This work is a new study of the future and of “things as they should be,” in the style of Jules Verne, by which most of Mr. Wells’s popular books are characterised.

Though the State of Kravonia be not found on any map, the lovers of Mr. Hope’s romances will find very real the characters in this new tale of love, intrigue, and high politics.

In this new novel of modern English life Mrs. Croker gives us another version of the old and much-loved story of Cinderella. The fairy godmother steps in at the right moment, and all ends happily.

A trenchant and realistic description of the state of England during the passing of the Reform Bill, into which an exceedingly pretty romance is interwoven.

A story of old Californian days, a theme of which this popular authoress has a right to speak. High politics and history here also play their part.

A journalistic comedy in which all ends well and happily. Miss Eccles is already the authoress of one delightful humorous book in the Tauchnitz Edition.

The author of “Sherlock Holmes” has here given us a book of another genre. It is a romance of the days of chivalry with a setting of many historical incidents, showing how a brave young squire won his golden spurs.

This is the story of a Roman family tragedy, and a psychological study of the lengths to which unselfish love and expiatory renunciation may go in poor human nature.

A drama of real life dealing with the still unsolved marriage problem and the working of the English divorce laws.

A stirring romance of England and Roumania, in which the gypsies of the latter country play an important part. The heroine herself has gypsy blood, and her dual temperament leads to exciting complications.

A collection of short sketches by a well-known humourist, and a longer comedy written in collaboration with Percy Fendall.

Mr. Wells, who has already written so many works on the future of the world’s civilisation, paid a visit to America on purpose to judge on the spot of the future of that country.