THE CHICHESTER INTRIGUE: A Novel. By Thomas Cobb, Author of "Mrs. Erricker's Reputation," "The Dissemblers," etc. Crown 8vo, 6s.
⁂ Lambert Amory is placed in a difficult situation by the discovery, amongst the papers of the late Alfred Chichester (who, "if not the most inspired actor on the English stage, was reputed the handsomest"), of some passionate love letters from, it appears, the woman whom his friend, Sir Hugo Warbrook, desires to marry. The story treats of the effect on varying temperaments, and also of Lambert's efforts to remove any doubt concerning the writer's identity.
THE CHILD OF CHANCE: A Novel. By Maxime Formont. Crown 8vo, 6s.
⁂ A novel which had the good fortune to be immensely discussed in Paris when it came out recently in serial form. The author deals boldly, but without offence, with the rights of motherhood. He points out that while contemporary drama and fiction are largely concerned with the justification of illicit love, no one has raised the question of the rights of maternity as a thing desirable in itself, not merely accepted as a consequence of sexual passion.
THE GATES THAT SHALL NOT PREVAIL: A Novel. By Herbert M. Farrington. 6s.
⁂ A story dealing with the progress of a movement which became known as The Great Crusade, and which, inaugurated and carried on by one "Brother Paul," a cleric of an unconventional type, had for its object the bringing of Christianity "from the region of an impracticable theology into the market-places of the world." Interwoven with this is the tale of "Brother Paul's" temptation at the hands of a woman, and how he learned the lesson he had tried to teach.
ASHES: A Novel. Translated from the Italian of Grazia Deledda. By Helen Hester Colvill. Crown 8vo, 6s.
⁂ This is a story of Sardinia by Grazia Deledda, the well-known and popular Sardinian authoress. It is a picture of simple country life, set in a poetic though sombre background. Anania is a love child, deserted by his mother Ali for his good. He is brought up by his father in comfortable circumstances; but always is haunted by the thought of his lost mother, whom he seeks even in Rome. At last he finds her in the mountain village of his birth. She is in the last stage of degradation and misery; but Anania leaves all, even his sweetheart, that he may take charge of and rescue her.
LADY JULIA'S EMERALD: A Novel. By Helen Hester Colvill. Crown 8vo, 6s.
⁂ Lesley was the daughter of a woman of genius, and she hoped she had genius herself. She set out to follow her star; but she made great mistakes, and was doubted and misunderstood even by those who loved her best. For a time she was the fashion; then came a sudden downfall, which her enemies called the Exposure of an Adventuress. She never succeeded in the high tasks she had set herself; but she brought back Victor Penruddocke to his lost faith in womanhood, and she learned herself that even for a child of genius Love is the surest guide into the higher life.