Science from an Easy Chair

PART III.—A SELECTION OF WORKS OF FICTION

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=Albanesi (E. Maria).= SUSANNAH AND ONE OTHER. _Fourth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

LOVE AND LOUISA. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE BROWN EYES OF MARY. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

I KNOW A MAIDEN. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE INVINCIBLE AMELIA: OR, THE POLITE ADVENTURESS. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 3s. 6d._

*THE GLAD HEART. _Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Allerton (Mark).= SUCH AND SUCH THINGS. _Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Annesley (Maude).= THIS DAY’S MADNESS. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Bagot (Richard).= A ROMAN MYSTERY. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE PASSPORT. _Fourth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

TEMPTATION. _Fifth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

ANTHONY CUTHBERT. _Fourth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

LOVE’S PROXY. _Cr. 8vo. 6s._

DONNA DIANA. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

CASTING OF NETS. _Twelfth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Bailey (H. C.).= STORM AND TREASURE. _Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Ball (Oona H.)= (Barbara Burke). THEIR OXFORD YEAR. Illustrated. _Cr. 8vo. 6s._

BARBARA GOES TO OXFORD. Illustrated. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Baring-Gould (S.).= ARMINELL. _Fifth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

URITH. _Fifth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

IN THE ROAR OF THE SEA. _Seventh Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

MARGERY OF QUETHER. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE QUEEN OF LOVE. _Fifth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

JACQUETTA. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

KITTY ALONE. _Fifth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

NOÉMI. Illustrated. _Fourth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE BROOM-SQUIRE. Illustrated. _Fifth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

DARTMOOR IDYLLS. _Cr. 8vo. 6s._

GUAVAS THE TINNER. Illustrated. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

BLADYS OF THE STEWPONEY. Illustrated. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

PABO THE PRIEST. _Cr. 8vo. 6s._

WINEFRED. Illustrated. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

ROYAL GEORGIE. Illustrated. _Cr. 8vo. 6s._

CHRIS OF ALL SORTS. _Cr. 8vo. 6s._

IN DEWISLAND. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE FROBISHERS. _Cr. 8vo. 6s._

DOMITIA. Illustrated. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

MRS. CURGENVEN OF CURGENVEN. _Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Barr (Robert).= IN THE MIDST OF ALARMS. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE COUNTESS TEKLA. _Fifth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE MUTABLE MANY. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Begbie (Harold).= THE CURIOUS AND DIVERTING ADVENTURES OF SIR JOHN SPARROW; OR, THE PROGRESS OF AN OPEN MIND. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Belloc (H.).= EMMANUEL BURDEN, MERCHANT. Illustrated. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

A CHANGE IN THE CABINET. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Benson (E. F.).= DODO: A DETAIL OF THE DAY. _Fifteenth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Birmingham (George A.).= THE BAD TIMES. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

SPANISH GOLD. _Fourth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE SEARCH PARTY. _Fourth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Bowen (Marjorie).= I WILL MAINTAIN. _Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Bretherton (Ralph Harold).= AN HONEST MAN. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Capes (Bernard).= WHY DID HE DO IT? _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Castle= (=Agnes= and =Egerton=). FLOWER O’ THE ORANGE, and Other Tales. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Clifford (Mrs. W. K.).= THE GETTING WELL OF DOROTHY. Illustrated. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 3s. 6d._

=Conrad (Joseph).= THE SECRET AGENT: A Simple Tale. _Fourth Ed. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

A SET OF SIX. _Fourth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Corelli (Marie).= A ROMANCE OF TWO WORLDS. _Twenty-Ninth Ed. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

VENDETTA. _Twenty-Seventh Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THELMA. _Fortieth Ed. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

ARDATH: THE STORY OF A DEAD SELF. _Nineteenth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE SOUL OF LILITH. _Sixteenth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

WORMWOOD. _Seventeenth Ed. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

BARABBAS: A DREAM OF THE WORLD’S TRAGEDY. _Forty-Fourth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE SORROWS OF SATAN. _Fifty-Fifth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE MASTER CHRISTIAN. _Twelfth Edition. 177th Thousand. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

TEMPORAL POWER: A STUDY IN SUPREMACY. _Second Edition. 150th Thousand. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

GOD’S GOOD MAN: A SIMPLE LOVE STORY. _Thirteenth Edition. 150th Thousand. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

HOLY ORDERS: THE TRAGEDY OF A QUIET LIFE. _Second Edition. 120th Thousand. Crown 8vo. 6s._

THE MIGHTY ATOM. _Twenty-eighth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

BOY: a Sketch. _Eleventh Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

CAMEOS. _Thirteenth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Cotes (Mrs. Everard).= See Duncan (Sara Jeannette).

=Crockett (S. R.).= LOCHINVAR. Illustrated. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE STANDARD BEARER. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Croker (Mrs. B. M.).= THE OLD CANTONMENT. _Cr. 8vo. 6s._

JOHANNA. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE HAPPY VALLEY. _Fourth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

A NINE DAYS’ WONDER. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

PEGGY OF THE BARTONS. _Seventh Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

ANGEL. _Fifth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

A STATE SECRET. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 3s. 6d._

KATHERINE THE ARROGANT. _Sixth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Cuthell (Edith E.).= ONLY A GUARDROOM DOG. Illustrated. _Cr. 8vo. 3s. 6d._

=Dawson (Warrington).= THE SCAR. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE SCOURGE. _Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Douglas (Theo.).= COUSIN HUGH. _Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Doyle (A. Conan).= ROUND THE RED LAMP. _Eleventh Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Duncan (Sara Jeannette)= (Mrs. Everard Cotes).

A VOYAGE OF CONSOLATION. Illustrated. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

COUSIN CINDERELLA. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE BURNT OFFERING. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=*Elliott (Robert).= THE IMMORTAL CHARLATAN. _Crown 8vo. 6s._

=Fenn (G. Manville).= SYD BELTON; or, The Boy who would not go to Sea. Illustrated. _Second Ed. Cr. 8vo. 3s. 6d._

=Findlater (J. H.).= THE GREEN GRAVES OF BALGOWRIE. _Fifth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE LADDER TO THE STARS. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Findlater (Mary).= A NARROW WAY. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

OVER THE HILLS. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE ROSE OF JOY. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

A BLIND BIRD’S NEST. Illustrated. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Francis (M. E.).= (Mrs. Francis Blundell). STEPPING WESTWARD. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

MARGERY O’ THE MILL. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

HARDY-ON-THE-HILL. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

GALATEA OF THE WHEATFIELD. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Fraser (Mrs. Hugh).= THE SLAKING OF THE SWORD. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

GIANNELLA. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

IN THE SHADOW OF THE LORD. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Fry (B. and C. B.).= A MOTHER’S SON. _Fifth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Gerard (Louise).= THE GOLDEN CENTIPEDE. _Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Gibbs (Philip).= THE SPIRIT OF REVOLT. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Gissing (George).= THE CROWN OF LIFE. _Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=*Glendon (George).= THE EMPEROR OF THE AIR. Illustrated. _Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Hamilton (Cosmo).= MRS. SKEFFINGTON. _Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Harraden (Beatrice).= IN VARYING MOODS. _Fourteenth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE SCHOLAR’S DAUGHTER. _Fourth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

HILDA STRAFFORD and THE REMITTANCE MAN. _Twelfth Ed. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

INTERPLAY. _Fifth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Hichens (Robert).= THE PROPHET OF BERKELEY SQUARE. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

TONGUES OF CONSCIENCE. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

FELIX. _Sixth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE WOMAN WITH THE FAN. _Seventh Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

BYEWAYS. _Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE GARDEN OF ALLAH. _Eighteenth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE BLACK SPANIEL. _Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE CALL OF THE BLOOD. _Seventh Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

BARBARY SHEEP. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=*Hilliers (Ashton).= THE MASTER-GIRL. Illustrated. _Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Hope (Anthony).= THE GOD IN THE CAR. _Eleventh Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

A CHANGE OF AIR. _Sixth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

A MAN OF MARK. _Sixth Ed. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE CHRONICLES OF COUNT ANTONIO. _Sixth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

PHROSO. Illustrated. _Eighth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

SIMON DALE. Illustrated. _Eighth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE KING’S MIRROR. _Fourth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

QUISANTE. _Fourth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE DOLLY DIALOGUES. _Cr. 8vo. 6s._

A SERVANT OF THE PUBLIC. Illustrated. _Fourth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

TALES OF TWO PEOPLE. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE GREAT MISS DRIVER. _Fourth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Hueffer (Ford Maddox).= AN ENGLISH GIRL: A ROMANCE. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

MR. APOLLO: A JUST POSSIBLE STORY. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Hutten (Baroness von).= THE HALO. _Fifth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Hyne (C. J. Cutcliffe).= MR. HORROCKS, PURSER. _Fifth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

PRINCE RUPERT, THE BUCCANEER. Illustrated. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Jacobs (W. W.).= MANY CARGOES. _Thirty-first Edition. Cr. 8vo. 3s. 6d._

SEA URCHINS. _Fifteenth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 3s. 6d._

A MASTER OF CRAFT. Illustrated. _Ninth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 3s. 6d._

LIGHT FREIGHTS. Illustrated. _Eighth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 3s. 6d._

THE SKIPPER’S WOOING. _Ninth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 3s. 6d._

AT SUNWICH PORT. Illustrated. _Tenth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 3s. 6d._

DIALSTONE LANE. Illustrated. _Seventh Edition. Cr. 8vo. 3s. 6d._

ODD CRAFT. Illustrated. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 3s. 6d._

THE LADY OF THE BARGE. Illustrated. _Eighth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 3s. 6d._

SALTHAVEN. Illustrated. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 3s. 6d._

SAILORS’ KNOTS. Illustrated. _Fourth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 3s. 6d._

=James (Henry).= THE SOFT SIDE. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE BETTER SORT. _Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE GOLDEN BOWL. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Le Queux (William).= THE HUNCHBACK OF WESTMINSTER. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE CLOSED BOOK. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW. Illustrated. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

BEHIND THE THRONE. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE CROOKED WAY. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=*Lindsey (William).= THE SEVERED MANTLE. _Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=London (Jack).= WHITE FANG. _Seventh Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Lubbock (Basil).= DEEP SEA WARRIORS. Illustrated. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Lucas (St John).= THE FIRST ROUND. _Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Lyall (Edna).= DERRICK VAUGHAN, NOVELIST. _44th Thousand. Cr. 8vo. 3s. 6d._

=Maartens (Maarten).= THE NEW RELIGION: A MODERN NOVEL. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

BROTHERS ALL; MORE STORIES OF DUTCH PEASANT LIFE. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE PRICE OF LIS DORIS. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=M’Carthy (Justin H.).= THE DUKE’S MOTTO. _Fourth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Macnaughtan (S.).= THE FORTUNE OF CHRISTINA M’NAB. _Fifth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Malet (Lucas).= COLONEL ENDERBY’S WIFE. _Fourth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

A COUNSEL OF PERFECTION. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE WAGES OF SIN. _Sixteenth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE CARISSIMA. _Fifth Ed. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE GATELESS BARRIER. _Fifth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE HISTORY OF SIR RICHARD CALMADY. _Seventh Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Mann (Mrs. M. E.).= THE PARISH NURSE. _Fourth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

A SHEAF OF CORN. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE HEART-SMITER. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

AVENGING CHILDREN. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Marsh (Richard).= THE COWARD BEHIND THE CURTAIN. _Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE SURPRISING HUSBAND. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

A ROYAL INDISCRETION. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

LIVE MEN’S SHOES. _Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Marshall (Archibald).= MANY JUNES. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE SQUIRE’S DAUGHTER. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Mason (A. E. W.).= CLEMENTINA. Illustrated. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Maud (Constance).= A DAUGHTER OF FRANCE. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Maxwell (W. B.).= VIVIEN. _Ninth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE RAGGED MESSENGER. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

FABULOUS FANCIES. _Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE GUARDED FLAME. _Seventh Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

ODD LENGTHS. _Second Ed. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

HILL RISE. _Fourth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE COUNTESS OF MAYBURY: BETWEEN YOU AND I. _Fourth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Meade (L. T.).= DRIFT. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

RESURGAM. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

VICTORY. _Cr. 8vo. 6s._

A GIRL OF THE PEOPLE. Illustrated. _Fourth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 3s. 6d._

HEPSY GIPSY. Illustrated. _Cr. 8vo. 2s. 6d._

THE HONOURABLE MISS: A STORY OF AN OLD-FASHIONED TOWN. Illustrated. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 3s. 6d._

=Mitford (Bertram).= THE SIGN OF THE SPIDER. Illustrated. _Seventh Edition. Cr. 8vo. 3s. 6d._

=Molesworth (Mrs.).= THE RED GRANGE. Illustrated. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 3s. 6d._

=Montague (C. E.).= A HIND LET LOOSE. _Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Montgomery (K. L.).= COLONEL KATE. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Morrison (Arthur).= TALES OF MEAN STREETS. _Seventh Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

A CHILD OF THE JAGO. _Fifth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE HOLE IN THE WALL. _Fourth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

DIVERS VANITIES. _Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Nesbit (E.)=, (Mrs. H. Bland). THE RED HOUSE. Illustrated. _Fourth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Noble (Edward).= LORDS OF THE SEA. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Ollivant (Alfred).= OWD BOB, THE GREY DOG OF KENMUIR. With a Frontispiece. _Eleventh Ed. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Oppenheim (E. Phillips).= MASTER OF MEN. _Fourth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Oxenham (John).= A WEAVER OF WEBS. Illustrated. _Fourth Ed. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE GATE OF THE DESERT. _Fourth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

PROFIT AND LOSS. _Fourth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE LONG ROAD. _Fourth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE SONG OF HYACINTH, AND OTHER STORIES. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

MY LADY OF SHADOWS. _Fourth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=*Pain (Barry).= THE EXILES OF FALOO. _Crown 8vo. 6s._

=Parker (Gilbert).= PIERRE AND HIS PEOPLE. _Sixth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

MRS. FALCHION. _Fifth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE TRANSLATION OF A SAVAGE. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE TRAIL OF THE SWORD. Illustrated. _Tenth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

WHEN VALMOND CAME TO PONTIAC: The Story of a Lost Napoleon. _Sixth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

AN ADVENTURER OF THE NORTH. The Last Adventures of ‘Pretty Pierre.’ _Fourth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE SEATS OF THE MIGHTY. Illustrated. _Sixteenth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG: a Romance of Two Kingdoms. Illustrated. _Sixth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE POMP OF THE LAVILETTES. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 3s. 6d._

NORTHERN LIGHTS. _Fourth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Pasture (Mrs. Henry de la).= THE TYRANT. _Fourth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Patterson (J. E.).= WATCHERS BY THE SHORE. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Pemberton (Max).= THE FOOTSTEPS OF A THRONE. Illustrated. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

I CROWN THEE KING. Illustrated. _Cr. 8vo. 6s._

LOVE THE HARVESTER: A STORY OF THE SHIRES. Illustrated. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 3s. 6d._

THE MYSTERY OF THE GREEN HEART. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Phillpotts (Eden).= LYING PROPHETS. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

CHILDREN OF THE MIST. _Fifth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE HUMAN BOY. With a Frontispiece. _Seventh Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

SONS OF THE MORNING. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE RIVER. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE AMERICAN PRISONER. _Fourth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE SECRET WOMAN. _Fourth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

KNOCK AT A VENTURE. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE PORTREEVE. _Fourth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE POACHER’S WIFE. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE STRIKING HOURS. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE FOLK AFIELD. _Crown 8vo. 6s._

=Pickthall (Marmaduke).= SAÏD THE FISHERMAN. _Seventh Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=‘Q’ (A. T. Quiller Couch).= THE WHITE WOLF. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE MAYOR OF TROY. _Fourth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

MERRY-GARDEN AND OTHER STORIES. _Cr. 8vo. 6s._

MAJOR VIGOUREUX. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Querido (Israel).= TOIL OF MEN. Translated by F. S. ARNOLD. _Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Rawson (Maud Stepney).= THE ENCHANTED GARDEN. _Fourth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE EASY GO LUCKIES: OR, ONE WAY OF LIVING. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

HAPPINESS. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Rhys (Grace).= THE BRIDE. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Ridge (W. Pett).= ERB. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

A SON OF THE STATE. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 3s. 6d._

A BREAKER OF LAWS. _Cr. 8vo. 3s. 6d._

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THE WICKHAMSES. _Fourth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

NAME OF GARLAND. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

SPLENDID BROTHER. _Fourth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Ritchie (Mrs. David G.).= MAN AND THE CASSOCK. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Roberts (C. G. D.).= THE HEART OF THE ANCIENT WOOD. _Cr. 8vo. 3s. 6d._

=Robins (Elizabeth).= THE CONVERT. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Rosenkrantz (Baron Palle).= THE MAGISTRATE’S OWN CASE. _Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Russell (W. Clark).= MY DANISH SWEETHEART. Illustrated. _Fifth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

HIS ISLAND PRINCESS. Illustrated. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

ABANDONED. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

MASTER ROCKAFELLAR’S VOYAGE. Illustrated. _Fourth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 3s. 6d._

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=Sergeant (Adeline).= THE PASSION OF PAUL MARILLIER. _Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=*Shakespear (Olivia).= UNCLE HILARY. _Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Sidgwick (Mrs. Alfred).= THE KINSMAN. Illustrated. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE SEVERINS. _Fourth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

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=Swayne (Martin Lutrell).= THE BISHOP AND THE LADY. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Thurston (E. Temple).= MIRAGE. _Fourth Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Underhill (Evelyn).= THE COLUMN OF DUST. _Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Vorst (Marie Van).= THE SENTIMENTAL ADVENTURES OF JIMMY BULSTRODE. _Cr. 8vo. 6s._

IN AMBUSH. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Waineman (Paul).= THE WIFE OF NICHOLAS FLEMING. _Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Watson (H. B. Marriott).= TWISTED EGLANTINE. Illustrated. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE HIGH TOBY. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

A MIDSUMMER DAY’S DREAM. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE CASTLE BY THE SEA. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE PRIVATEERS. Illustrated. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

A POPPY SHOW: BEING DIVERS AND DIVERSE TALES. _Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE FLOWER OF THE HEART. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Webling (Peggy).= THE STORY OF VIRGINIA PERFECT. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

*THE SPIRIT OF MIRTH. _Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Wells (H. G.).= THE SEA LADY. _Cr. 8vo. 6s. Also Medium 8vo. 6d._

=Weyman (Stanley).= UNDER THE RED ROBE. Illustrated. _Twenty-Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Whitby (Beatrice).= THE RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=White (Edmund).= THE HEART OF HINDUSTAN. _Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=White (Percy).= LOVE AND THE WISE MEN. _Third Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

=Williamson (Mrs. C. N.).= THE ADVENTURE OF PRINCESS SYLVIA. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE WOMAN WHO DARED. _Cr. 8vo. 6s._

THE SEA COULD TELL. _Second Edition. Cr. 8vo. 6s._

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[Transcriber’s Note: the following changes have been made to this text.

Page 69—added missing word “to”: “from five to seven”

Page 101—“form” changed to “from”: “drop them from its”

Fig. 33 caption—“arius” changed to “anus”: “and the anus,”

Page 166—“disburb” changed to “disturb”: “to disturb him”

Page 188—“hyrodgen” changed to “hydrogen”: “twelve atoms of hydrogen”

Page 197—“microsope” changed to “microscope”: “under our microscope”

Page 234—“Herschell” changed to “Herschel”: “Herschel declared that”

Fig. 65 caption—“Fig. 64” changed to “Fig. 65”: “Fig. 65 gives the actual”

Page 379—“Arriège” changed to “Ariège”: “Mas d’Azil (Ariège)”

Page 391—“Predmont” changed to “Predmost”: “as at Predmost”

Page 394—“Predmort” changed to “Predmost”: “found at Predmost”

Page 423—“Throughton” changed to “Troughton”: “Troughton, use of spider’s lines”]

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