By Conduct and Courage Part 53

"This is a good story, and of special interest to lovers of historical romance."-_Court Circular_.

-The Doctor's Niece. With 6 Ill.u.s.trations by SYDNEY COWELL. 3_s._ 6_d._

The scene of this charming story is laid in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century. The heroine is educated considerably above her station. When she is about sixteen she becomes companion to a little girl at a neighbouring chateau. Her charge mysteriously disappears during a peasant rebellion, and she goes out into the woods to find her. The result of the adventure is that Rosette discovers her mother, who proves to be the rightful owner of the chateau, and the tale ends happily.

"Full of mystery, adventure, and a winning simplicity."-_Bookman_.

-The King's Signet: The Story of a Huguenot Family. With 6 Ill.u.s.trations by G. DEMAIN HAMMOND, R.I. 3_s._ 6_d._

This story relates the adventures of a n.o.ble Huguenot family, driven out of their chateau by the dragoons after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. A friend of the family, Claudine Malot, who is also a Huguenot, but a protegee of Madame de Maintenon, possesses a talisman, by means of which she saves many lives; but this brings trouble upon her, and she has to leave France. The adventures lead to the battle of the Boyne, and to the happy reunion of the scattered family in Ireland.

"A stirring tale of the persecution of the Huguenots clearly and touchingly told."-_Guardian_.

BESSIE MARCHANT

Three Girls on a Ranch: A Story of New Mexico. Ill.u.s.trated. 2_s._ 6_d._

The Lovell family emigrate from England to New Mexico. Mr. Lovell is delicate and unfit for farming, but the three eldest girls take upon themselves the burden of working the ranch. They have adventures of a perilous kind, and the story of their mishaps and how they overcame them is throughout both exciting and stimulating.

"A story with a fresh, bright theme, well handled."-_Nottingham Guardian_.

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Little Lady Clare. Ill.u.s.trated. 2_s._ 6_d._

The little Lady Clare inherits the responsibilities of an ancestry and a family feud, but the estates and t.i.tle of her father fall to the hated branch of the family. The child, however, works out for herself the problem of the divided house, which is at last united again in a romantic manner.

"Reminds us in its quaintness and tender pathos of Mrs. Ewing's delightful tales. The characters are very real and lifelike. Is quite one of the best stories Miss Green has yet given us."-_Literary World_.

SARAH TYTLER

A Loyal Little Maid. With 4 page Ill.u.s.trations by PAUL HARDY. 2_s._ 6_d._

This pretty story is founded on a romantic episode of Mar's rebellion. A little girl has information which concerns the safety of her father in hiding, and this she firmly refuses to divulge to a king's officer. She is lodged in the Tolbooth, where she finds a boy champion, whom in future years she rescues in Paris from the _lettre de cachet_ which would bury him in the Bastille.

"Has evidently been a pleasure to write, and makes very enjoyable reading."-_Literature_.

-Girl Neighbours. With 6 Ill.u.s.trations. 3_s._

A story for girls, told in that quaint, delightful fas.h.i.+on which has made Miss Tytler's books so popular and attractive. The introduction of the two young ladies from London, who represent the modern inst.i.tutions of professional nursing and schools of cookery, is very happily effected.

"One of the most effective and quietly humorous of Miss Sarah Tytler's stories. Very healthy, very agreeable, and very well written."-_The Spectator_.

ALICE CORKRAN

Margery Merton's Girlhood. With 6 full-page Ill.u.s.trations by GORDON BROWNE. 2_s._ 6_d._

The experiences of an orphan girl who in infancy is left by her father-an officer in India-to the care of an elderly aunt residing near Paris. The accounts of the various persons who have an after influence on the story are singularly vivid.

"_Margery Merton's Girlhood_ is a piece of true literature, as dainty as it is delicate, and as sweet as it is simple."-_Woman's World_.

[Ill.u.s.tration: _From THE FOUR MISS WHITTINGTONS_ BY GERALDINE MOCKLER (See page 23)]

[Ill.u.s.tration: _From CYNTHIA'S BONNET SHOP_ BY ROSA MULHOLLAND (See page 20)]

GERALDINE MOCKLER

The Four Miss Whittingtons: A Story for Girls. With 8 full-page Ill.u.s.trations by CHARLES M. SHELDON. 5_s._

This story tells how four sisters, left alone in the world, went to London to seek their fortunes. They had between them 400, and this they resolved to spend on training themselves for the different careers for which they were severally most fitted. On their limited means this was hard work, but their courageous experiment was on the whole very successful.

"A story of endeavour, industry, and independence of spirit."-_World_.

ALICE STRONACH

A Newnham Friends.h.i.+p. With 6 full-page Ill.u.s.trations by HAROLD COPPING.

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A sympathetic description of life at Newnham College. After the tripos excitements, some of the students leave their dream-world of study and talk of "cocoas" and debates and athletics to begin their work in the real world. Men students play their part in the story, and in the closing chapters it is suggested that marriage has its place in a girl graduate's life.

"Foremost among all the gift-books suitable for school-girls this season stands Miss Alice Stronach's A Newnham Friends.h.i.+p."-_Daily Graphic_.

BESSIE MARCHANT

A Heroine of the Sea. Ill.u.s.trated by A. M'LELLAN. 3_s._ 6_d._

Maudie's home was on the wild westerly sh.o.r.e of Vancouver Island, and she earned her living by fis.h.i.+ng in the Inlet, heartily despising all merely feminine occupations, and not even knowing that she was beautiful. Then changes come, and Maudie awakes to the charm of a domestic life. Clouds gather about the home, and many troubles intervene before the mystery is at last happily cleared away.

"A genuine tale of adventure for girls, and girls will thoroughly enjoy it."-_Academy_.

-Three Girls on a Ranch: A Story of New Mexico. With 4 page Ill.u.s.trations by W. E. WEBSTER. 2_s._ 6_d._

The Lovell family emigrate from England to New Mexico, where they settle on a ranch. Mr. Lovell is delicate and unfit for farming, but the three eldest girls take upon themselves the burden of working the ranch. They have adventures of a perilous kind, and the story of their mishaps and how they overcame them is throughout both exciting and stimulating.

"A story with a fresh, bright theme, well handled."-_Nottingham Guardian_.

"A rousing book for young people."-_Queen_.