THE ENCHANTING DISTANCE. By Lilian Arnold, Author of "The Storm-Dog," etc.
This is a love story, in the development of which it becomes apparent that things are seldom what they seem and that the most passionate attachments are rarely based on pure reason. The adventures of the heroine in search of a life of her own in London are told with much humour.
A BESPOKEN BRIDE. By Fred Whishaw, Author of "Nathalia," etc.
Mr. Fred Whishaw's description in this novel of the gallant little nation, Finland, fighting to a man and woman against inevitable absorption by the irresistible giant at the threshold, is moving and holds the reader. Every Finn is a resister, active or passive. Some fight wisely, some foolishly, but all fight and all sacrifice self for the sake of the Motherland and her disappearing rights and privileges.
SALAD DAYS. By the Author of "Improper Prue," "The Price of Possession," etc.
This amusing novel can well be called a comedy of youth, for it depicts the invasion of a well-ordered English bachelor by a good-intentioned humourless Irish girl and twin young men of free and easy disposition. The bachelors are Mr. Weatherby, most chivalrous of victims, and his nephew, Richard Torr, an Oxford exquisite, who tries hard to save his own and his uncle's dignity under the most trying conditions. It is a book that men and women will laugh at and enjoy.
FROM PILLAR TO POST. By Alice M. Diehl, Author of "Incomparable Joan," etc.
For the many readers of Mrs. Diehl's novels the present story will be rather a new departure in female portraiture. The heroine's aristocratic descent, conflicting with her father's democratic ideas, is the pivot on which much of the tale turns. Her experiences as a wife, and yet all the time no wife, go to make up a very fascinating romance which shows that the author has lost none of her power.
CALLISTA IN REVOLT. By Olivia Ramsey, Author of "A Girl of No Importance," etc.
This dainty love-story is told with great charm and skill. A beautiful girl is forced, through adverse circumstances, to lead a monotonous existence in an isolated village. It is here that she is discovered by the wealthy Bruce Armadale, whose force of character is powerfully drawn. A dazzling dancer of London fame is introduced as a dangerous rival for his affection, and her plot to separate the lovers is convincingly told.