Crown 8vo, pictorial cloth, 3s. 6d.

“Several of the ‘sketches’ are full of raciness and humour, and a keen appreciation of character.”—St James’s Gazette.

“One cannot help laughing heartily over it.”—Literary World.

“Several of the ‘sketches’ are full of raciness and humour, and a keen appreciation of character.”—St James’s Gazette.

“One cannot help laughing heartily over it.”—Literary World.

By A. E. Aldington.

THE QUEEN’S PREFERMENT.

A Historical Romance. With original Drawings by H. A. Payne. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.—Second Edition.

“An historical story, short and brisk. The picture is worked up with vivacity and vigour, and not without some command of language and picturesque effects. The story is quick and stirring. The illustrations are purposely quaint.”—Athenæum.

“An historical story, short and brisk. The picture is worked up with vivacity and vigour, and not without some command of language and picturesque effects. The story is quick and stirring. The illustrations are purposely quaint.”—Athenæum.

By an Exponent.

CHRYSTAL, THE NEWEST OF WOMEN.

Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.—Third Edition.

Chrystal, with her many questionings, her high courage, her candour, her truthfulness, and her quaint originality, is charming. Rarely, if ever, has such a close analysis of a child’s character, and that child a girl, been given.

Chrystal, with her many questionings, her high courage, her candour, her truthfulness, and her quaint originality, is charming. Rarely, if ever, has such a close analysis of a child’s character, and that child a girl, been given.