NOVELETTES AND NOVELS.
For want of a better title, we give this to tales fit for the growing maidens who are beyond the child story, and, above all, need to have their ideal of love and courtship elevated and refined. A few actual novels are added, in case it is thought desirable to put them into a library where the readers are of a somewhat superior class, as where there are the older girls and young women who will read what is mischievous if the good is not supplied.
518. Christopher. By Helen Shipton. (S.P.C.K.) 3s. 6d.
A very beautiful imitation of the legend of St. Christopher carried into modern life.
519. The Valley Mill. (S.P.C.K.) 2s.
Farm life, where the obstacles in the course of true love are the cattle plague and a strange robbery of an old miser. The young heiress, popularly called ‘the little Squire,’ is a charming portrait.
520. From Over the Water. (Walter Smith) 6s.
A Scotch bailiff meeting with strong insular prejudice in the Isle of Wight.
521. Rufus. (Masters) 4s. 6d.
This is by the same author and in the same locality, but the hero in this case is a native fisherman, the heroine a somewhat spoilt Scottish lassie, sister to the gardener and the pet of the young ladies.
522. The Lutaniste of St. Jacobi’s. By C. Drew. (Marcus Ward) 6s.
A German tale of music and lace-making, with an excellent moral against scamped work.
523. Bride Picotée. By the Author of ‘Mlle. Mori.’ (Bemrose) 3s. 6d.
Also a lace-making story, concerned with a young French girl and an almost forgotten art.
524. Cairnforth and Sons. By Helen Shipton. (S.P.C.K.) 3s.
Of master manufacturers. A high-minded tale.
525. Griffinhoof. By Crona Temple. (S.P.C.K.) 3s. 6d.
This is the odd name of an old sailor on board a hulk who adopts a little orphan. There is a small novel of higher life connected with it, very prettily carried out.
526. A Leal Light Heart. By Annette Lyster. (S.P.C.K.) 3s. 6d.
A charming character. The only fault we have to find is the worldliness of the old lady.
527. My Lonely Lassie. By Annette Lyster. (S.P.C.K.) 2s. 6d.
The governess is a very pretty character. We could dispense with her becoming a marchioness in her own right, but no doubt it renders her the greater favourite.
528. A Stedfast Woman. By M. Bramston. (S.P.C.K.) 3s.
A high-toned tale of constancy.
529. Two Ways of Looking at it. By Austin Clare. (S.P.C.K.) 1s. 6d.
The narratives of a trained schoolmistress and a Yorkshire collier sandwiched together.
530. Like his own Daughter. (Walter Smith) 6s.
Middle-class life in Scotland.
531. Lucy and Christian Wainwright. (Masters) 3s. 6d.
There are some really beautiful tales in this collection, especially the one on the suspense of the sister of an Arctic voyager.
532. The Carbridges. By M. Bramston. (Warne) 3s. 6d.
A good and wholesome family history.
533. Guide, Philosopher, and Friend. By Mrs. H. Martin. (Griffith, Farran, & Co.) 3s. 6d.
A young lady becomes companion and adviser to some highly worthy farmers who have been encumbered with a huge fortune. It is well and sensibly carried out.
534. Her Title of Honour. By Holme Lee. (Griffith, Farran, & Co.) 3s. 6d.
Founded on the history of Henry Martyn and the Lydia who disappointed him.
535. Mine Own People. By L. M. Gray. (Nelson) 5s.
A girl, brought up as a companion to a nobleman’s daughter, who is returned to her own quiet family. (They are Scotch Presbyterians.) The lessons are excellent.
536. Hanbury Mills. By C. R. Coleridge. (Warne) 2s.
537. The Heir of Redclyffe. By C. M. Yonge. (Macmillan) 6s.
538. Heartsease. By C. M. Yonge. (Macmillan) 6s.
539. The Daisy Chain. By C. M. Yonge. (Macmillan) 6s.
540. The Trial. By C. M. Yonge. (Macmillan) 6s.
541. Pillars of the House. By C. M. Yonge. (Macmillan) 2 vols. 6s. each.
542. The Young Stepmother. By C. M. Yonge. (Macmillan) 6s.
543. Magnum Bonum. By C. M. Yonge. (Macmillan) 6s.
These are what I have found suit best in the parish library.
544. The Earl’s Daughter. By E. M. Sewell. (Longmans) 1s.
545. Katharine Ashton. By E. M. Sewell. (Longmans) 1s.
546. Ursula. By E. M. Sewell. (Longmans) 1s.
547. The Experience of Life. By E. M. Sewell. (Longmans) 1s.
548. Gertrude, &c. By E. M. Sewell. (Longmans) 1s.
These need no praise or recommendation, being well known as always sound and useful.
549. A Noble Life. By the Author of ‘John Halifax.’ (Hurst & Blackett) 5s.
The history of a deformed nobleman, which gives great delight and has a most excellent moral of patience and exertion.
550. Keeping the Vow. (Walter Smith) 5s.
A young Scotsman resolved to build a refuge for orphans. Founded on fact.
551. Mary Barton. By Mrs. Gaskell. (Smith, Elder) 2s. 6d.
An unrivalled tale of joys and sorrows in Manchester forty years ago. Full of beauty and full of pathos; never to be forgotten.
552. The Moorland Cottage. By Mrs. Gaskell. (Chapman & Hall) 2s. 6d.
Also a very charming story in a different style.
553. Janet’s Home. By Annie Keary. (Macmillan) 6s.
A delightful quiet novel of domestic life.
554. Oldbury. By Annie Keary. (Macmillan) 6s.
A still more attractive and uncommon story.
555. One Year. By Frances M. Peard. (Warne) 2s. and 3s. 6d.
Experiences of a French girl in England.
556. A Near Relation. By C. R. Coleridge. (White)
Difficulties of identity acting on character.
557. An English Squire. By C. R. Coleridge. (Low) 6s.
An elder brother half Spanish and the conduct of the younger towards him.
558. Gentleman Jim. By Mrs. Prentiss. (Nelson) 6d.
A mining story, touching and spirited.
559. Rudder Grange. By F. Stockton. (Douglas) 1s.
This most quaint and diverting American story is, among its other perfections, a good protest against romance derived from penny dreadfuls.
560. Country Maidens. By M. Bramston. (Marcus Ward) 3s. 6d.
A very winning story. It brings in a sceptically inclined young man, but he rights himself at last.
561. Robert Ord’s Atonement. By Rosa N. Carey. (Bentley) 6s.
A high-minded book.
562. Emilia Wyndham. By Mrs. Marsh. (Ward, Lock) 2s.
There are many novels by this lady, perhaps out of print, but all are harmless, sensible, and of a good tone.
563. Dorothy’s Daughters. By Mrs. Marshall. (Seeley) 5s.
This too is one of many volumes of tales, all safe, and with a religious and sensible tone.
564. The Diamond Rose. By Sarah Tytler. (Strahan) 5s.
This is our favourite among a large number of tales any one of which is safe reading.
565. Jasmine Lee. By C. Fraser Tytler. (Strahan) 5s.
The piteous story of a poor little abducted heiress.
566. Madeleine. By Julia Kavanagh. (Chapman & Hall) 2s.
The beautiful true tale of the French peasant girl who founded a hospital for incurables.
567. Gabrielle Vaughan. (Seeley) 5s.
A great favourite.
568. A Vantage-Ground for doing Good. By Florence Wilford. (Masters) 4s. 6d.
569. A Maiden of Our Own Day. By Florence Wilford. (Masters) 6s.
Both excellent in their different lines.
570. Through Trial to Triumph. By Maggie Symington. (Cassell) 2s. 6d.
The troubles of a wife who cannot understand her husband.
571. A Young Philistine. By Alice Corkran. (Burns & Oates)
Three charming tales, two of foreign life, all teaching tenderness for the feelings of others.
572. A Promise Kept. By Mary E. Palgrave. (National Society) 3s.
Unusually striking and beautiful. A girl, whose dreams inspire missionary ardour, yet who has not steadfastness or courage enough to follow out her own visions when they may become earnest.
573. By Northern Seas. By Mary Bell. (Church Extension Society)
Dissent is here treated justly and fairly, and the tale is thoroughly interesting, containing natural though striking characters.
574. Byewords. By C. M. Yonge. (Macmillan) 6s.
Short tales mostly reprinted from the Christmas numbers of the ‘Monthly Packet.’
575. Uncle Max. By R. N. Carey. (Bentley)
An excellent tale of village nursing.
