This is an historical romance of the period of the Scotch Covenanters, and the background is filled with the fascinating though sinister figure of Graham of Olaverhouse. The book will delight all who have a feeling for the picturesqueness of bygone days.
LINKS OF LOVE. By Dacre Hindle
Two adventurous young men on pleasure bent succeed in convoying two charming girls, with their unsuspecting chaperon, to the hotel where the heroes of this fascinating romance of the Riviera are to stay. Realism is happily blended with a delightful romance which promises to be one of the most amusing of the season.
MERELY A NEGRESS. By Stuart Young
Mr. Stuart Young’s ‘Merely a Negress’ is new and original insomuch that it deals with the problem of the marriage of an Englishman and a Negress. The author treats his subject tactfully, and dwells upon the incompatibility, as well as upon the emotional sympathy of the senses. There is candour in the book, and yet restraint. As a new experiment in fiction, Mr. Stuart Young’s book deserves to be received with careful attention.
THE TEMPTATION OF ANTHONY. By Alice M. Diehl
The name of Alice M. Diehl is a guarantee for vividly-coloured and present-day society presentments, veined with romance and exciting incident. ‘The Temptation of Anthony’ will certainly take high rank among the lively and delightful novels by this well-known writer. Her portrait of Eve (Lady Waring) is a masterpiece in true and delicate female delineation. The story of Eve’s trial and sufferings should appeal to every reader.
LITTLE WIFE HESTER. By L. T. Meade
L. T. Meade’s new story, ‘Little Wife Hester,’ is concerned with the practices of Dr. Greenhill, a fashionable London physician, who effects marvellous cures by means of hypnotism. Her method is too well known to require description or eulogy. The story is written with great fluency, and ‘Little Wife Hester’ will add another to Mrs. Meade’s many laurels.
THE NIGHT OF RECKONING. By Frank Barrett