK R. Murray Gilchrist
THIN ICE Anne Weaver
A VICTIM OF CIRCUMSTANCE Charles Loewenthal
(Low Lathen)

THE WORLD'S FAVOURITE AUTHOR

ATHENAEUM, June 10th, 1911, says:--"All living writers are headed by Mr. Nat Gould, and of the great of the past, Dumas only surpasses his popularity."

TRUTH, Jan. 22nd, 1913, says:--"Who is the most popular of living novelists? Mr. Nat Gould easily and indisputably takes the first place."

The Novels of Nat Gould

Sales now exceed NINE MILLION Copies!

NAT GOULD'S NEW 6/- NOVEL

A GAMBLE FOR LOVE

[Ready in April, 1914]

All Mr. Nat Gould's NEW Novels will now be issued at the outset at 6s., Crown 8vo., in handsome Cloth Gilt, over 300 pages, with Wrapper in Three Colours. They will also be issued simultaneously in John Long's Colonial Library at 3s. 6d., Cloth, with Special design, also Wrapper in Three Colours; and 2s. 6d. with Stiff Paper Covers in Three Colours.

RECENTLY PUBLISHED AND UNIFORM WITH THE ABOVE

A FORTUNE AT STAKE

[Third Edition.]

Remarkable success attended the publication of this, Mr. Nat Gould's First Novel to be issued at the outset at 6s. The large First Edition was soon exhausted, and Second and Third Editions have been called for, thus proving that Mr. Nat Gould has a very big following in the Library and Colonial form.

N.B.--Messrs. JOHN LONG are the SOLE Publishers of all Mr. Nat Gould's New Novels and control the output. To ensure a long run with the Library and Colonial Editions they will not publish the 1s. net Edition until at least a year, and the 6d. Edition until over two years, after the publication of the more expensive Edition. But in the meantime there will be the usual periodical 6d. issues of Novels by Mr. Nat Gould that have already appeared at 2s. and 1s.

NAT GOULD'S NOVELS at 1s. and 2s.

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THE CHANCE OF A LIFETIME
THE KING'S FAVOURITE
A CAST OFF
*THE PHANTOM HORSE
*LEFT IN THE LURCH
*THE BEST OF THE SEASON
GOOD AT THE GAME
A MEMBER OF TATT'S
THE TRAINER'S TREASURE
THE HEAD LAD

* Nat Gould's Annual, 1911, '12, '13 respectively.

NAT GOULD'S NOVELS at 6d.

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#A GREAT COUP January 21st, 1914

*ONE OF A MOB
*THE SELLING PLATER
A BIT OF A ROGUE
*THE LADY TRAINER
*A STRAIGHT GOER
*A HUNDRED TO ONE CHANCE
*A SPORTING SQUATTER
THE PET OF THE PUBLIC
*CHARGER AND CHASER
THE LOTTERY COLT
A STROKE OF LUCK
*THE TOP WEIGHT
#THE KING'S FAVOURITE April, 1914
*THE DAPPLE GREY
*WHIRLWIND'S YEAR
*THE LITTLE WONDER
A BIRD IN HAND
*THE BUCKJUMPER
*THE JOCKEY'S REVENGE
THE PICK OF THE STABLE
#THE STOLEN RACER
#A RECKLESS OWNER
#THE ROARER
#THE LUCKY SHOE
QUEEN OF THE TURF
#A CAST OFF July, 1914

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NAT GOULD'S ANNUAL, 1914

THE FLYER

(Twelfth Year)

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+NEW VOLUMES FOR 1914+

+LIFE OF MY HEART.+ By VICTORIA CROSS.

_Now first published in 1/- form._

Victoria Cross's immense popularity rests on the fame she achieved with "Anna Lombard" and "Five Nights," and in "Life of My Heart" we have a worthy successor. It is a story of intense passion and dramatic interest.

+THE STORY OF MY LIFE+. By EVELYN THAW. With 8 portraits of the principal characters. _Now first published._

In this remarkable book Evelyn Thaw unbosoms herself to the world, and now for the first time gives her full life history in all its vivid details.

+THE LIFE OF LENA.+ By W. N. WILLIS, ex-M.P.

(Australia), Author of "Why Girls Go Wrong," "The White Slave Market," etc. _Now first published._

Few tales within recent years have been so realistic, and the book from its sincerity should appeal to the hearts of all thinking men and women. Mr. W. N. Willis is an author whose books sell in tens of thousands.

+SONNICA.+ By VICENTE BLASCO IBANEZ, Author of "Blood and Sand," "The Shadow of the Cathedral," etc.

_Now first published._

Vicente Blasco Ibanez is the most brilliant author of the modern school of Spanish fiction, and in this daring novel he is probably seen at his best. In "Sonnica" the publishers believe they have discovered a second "Quo Vadis."

+Volumes already published+

THE LIFE SENTENCE Victoria Cross
FIVE NIGHTS Victoria Cross
ANNA LOMBARD Victoria Cross
A WIFE IMPERATIVE By a Peer
THEO By a Peer
TO JUSTIFY THE MEANS By a Peer
THE HARD WAY By a Peer
THE SPINSTER Hubert Wales
CYNTHIA IN THE WILDERNESS Hubert Wales
MR. AND MRS. VILLIERS Hubert Wales
THE WIFE OF COLONEL HUGHES Hubert Wales
HILARY THORNTON Hubert Wales
A PRIESTESS OF HUMANITY Mrs. Stanley Wrench
A PERFECT PASSION Mrs. Stanley Wrench
BURNT WINGS Mrs. Stanley Wrench
LOVE'S FOOL Mrs. Stanley Wrench
FOLLY'S GATE James Blyth
A COMPLEX LOVE AFFAIR James Blyth
THE MEMBER FOR EASTERBY James Blyth
THORA'S CONVERSION James Blyth
THE PENALTY James Blyth
AMAZEMENT James Blyth
RUBINA James Blyth
CHICANE Oliver Sandys
THE WOMAN IN THE FIRELIGHT Oliver Sandys
DECREE Lady X
THE DIARY OF MY HONEYMOON Lady X
THE STORM OF LONDON F. Dickberry
A SOCIETY MOTHER Edmund Bosanquet
I TOO HAVE KNOWN Amy J. Baker
THE DUPLICATE DEATH A. C. Fox-Davies
A HOUSEHOLD Jerrard Syrett
CONFESSIONS OF CLEODORA Carlton Dawe
SECRET HISTORY OF THE COURT OF BERLIN Henry W. Fischer
MIGHTY MAYFAIR "Coronet"
CONFESSIONS OF A PRINCESS Anonymous
IMPROPER PRUE Anonymous
THE PRICE OF POSSESSION Author of "Improper Prue"
THE PROGRESS OF PAULINE KESSLER Author of "The Adventures
of John Johns"

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THE LURE OF CROONING WATER Marion Hill
OFF THE MAIN ROAD Victor L. Whitechurch
THE STORM-DOG Lilian Arnold
THE REALIST E. Temple Thurston

_Volumes already published_

THE GREAT GAY ROAD Tom Gallon
HIS MASTER PURPOSE Harold Bindloss
THE MASK William Le Queux
FOR FAITH AND NAVARRE May Wynne
KISSING CUP THE SECOND Campbell Rae-Brown
THE GREAT NEWMARKET MYSTERY Campbell Rae-Brown
A JILT'S JOURNAL Rita
ADA VERNHAM--ACTRESS Richard Marsh
SWEET "DOLL" OF HADDON HALL J. E. Muddock
THE OLD ALLEGIANCE Hubert Wales

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+_NEW VOLUMES FOR 1914_+

19 A BRIDE FROM THE SEA (2nd Feb.) Guy Boothby
33 THE GOLD RAIL (2nd Feb.) Harold Bindloss
23 THE GRASS WIDOW (2nd Mar.) Dorothea Gerard
25 THE GIRL IN GREY (2nd Mar.) Curtis Yorke
24 THRICE ARMED (1st Apr.) Harold Bindloss
38 OUR ALTY (1st Apr.) M. E. Francis
34 MOLLIE DEVERILL (4th May) Curtis Yorke
39 MEMORY CORNER (4th May) Tom Gallon
35 A GLORIOUS LIE (25th May) Dorothea Gerard
40 THE BARTENSTEIN CASE (25th May) J. S. Fletcher
36 ALTON OF SOMASCO (22nd June) Harold Bindloss
37 IRRESPONSIBLE KITTY (22nd June) Curtis Yorke

+_VOLUMES NOW READY_+

1 FATHER ANTHONY Robert Buchanan
2 DELILAH OF THE SNOWS Harold Bindloss
3 ONLY BETTY Curtis Yorke
4 THE GARDEN OF MYSTERY Richard Marsh
5 IN SPITE OF THE CZAR Guy Boothby
6 THE VEILED MAN William le Queux
7 THE SIN OF JASPER STANDISH Rita
8 A BORDER SCOURGE Bertram Mitford
9 WAYWARD ANNE Curtis Yorke
10 THE GREATER POWER Harold Bindloss
11 A CABINET SECRET Guy Boothby
12 THE EYE OF ISTAR William le Queux
13 A WOMAN PERFECTED Richard Marsh
14 HYPOCRITES AND SINNERS Violet Tweedale
15 THE SILENT HOUSE Fergus Hume
16 BY RIGHT OF PURCHASE Harold Bindloss
17 THE OTHER SARA Curtis Yorke
18 LITTLE JOSEPHINE L.T. Meade
20 THE MAGNETIC GIRL Richard Marsh
21 THE MATHESON MONEY Florence Warden
22 CRIMSON LILIES May Crommelin
26 THE LADY OF THE ISLAND Guy Boothby
27 THE WHITE HAND AND THE BLACK Bertram Mitford
28 THE STOLEN EMPEROR Mrs. Hugh Fraser
29 A MAN OF TO-DAY Helen Mathers
30 THE PENNILESS MILLIONAIRE David C. Murray
31 LINKS IN THE CHAIN Headon Hill
32 AN INNOCENT IMPOSTOR Maxwell Gray

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Volumes for 1914

1. SOMETHING IN THE CITY Florence Warden 2. THE TURNPIKE HOUSE Fergus Hume 3. MIDSUMMER MADNESS Mrs. Lovett Cameron 4. MRS. MUSGRAVE AND HER HUSBAND Richard Marsh 5. THE SIN OF HAGAR Helen Mathers 6. DELPHINE Curtis Yorke 7. TRAITOR AND TRUE John Bloundelle-burton 8. THE OTHER MRS. JACOBS Mrs. Campbell Praed 9. THE COUNTESS OF MOUNTENOY John Strange Winter 10. THE WOOING OF MONICA L. T. Meade 11. THE WORLD MASTERS George Griffith 12. HIS ITALIAN WIFE Lucas Cleeve 13. No. 3, THE SQUARE Florence Warden 14. MISS ARNOTT'S MARRIAGE Richard Marsh 15. THE THREE DAYS' TERROR J. S. Fletcher 16. THE JUGGLER AND THE SOUL Helen Mathers 17. THE HARVEST OF LOVE C. Ranger Gull 18. BITTER FRUIT Mrs. Lovett Cameron 19. BENEATH THE VEIL Adeline Sergeant 20. THE BRANGWYN MYSTERY David Christie Murray 21. FUGITIVE ANNE Mrs. Campbell Praed 22. IN SUMMER SHADE Mary E. Mann 23. A JILT'S JOURNAL Rita 24. THE SCARLET SEAL Dick Donovan

N.B.--The first Eight will be published March 16th. There will then be an interval of one month, when, commencing April 20th, the volumes will appear fortnightly, two at a time, until July 27th.

GENERAL LITERATURE

+OSCAR WILDE AND MYSELF.+ By Lord Alfred Douglas. With rare Portraits and Illustrations. Demy 8vo. Price 10s. 6_d._ net.

Some of Oscar Wilde's biographers are persons who had only a nodding acquaintance with him, and others had no acquaintance at all. But in their writings there is one name which is linked with Wilde's and is second only in importance to it--the name of Lord Alfred Douglas. After long years Lord Alfred has decided to break the silence and to give the real facts about his relations with Wilde from the period when Wilde was at the top of his fame to the time of his tragedy and death. "Oscar Wilde and Myself" contains a serious side inasmuch as it deals with the grave disasters which this friendship has brought upon Lord Alfred. It possesses another side in the analysis of the purely literary aspect of Wilde's work; and a large number of anecdotes and sayings of Wilde are included which have never before been printed. It gives also an account of the Wilde circle, which included the most prominent persons of the period. Of Lord Alfred Douglas's literary gifts his worst enemy is in no doubt, and this work, apart from its great personal import, will give the quietus to much that is false which has grown round the Oscar Wilde tradition.

BELGIUM, HER KINGS, KINGDOM, AND PEOPLE. By John de Courcy Macdonnell. Fully illustrated. Demy 8vo. Price 15_s._ net.

The lives of Leopold I., Leopold II., and King Albert told with a wealth of intimate detail which up till now has been withheld, the true story of the Belgian Revolution, untold by any English writer ere this, and much that is new and interesting about all the leading people in Belgium, from Royalties to Anarchists. The author describes the Belgian people, their mode of living, their thrift, their industry--the country itself, the forests, the mining districts, the crowded cities--and throws fresh light on many aspects of Belgian politics.

+THE BONDS OF AFRICA.+ By Owen Letcher, F.R.G.S., Author of "Big Game Hunting in North-Eastern Rhodesia." With 50 Illustrations from Photographs and a Map. Demy 8vo. Price 12_s._ 6_d._ net.

Mr. Owen Letcher is a young Englishman who has spent the past eleven years in Africa and has wandered into well-nigh unknown portions of the Dark Continent to hunt big game and to pry into the lives of the natives inhabitant of the remotest corners of it. Quite apart from its value to the traveller, the sportsman, and the student of natural history, the book possesses a remarkable human interest. Mr. Letcher knows Africa from Cape Town to the City of the Pharaohs, and, as the work covers an enormous field of but little known land in Southern, North-Western and North-Eastern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, British East Africa, and Uganda, its merits from a geographical point of view are undoubted.

+MADAME DU BARRY.+ By Edmond and Jules de Goncourt. With Photogravure and numerous other Portraits. Demy 8vo. Price 12_s_. 6_d_. net.

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