The Century Library.-New Volumes. HIS NATIVE WIFE. Paper, Is. 6d, each; cloth, 2s, each. By LOUIS BECKE, Author of "By Reef and Palm," "Ebbing of the Tide," etc. With Photogravure "Louis Becke is the Bret Harte of the Pacific. . . . He has produced a vivid and a varied picture of life and manners in a volume that may be read at a sitting."-Daily News. THE ALTRUIST. By OUIDA, Author of " Toxin," "The Silver Christ," etc. Ouida has found a congenial subject in this story of the breaking-down of social reserve in favour of humanity. Will the Altruist marry the washerwoman? This is the question that the reader will revolve in his mind as he passes in and out of Piccadilly into the more retired scenes of this characteristic story. The Autonym Library.-New Volumes. Paper, 1s. 6d. each; cloth, 2s. each. AN IMPOSSIBLE PERSON. By CONSTANCE COTTERELL. "Fantastic as Miss Cotterell's little romance may be, there lies below the surface a world of pathos and grim truth."-Morning Leader. WAS IT ABSURD? By COSMO HAMILTON. This is in the nature of a satire, but it is excellent narrative as well. The Colonel's man-servant enioys the reputation and the privileges of an Earl for several days. Ladies propose to him. His vulgarity is accounted unto him for righteousness. A little honesty remains at bottom, however, discernible by the eager reader. Mr. Hamilton is a well-known actor, and it is believed that a very effective play will shortly be staged on the grounds of his story. Half Crown Movels.--New Volume. LE SELVE. By OUIDA. Crown 8vo, cloth, 25 6d. The Children's Study.--New Volumes. Long 8vo, cloth, gilt top, with Frontispiece. Price 25 6d each. A CHILD'S HISTORY OF IRELAND. By R. BARRY O'BRIEN. "Intensely interesting."-Schoolmaster. A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND. With a Picture of Mediaval London in Photogravure. Dy FRANCES E. Cooke, Mr. Gladstone has written to the author as follows: "A first hasty glance at your work leads me to the hope that it may be very useful." A CHILD'S HISTORY OF GERMANY. By MRS. KATE FREILGRATH KROEKER. The New Frish Library.-New Volume. BISHOP DOYLE. Paper, Is.; cloth, 25. A Biographical and Historical Study. By MICHAEL MACDONAGH. The subject of this Memoir, who was a Catholic Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin from 1819 to 1834 has been truly described as the most eminent Irish prelate of the Catholic Church since the Reforma tion. He was the principal combatant of the movement known as "the second Reformation "—a mission started in 1827 by the authorities of the Established Church in Ireland to lead the Roman Catholics into the fold of Protestanism; and his controversial writings, published under the initials “J. K. L.”—James, Kildare and Leighlin-had an immense circulation in Ireland. He created, a the same time, a profound sensation by issuing a scheme for the reunion of the warring Churcheswhich shows his tolerance and broad-mindedness, but which excited the hostility of his broth prelates, and even aroused suspicions of his orthodoxy. He was even more remarkable as a politician and publicist than as a spiritual force. He was the first Bishop to break away from the attitude of subservient loyalty to the English Government which the Irish Catholic prelates had observed all through the eighteenth and far into the nineteenth centuries, and has, therefore, been not inaptly designated "the first of the patriot prelates." He was a conspicuous figure in the Catholic emancipation movement, and in the fierce agitation for the abolition of the tithes which followed, rivalling for a time even Daniel O'Connell in popularity, and was besides instrumental in establishing the present system of national education, and of having the English Poor Law extended to Ireland Mr. Gladstone in his famous pamphlet “ Vatican Decrees" refers to Dr. Doyle as "the prelate who more than any other represented his Church and influenced the mind of this country in favour of the concession of emancipation." The book deals with a most interesting transitional period of Irish history-from the Union to the inauguration of the Repeal Agitation by O'Connell in 1836-of which generally speaking little is known. It contains much information that is fresh and new concerning the support of the Union by the Catholic Episcopacy, the condition of the Catholic Church in Ireland. and the life of its priesthood during the first quarter of the present century, and throws many curious side lights on the methods of Daniel O'Connell as an agitator. The author, Mr. MacDonagh, is a London journalist. A ROLL OF THOUGHTS: Selected from the Works of the RIGHT HON. W. E. GLADSTONE. In Almanac form, crown 8vo, price Is. 6d, or in leather, 10s. 6d. A ROLL OF GOLDEN THOUGHTS FOR EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR. Oblong, with silk guard for hanging, s. 6d. "In both books there is a thought for every day in the year and a special thought for each month Mr. E. S. Dalton, whe is responsible for the selection and arrangement of the rolls of thoughts, has carried out the happy idea with good taste and judgment. "The golden thoughts are taken from poets and writers of all ages and inany nations, and indicate wide reading and especial care."-Independent. Little Movels. MR. UNWIN is publishing under the title of "Little Novels " a series of Original Short Stories at price of 6d. in paper covers, and Is. in cloth. Seven of these are ready, and a dozen more are in preparation. Great care has been exercis in the selection of the manuscripts, which are of the class that made the Pseudonym and Auton Libraries famous, and brought before the public such authors as Miss Hawker (of "Mademoiselle fame), John Oliver Hobbes, Potapenko, Vesta Simmonds, Walter Raymond, Ilse Frapan, Spinner, Louis Becke, W. C. Scully, and others. The Little Novels contain from 20,000 to 30,000 words each, and are printed in plain black The size is a little larger than that of the Pseudonyms. THE FIRST SEVEN VOLUMES ARE AS FOLLOWS: THE WORLD IS ROUND NO PLACE FOR REPENTANCE THE PROBLEM OF PREJUDICE MARGARET GREY. A PAINTER'S HONEYMOON THE BOND OF BLOOD PASSPORTS A COMEDY OF THREE. A SLIGHT INDISCRETION. LOUISE MACK. ELLEN F. PINSENT. MRS. VERE CAMPBELL. H. BARTON BAKER. R. E. FORREST. I J. ARMSTRONG. LOUISA MEARS. MRS. EDWARD CARTWRIGHT. From the few reviews that have as yet come to hand, we make the following excerpts :"Mr. Unwin's newest series of 'Little Novels,' printed in strong black type on pleasant paper.... promises to be as good, if not better, than any of the preceding ones. . . . The first book in the series is an extremely clever and original story of Australian society. . . The heroine, Jean Burnes, is one of the most charming girls we have met for a long time within the covers of a book."-Guardian. "Are readable . . . . . they promise well for the success of the series that they begin."-Scotsman "The 'Little Novels' series starts well with this Australian story [The World is Round'] ... Miss Mack's account of Sydney life is vivacious. . . . The two women she describes are brought before us with ability. Much of the dialogue, and certainly a letter from the Bush, deserves praise -Glasgow Herald. "If Mr. Fisher Unwin's Little Novels' series produces many works of the quintessential power 'No Place for Repentance,' it will outweigh in all but bulk whole shelves of Mudie's fiction." Illustrated London Ne "We do not apologise for telling the story of this little book, The Bond of Blood,' and giving long extracts from it. It is worth reading even when one knows all that is coming; for it is excellently told, with concentrated force, great simplicity, and a very remarkable attention to illustrative detail." RADA. 64 By HÉLÈNE VACARESCO and G. DE SARMENTO. Small 8vo, Is. 6d. Spectator The tale is well told, and intensely-even if almost morbidly-interesting."—Glasgow Herald. "As the story takes us to fresh fields, and shows us something of Roumanian character and ways, may be commended."-British Weekly. "The little book will please readers who like an original study of a 'passion.'"-Scotsman. |