An Irish love story out of the common, and with many ups and downs, but with a happy ending. It is, as one expects from Miss Macnamara, unusually well written with excellent character drawing. Jasper Lysaght made a mistaken marriage with an actress when he was very young. They hold together but a little while, when he meets his true mate, but a maliciously interfering grandmother and wounded pride separate them. They come together again and marry, Jasper believing himself free, but his first wife reappears. All, however, comes right in the end.
Shooting Stars
By SOPHIE KERR
An intensely dramatic novel of married life—the story of Harleth Crossey ("as self-willed as a shooting star and about as uncomfortable around the house"), and his wife Marcia—she made all the concessions, all the adjustments and all the compromises until—something happened.
You might have called it a rebellion; it was a startling, if cruel awakening as well.
The Master Mind
By FERGUS HUME
Author of "The Mystery of A Hansom Cab," "Heart of Ice." etc.
In the working out of the plot and the discovery of the master mind of a gang of thieves the author keeps the reader's attention firmly fixed. The book is written carefully; there are no great improbabilities; the characters are human, not too good and not impossibly wicked; the heroine is a charming natural girl, the hero a nice boy. There is a mystery surrounding a murder and theft, and it might all have happened. A good readable story.