stirring passages in these golden pages. In them, let us say, once for
all, speaks the finest spirit of modern France.”—_The Times Literary
Supplement._
“At last it is here … the book we have been waiting for.”—_Labour Leader._
Poland’s Case for Independence
_Demy 8vo._ _7s. 6d. net._
This notable book is a reprint of certain remarkable pamphlets
illustrating the vitality of Polish nationality, and written mostly by
representative Poles. Introductions have been furnished to the pamphlets
by Lord Bryce, Lord Weardale, Mr. G. P. Gooch, Mr. Sidney Webb, Dr. Seton
Watson, etc.
Poland Past and Present
BY J. H. HARLEY
_Crown 8vo._ _4s. 6d. net._
Some new and vital details of the recent history of this unfortunate
country are conveyed to British readers in Mr. J. H. Harley’s vividly
interesting volume. It will be preceded by a preface from the pen of Mr.
Ladislas Mickiewicz—the son of the great Polish poet—which will state the
attitude of the Polish people to Germany, and reveal how deeply their
sympathies are enlisted in the cause of the Allies. A notable feature of
the book will be a record of the attempts made by the Germans in Poland
during the last few months to seduce Poland from her confidence in the
justice of the Western Powers.
Antwerp to Gallipoli
BY ARTHUR RUHL
_Small Demy._ _7s. 6d. net._
CONTENTS.—“The Germans are Coming!”—Paris at Bay—After the Marne—The Fall
of Antwerp—Paris Again; and Bordeaux: Journal of a Fight from a London
Fog—“The Great Days”—Two German Prison-Camps—In the German Trenches at
La Bassée—The Road to Constantinople: Rumania and Bulgaria—The Adventure
of the Fifty Hostages—With the Turks at the Dardanelles—Soghan-Dere and
the Flier of Ak-Bash—A War Correspondents’ Village—Cannon Fodder—East of
Lemberg: Through Austria-Hungary to the Galician Front—In the Dust of the
Russian Retreat.
_FICTION_
_Crown 8vo._ _6s. each._ _Postage 5d._
The Financing of Fiona
BY DOROTHEA CONYERS
“The Financing of Fiona” is a sporting story with love interest running
through it. The plot turns on Colonel Beresford’s will, written hurriedly
on notepaper, in which he leaves everything to his niece Fiona; but he
dies suddenly, and his nephew Challoner, though he does not think of
suppressing the will, takes out the centre sheet, so completely altering
everything that Fiona gets her uncle’s lovely old home but no income with
it. By this Challoner thinks that the girl is sure to marry him, and that
he will have both Kinvarragh and the money. But Fiona, left penniless,
determines to struggle and to take paying guests for the hunting. Two
men, Major Bohun and his nephew, come to her, and bring their horses.
Fiona fights with many troubles, and Major Bohun’s fears that his nephew
will marry her, together with hunting and shooting, make the rest of the
book. The troubles end in an unexpected manner, and Fiona is left at
Kinvarragh, but not alone.
When the Wicked Man …
BY GUY THORNE
Author of “When it was Dark”
Mr. Guy Thorne’s new novel, “When the Wicked Man …,” is one of unusual
and penetrating interest. It is a profound study of a bad man’s soul,
stripped bare and naked without equivocation or evasion. If Maupassant
had written this story it would have stopped at the third book, and a
brilliant but unutterably painful document would be all that remained.
Mr. Guy Thorne goes farther. He shows us the dark and sensual soul of
Sebastian Warde moving towards the Light, until the wicked man at last
turns from his wickedness, and, crushed, broken, and empty, casts himself
at the feet of God. The action of the story takes place in Paris, at
Athens and the Bay of Nauplia in Greece, at Weymouth in Dorsetshire, the
French battle-front, and finally in London. These are the main divisions
into which the tale naturally falls.
This is not a story without a plot. The action is continuous and intense
throughout, and from first to last is as inevitable as a Greek tragedy.
“When the Wicked Man …” is written with an economy and precision of
effect that is stereoscopic. The people, places, and dramatic situations
stand out from the page. They have perspective; one sees them.
In fact, the novel is quite unlike anything published in England for very
many years.
Redwing
BY CONSTANCE SMEDLEY
Miss Smedley’s latest novel displays her usual skill in the presentation
of character; and her characters do not stand still, but grow as we watch
them. Her two leading characters in this book are a boy and girl, both
of whom are lonely, misunderstood, and, to some extent, unwanted; and
in each case the experiences of childhood create a determining bias.
Their development of strength and courage not only helps them mutually,
but finally brings the three people who are the dominating influences
of their lives into happier conditions. The book is planned on a large
scale, covers a wide range of social life, and deals with explorers,
business gamblers, and men and women of large ambitions.
Families Repaired
BY J. S. FLETCHER
Mr. J. S. Fletcher’s new novel is of the same _genre_ as the author’s
well-known humorous stories, “The Paths of the Prudent” and “Grand
Relations,” both of which have gone through several editions. It
deals with a highly complicated matrimonial arrangement, proposed by
an Anglo-Canadian multi-millionaire as the means of repairing the
fortunes of two noble families which have fallen upon bad times, and
the plot involves numerous amusing and piquant situations and quaint
embarrassments. The various characters are drawn with great fidelity,
especially those of an old bachelor about town, a couple of young ladies
of high rank, who live their own very modernized lives in a Camden Town
flat, and an Irish-American widow of a lively and original type. The
story is full of smart and bright dialogue, and though it is essentially
one of farcical humour, the plot is exciting and even sensational.
The Farm Servant
BY E. H. ANSTRUTHER
The central theme of this remarkable first novel is the passionate
love-story of Anna Murrell, “The Farm Servant.” But the study of Frank
Harding and the manner in which his life was affected by three women is
of equal importance. Few modern novels have been so varied in setting,
for the two largest sections of the book deal with a quiet village in
East Anglia and with the Latin Quarter of Paris just before the War. It
is a book with passages of great tragic power; but these are interspersed
with chapters delightful for their quiet humour and acute observations of
the little “actions and reactions” of everyday life. It is a long book:
but only in a long book could the author, besides working out the main
theme, have created such a host of minor characters. Mr. Harding, the
Carringtons, the Juleses, Dr. Emmersley, Lucie Dubels, and a dozen others
are all as real as the people one meets every day.
The Long Divorce
(John Bogardus)
BY GEORGE A. CHAMBERLAIN
Author of “Through Stained Glass,” “Home,” etc.
Another brilliant, fascinating, out-of-the-ordinary Chamberlain novel.
The panoramic setting is Europe, America, Africa, and the seas between.
The style is the author’s swiftest, that whirls the reader along. And
John Bogardus’s love-story, or series of love-stories, is a beautiful,
tender, and extraordinarily illuminating record. Behind the rushing
style, the astonishing fire of epigrams, the groups of memorable
characters, and the stream of the alluring plot, the reader is gratefully
conscious of a deep and rich background of seeing and thinking and
feeling.
Moll Davis
BY BERNARD CAPES
“Written with all the liveliness one is accustomed to associate with the
name of Mr. Bernard Capes.”—_Pall Mall Gazette._
“If witty dialogue and a sense of atmosphere can make a good comedy, here
is one of the best.”—_T. P.’s Weekly._
An Outraged Society
BY A. BROWNLOW FFORDE
SOME OPINIONS ON MR. FFORDE’S PREVIOUS NOVELS:
“Might well have been written by Mr. Kipling in one of his lighter moods.
Brimful of humour and extremely racy.”—_Daily Chronicle._
“Is a vivacious writer, and possesses a considerable fund of
humour.”—_Manchester Examiner._
The Duel
BY ALEXANDER KUPRIN
“One has no hesitation in recommending ‘The Duel’ to any one on the
look-out for really good fiction.”—_Globe._
“Kuprin writes with the vividness and the authority that come
from first-hand experience. It must be read to appreciate its
power.”—_Aberdeen Journal._
LONDON: GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN LIMITED
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