It is safe to predict for Miss Young’s new story a phenomenal success, for it contains those qualities of the unexpected which straightway stamp a book. The story portrays the condition or affairs some thousands of years hence, when the male species, with a solitary exception, has become extinct. The authoress keeps her imagination within bounds, and the chief note of the book is its great good-humour. A delightful vein of satire winds its way through its pages, and the general effect can only be the unrestrained amusement which is wrought by high-class comedy.
COUNT REMINY. By Jean Middlemass
The name of Miss Jean Middlemass is a household word in the region of novel-readers. Her stories are conceived with great fertility of resource, and executed with the dexterity of the practised pen. Her new novel, ‘Count Reminy,’ is, perhaps, the brightest of her many works of fiction. It relates the story of a girl engaged to a man who cares only for her fortune; how she meets and falls in love with another man, and how her fiancé is mysteriously murdered. In the result, after sundry complications, all is well, and the book is bound to please the many readers of this popular favourite.
THE PROVINCIALS. By Lady Helen Forbes, Author of ‘His Eminence,’ ‘The Outcast Emperor,’ etc.
Lady Helen Forbes gives us in her new book a story of society, though not of ‘smart’ society. ‘The Provincials’ are a wealthy county family whose wealth entitles them to be leaders of society, but they prefer the life of the country. The authoress is well at home among her characters, and her vivacity and sense of humour invest the plot with real interest. Some vivid pictures of hunting help the reader along. ‘The Provincials’ may be deemed a landmark in Lady Helen Forbes’ career as a novelist, and shows that her work will have to be reckoned with.
A BOND OF SYMPATHY. By Colonel Andrew Haggard
Lieut.-Col. Andrew Haggard may be said to possess one, at least, of the gifts of his distinguished brother, the author of ‘She’—the art of telling a story. In his new book he proves, also, that he has a happy knack of invention and a good eye for dramatic situations. There is an abundance of stirring adventure, and there is an atmosphere that will inevitably appeal to the sporting reader; indeed, the book is written by a true sportsman. It is full of high spirits, and will be greatly appreciated by those who like breezy, good-natured and healthy fiction.
STRAINED ALLEGIANCE. By R. H. Forster, Author of ‘The Last Foray,’ ‘In Steel and Leather,’ etc.
This is a story of the rebellion of 1715—of the struggle between the Jacobites and the Hanoverians, which culminated in the Battle of Preston. The hero is entrapped into an apparent support of the Jacobite cause, notwithstanding that his sympathies are with the Hanoverians, and his attempts to escape from his captors serve as the background for many exciting scenes and romantic incidents, and for a charming love idyll.
OLIVE KINSELLA. By Curtis Yorke, Author of ‘Delphine,’ ‘The Girl in Grey’