for granted the of the man s over thai of his english brother the latter is often made the subject of noisy � his critics say you lack in brief you are the charge of � � the argument clay is thoroughly familiar with american business men as well as with ihe faults and qualities of our own and in the s daughter the position that when the spirit of i or the by play of other human passions � which are not seldom a potent in commercial success or failure though have rarely dealt with the vital relationship which may exist between two of life which are to many people as the englishman he can hold his own not only in affairs of the heart but in obtained the business up by his father the struggle is exciting with many situations vividly presented and an interest is imparted by the romance ol the and devoted girl whose happiness crowns s success a company nm � f new fiction the by to s mr is one of america s greatest and in the he has produced a powerful story of the american civil war which as it does with the vitality of issues the ecstasy of the love wh ch loses itself beyond the borders of human and the vigour of a sublime devotion to duty and high is instinct with the qualities of real literature this book should appeal more to even than to americans whose fabric of traditions and associations for them the great hero of this book who as the author says in every situation was a great a dominant figure the character of lee has been somewhat lost sight of in the study of his career but it fairly with all that is high and noble and true the of the south the characteristics of the christian gentleman to the full he is a personality to be studied to be followed to be loved in his greatness and in his simplicity he is an enduring inspiration to true manhood for all the world love and war are the very fibre of mr s story and he touches the former with an irresistible charm while there is a zest in his descriptions of the fighting which sets the blood in one s veins new edition of a popular story the little squire by mrs henry de la pasture author of a toy tragedy of s peter s mother etc with illustrations s d thb increasing popularity of mrs de la pasture as an author and the success which has attended the publication of her recent books induced the to issue last spring an entirely new edition of a toy tragedy which met with a cordial reception this autumn they are issuing a new edition of another successful story by this gifted author in the same the queen says of this book this is a really charming story the little squire his silly sweet natured mother the heartless adventurer who over her gentle the indignant old servants the two little girls who are his companions are all admirably drawn and very the heroine of the story the pretty sensitive child of the warm hearted village beauty is also charming and her devoted friendship to the little squire is delightful ft company paris new mrs de la pasture new fiction farm b j s a � � t floor with illustrations s m fi s new the c� � b� h is laid for the part on a with his id all thing to bis own with the of a proud old of tbe old fashioned class the are of the better sort � full of fc somewhat and in attitude towards others and i little and in their manner and the of story richard a l f who i and becomes famous is one of mr serious at the c tbe characters of his � are all drawn with a sure knowledge then is a of i all the story in with s and their love affairs and those of in of the family who al the of book is wi and at the end has become a successful and lady are told in a quiet fashion there is humour as well as pathos in the story and the description of country li p sketches of character and the of early influence on temperament are rendered with mr i well known to in effect i is a story of i incidentally of life s green by mrs henry thi thi of with s n a charming old world village with its life m the early years of the nineteenth century is the setting of a br mis henry it is a love story so told that its never flags with touches of humour keen edged and dialogue green from ihe page to ihe last in this quiet are reflections of the great events that happened in the world of the day they do not interfere with the clear s of own life � all is sustained in that woven in with the story of the village and forming its leading feature is ihe tragedy of two � the characters of ihe book the growth of their passion is described in s manner thai is completely it is an analysis of without any suggestion of we are shown the working of their and fears after right and their approaches lo and never once do tbey lose our sympathy a company limited new fiction the hidden house by john with illustrations by alfred s few books by new writers display such extraordinary power as is exhibited in mr s book which is one calculated to place the author at a bound in the front rank of fiction writers all the of a really good novel will be found in this book and the various startling incidents which follow each other closely are related in a manner which show the master 