GILCHRIST. THE STONE DRAGON.  By MURRAY GILCHRIST. Crown 8vo.  Buckram. 6s.

’The author’s faults are atoned for by certain positive and admirable merits.  The romances have not their counterpart in modern literature, and to read them is a unique experience.’—­National Observer.

THREE-AND-SIXPENNY NOVELS

EDNA LYALL.  DERRICK VAUGHAN, NOVELIST. By EDNA LYALL, Author of ‘Donovan,’ etc. Forty-first Thousand.  Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.

BARING GOULD.  ARMINELL:  A Social Romance.  By S. BARING GOULD. New Edition.  Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.

BARING GOULD.  MARGERY OF QUETHER, and other Stories.  By S. BARING GOULD. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.

BARING GOULD.  JACQUETTA, and other Stories.  By S. BARING GOULD. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.

MISS BENSON.  SUBJECT TO VANITY.  By MARGARET BENSON. With numerous Illustrations.  Second Edition.  Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.

’A charming little book about household pets by a daughter of the Archbishop of Canterbury.’—­Speaker.

’A delightful collection of studies of animal nature.  It is very seldom that we get anything so perfect in its kind....  The illustrations are clever, and the whole book a singularly delightful one.’—­Guardian.

’Humorous and sentimental by turns, Miss Benson always manages to interest us in her pets, and all who love animals will appreciate her book, not only for their sake, but quite as much for its own.’—­Times.

’All lovers of animals should read Miss Benson’s book.  For sympathetic understanding, humorous criticism, and appreciative observation she certainly has not her equal.’—­Manchester Guardian.

GRAY.  ELSA.  A Novel.  By E. M’QUEEN GRAY. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.

’A charming novel.  The characters are not only powerful sketches, but minutely and carefully finished portraits.’—­Guardian.

J.H.  PEARCE.  JACO TRELOAR.  By J.H.  PEARCE, Author of ’Esther Pentreath.’ New Edition.  Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.

The ‘Spectator’ speaks of Mr. Pearce as ’a writer of exceptional power’; the ‘Daily Telegraph’ calls the book ’powerful and picturesque’; the ‘Birmingham Post’ asserts that it is ’a novel of high quality.’

X.L.  AUT DIABOLUS AUT NIHIL, and Other Stories.  By X.L. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.

’Distinctly original and in the highest degree imaginative.  The conception is almost as lofty as Milton’s.’—­Spectator.

’Original to a degree of originality that may be called primitive—­a kind of passionate directness that absolutely absorbs us.’—­Saturday Review.

’Of powerful interest.  There is something startlingly original in the treatment of the themes.  The terrible realism leaves no doubt of the author’s power.’—­Athenaeum.