ADA CAMBRIDGE.

A Humble Enterprise. By Ada Cambridge, Author of "The Three Miss Kings,"

"Fidelis," "A Marked Man," &c. With Four Full-page Ill.u.s.trations by St. Clair Simmons. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.

"It is a delightful story, refreshingly original, singularly well told and absorbingly interesting from beginning to end."--_Daily Mail._

"A pretty, graceful story, and one to leave, so to speak, a clean taste in one's mouth; such dishes are rarely served to the public."--_Pall Mall Gazette._

At Midnight. By Ada Cambridge, Author of "A Humble Enterprise," &c.

Fully Ill.u.s.trated. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.

"This latest production from the pen of Miss Ada Cambridge is sure to be a great success."

NORA VYNNE.

Honey of Aloes, and other Stories. By Nora Vynne, Author of "The Blind Artist's Pictures," "A Comedy of Honour," &c. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.

"These tales are in every respect worthy of conservation, and we cordially congratulate the reading public, as well as their author, upon their reproduction in book form. Not only do they abound in literary merit, but in thrilling interest, and there is not one of them that is not instinct with intense and veracious humanity....

'Their Reason,' 'A Dilemma,' 'Greek and Greek,' and 'Lost Kisses,'

deserve special and unqualified laudation."--_Daily Telegraph._

WILLIAM LE QUEUX.

A Secret Service: Being Strange Tales of a Nihilist. By William Le Queux, Author of "The Great War," "Zoraida," &c. With Frontispiece by Harold Piffard. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.

"Apart altogether from its political interest, 'A Secret Service'

will be read and appreciated for its brightly written stories of mystery and sensation and romance which are threaded together in the narrative of Anton Prehzner."--_Daily Mail._

CONAN DOYLE.

The First Book about Sherlock Holmes.

A Study in Scarlet. By A. Conan Doyle, Author of "Micah Clarke," "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes," &c. With Forty Ill.u.s.trations by George Hutchinson. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, gilt top, 3s. 6d.

"Everything that prince of amateur detectives, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, says is worth hearing, and the dramatic surprises contained in his amiable and artistic fooling of the two brother detectives are capitally conceived."--_Black and White._

"Few things have been so good of late as Mr. Conan Doyle's 'Study in Scarlet,'"--Mr. Andrew Lang, in _Longman's Magazine_.

ANNIE E. HOLDSWORTH.

Spindles and Oars. By Annie E. Holdsworth, Author of "The Years that the Locust hath Eaten." Crown 8vo, cloth, with Special t.i.tle-page, 3s. 6d.

"We do not exaggerate when we say that there are very few books of living writers which we would not gladly exchange for such a work as she has now given us."--_Manchester Courier._

JOSEPH HOCKING.

Fields of Fair Renown. With Frontispiece and Vignette by J. Barnard Davis, Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.

"Mr. Joseph Hocking's 'Fields of Fair Renown' is a novel with a purpose, and the theme is worked out with a good deal of force and effective power ... it is both interesting and powerful."--_Scotsman._

"Mr. Hocking has produced a work which his readers of all cla.s.ses will appreciate.... There are exhibited some of the most beautiful aspects of disposition."--_Dundee Advertiser._

All Men are Liars. By Joseph Hocking. With Frontispiece and Vignette by Gordon Browne. Second Edition. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt. 3s. 6d.

"This is a notable book. Thoughtful people will be fascinated by its actuality, its fearlessness, and the insight it gives into the influence of modern thought and literature upon the mind and morals of our most promising manhood."--_Christian World._

"A striking book.... It is strong and earnest and vigorous: It shows knowledge of the lower cla.s.s, and impatience and contempt of shams of all sorts."--_The Standard._

Ishmael Pengelly: An Outcast. By Joseph Hocking. With Frontispiece and Vignette by W. S. Stacey. Third Edition. Crown 8vo. cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.

"As a story this book is a splendid piece of writing; every detail is interesting, and the situations it creates are novel and striking."--_The Record._

"A remarkable novel.... The plot of the story is ingenious, the manner of its telling essentially dramatic, the character-drawing excellent and consistent."--_Christian World._

The Story of Andrew Fairfax. By Joseph Hocking. With Frontispiece and Vignette by George Hutchinson. Fourth Edition. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.

"Rustic scenes and characters are drawn with free, broad touches, without Mr. Buchanan's artificiality, and, if we may venture to say it, with more realism than in Mr. Hardy's country pictures."--_Manchester Examiner._

Jabez Easterbrook. By Joseph Hocking. Fourth Edition. With Frontispiece and Vignette by W. S. Stagey. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.

"Real strength is shown in the sketches, of which that of Brother Bowman is most prominent. In its way it is delightful."--_Rock._

WARD, LOCK & CO., LIMITED.