  Paternoster House, Messrs. HURST & BLACKETT'S OF NEW BOOKS An Important Book By HARRY FURNISS My Bohemian Days With over 120 illustrations from original In one volume, demy cloth, 16s. net. As a famous caricaturist and humorous artist the author has intimate knowledge of the life of which he writes. He knew Bohemia from the inside, and was closely associated with many of the interesting people who are introduced into his book. He carries his humour into his writing, and there are numbers of good stories to help him. The book not only makes enjoyable reading, but it also throws a good deal of light on a number of well-known characters in the world of Bohemia and the atmosphere in which they lived. The many drawings by the author which illustrate the book are a special feature, and greatly add to its interest. A New Volume of the famous Memoirs of William Hickey Edited by ALFRED SPENCER In demy 8vo, cloth gilt, 15s. net. This third volume continues the memoirs from 1782, and will be found as fascinating as those which have already been published. It contains much interesting matter concerning East India in the old Colonial days, and a number of interesting letters arising out of the retention of Hickey and his companion, Charlotte Barry, as prisoners by the French on their way out to Calcutta. It is possible that the work may be completed with this volume, but a fourth volume may perhaps be necessary. The price of the present volume has, owing to increased costs of production, been advanced to 15s. net, and the price of the first two volumes has also had to be increased. Reprints are now ready of Vol. I. (the Third Edition) and Vol. II. (the Second Edition) (1749 to 1782), each in demy 8vo, cloth gilt, 15s. net. Vol. II. contains photogravure portraits. 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Daily Express: "One of the most absorbingly interesting books of recent times." A delightful volume By LADY CATHERINE MILNES GASKELL A Woman's Soul By the Author of "Friends Round the Wrekin," "A Shropshire Lass and Lad," etc. In demy, cloth, 16s. net. Under a thin guise of fiction Lady Catherine Milnes Gaskell has written a most sympathetic and entertaining account of her experiences during the war, and those of her friends and neighbours. Like many other ladies of position she threw herself heart and soul into the every-day drudgery of hospital work and the numerous duties of those who undertook the responsibilities of large country estates in the absence of their owners; and she gives us in a most delightful story a very true insight into the activities, thoughts and feelings of a class which did a great deal of war work, and said very little about it. Her previous books have already established her as a close observer of human nature and a writer with a wide, tolerant outlook and a style of unusual distinction. Some Press opinions on the Author's work: "The book, fresh and alive, reads as if it were an actual record of her life."—Times. "It is the real thing that interests this pleasant author, the real aspect of nature, the real romance of the countryside, the real meaning of life."—Daily Telegraph. "All those who have read and liked her previous books will find the same fragrance the same chatty friendliness, the same easy niceness."—Observer. "All that she writes she invests with an air of delicate distinction."—Spectator. Just Ready A TIMELY AND IMPORTANT BOOK The New Traffic (Aircraft) By W. H. BERRY Editor of The Car and Aviation and Author of "Aircraft in War and Commerce," "Fighting Aeroplanes," &c. In cr. 8vo, bound with frontispiece and a wrapper in colours, 3s. 6d. net. One of the greatest problems of the day is to determine how aircraft can be turned to the best advantage in the service of the country. The war is over, but the days for the use of aircraft in the carrying of passengers, goods, and mails, and for the convenience and pleasure of the private user have only just begun. Mr. Berry's book deals with the last year or two of aviation, the present position and what may be expected in the future. Already passenger and mail services are being established, and it will probably not be long before many men will be using aeroplanes in the way they now use cars, only they will be able to go where cars cannot, and at a much quicker pace. Mr. Berry's book is for the general reader. He tells him what he will want to know, takes him through actual flights, explains engines, controls, construction, cross country and overseas flying, laws, rules and traffic regulations, what cost of services will be, and how mail services already established are working. Everything that a man wants to know who expects to fly on his own account or who hopes to be taken up as a passenger will be found here. The book is particularly timely in view of the enormous interest now being taken by the press in the subject of the future uses of aircraft. Just Published Elizabethan Ulster By LORD ERNEST HAMILTON Author of "The First Seven Divisions" (21st Edition), "The Soul of Ulster," etc. In demy 8vo, cloth, 16s. net. "A very full and detailed story of the beginnings of Ulster he has made a history, very lively and entertaining without sacrificing anything of the seriousness with which it deserves to be treated."—Westminster Gazette. "A detailed account of the amazingly complex affairs of Ulster during Elizabeth's reign.... The book is a just picture of a quaking bog of seething hatreds."—Morning Post. "A picturesque story of lawless chiefs, unruly clans, ruthless soldiers, and crafty but bewildered statesmen."—AthenÆum. "This history is studiously impartial ... a valuable and important contribution to Irish history."—Scotsman. NEW NOVELS For the AUTUMN, 1919. Each in crown 8vo, cloth, 6s. 9d. net. Sanity Jane By COUNTESS BARCYNSKA Author of "The Honey Pot" (60th Thousand), "Love Maggy," etc. This novel is almost certain to be in very great demand. It is a live book, and Sanity is a very real girl. The book is distinctive, and a most intriguing situation is created when the man Sanity loves believes her to be the woman—a stranger to him—who is to provide the compromising circumstances necessary for his wife to obtain, "by arrangement," her divorce. The author, in taking Sanity through her very interesting career, deals in her characteristic manner with life and people as one finds them to-day. The Death Drum By MARGARET PETERSON Author of "To Love," "Butterfly Wings," "The Lure of the Little Drum," etc. As in her last novel, "The Sword Points of Love," Miss Peterson has chosen East Africa as the background for her new story. It is based on a native superstition that very few white people know anything about, but which may in time cause trouble. It has, at any rate, provided the author with a fine idea for her novel, and she has made the best possible use of it. The book is absorbingly interesting, full of thrilling incident and adventure, and with many touches of native life that are particularly effective, coming as they do from one who is living among them. Panther A Comedy of Morals By R. A. FOSTER-MELLIAR Author of "Blindstone," "And Betty Too," etc. A novel of country life, in which there is a good mixture of love-making, hunting, intrigue, and almost murder. Two well-contrasted and charming girls divide the honours as heroines, and uncertainty as to what will happen to them is well kept up. There are some very interesting characters capitally portrayed, and, above all, there is a really good story well told in uncommonly good writing. The Air Pirate By C. RANGER-GULL Author of "The Snare of the Fowler," etc. The author dates his story forward, when rapid transit and transport will be carried on by air. One of the great points about it is that the author is the first in the field with his idea. The Air Pirate, a mysterious figure, who had been a daring airman in the Great War, has his lair in Cornwall, and raids the Atlantic with a wonderful airship. There is a love story, in which a young English baronet of the Government Air Police is the hero and a beautiful young actress the heroine. She is carried off to Cornwall by the pirate, who is in love with her, in his airship, and then follow many thrilling adventures in the efforts of her young lover to discover her. One sensation follows another rapidly, and the reader is kept in breathless suspense all through. It is the best thing the author has yet done. Love and the Cardinal By J. H. SYMONS Author of "The Supreme Mystery" A story of the days of Cardinal Wolsey and the Court of Henry VIII. It will appeal to all who like a good historical romance. The hero, a young esquire, finds Wolsey, when he was but a poor parish priest, in the village pillory and sets him free. When next they meet, Wolsey is the powerful Cardinal, and the hero has been condemned to torture for trying to save the Duke of Buckingham, whose daughter he worships. Wolsey helps the hero and brings him to Court. There are plottings and jealousies and narrow escapes, but in the end Love is triumphant. Spade Work By Mrs. HENRY DUDENEY Author of "Candlelight," etc. Another of the Author's stories of Sussex Caroline Beech and her mother, with the airs of a duchess who has had to do the work of a cook, and Enoch Wood, the musician who demands fame above all things, and Juniper Sadgrove, with her glorious voice, are the characters whose interplay form the plot of Mrs. Dudeney's latest novel. She has set the scene in her loved Sussex, and her description of the old-world village and its inhabitants is most delightful. Enoch's career is the rock on which the ship of his love may be wrecked, but the development of the story will hold the reader's attention to the last page. The Green Shoes of April By RACHEL SWETE MACNAMARA Author of "Morning Joy," "Lark's Gate," etc. An Irish love story out of the common, and with many ups and downs, but with a happy ending. It is, as one expects from Miss Macnamara, unusually well written with excellent character drawing. Jasper Lysaght made a mistaken marriage with an actress when he was very young. They hold together but a little while, when he meets his true mate, but a maliciously interfering grandmother and wounded pride separate them. They come together again and marry, Jasper believing himself free, but his first wife reappears. All, however, comes right in the end. Shooting Stars By SOPHIE KERR An intensely dramatic novel of married life—the story of Harleth Crossey ("as self-willed as a shooting star and about as uncomfortable around the house"), and his wife Marcia—she made all the concessions, all the adjustments and all the compromises until—something happened. You might have called it a rebellion; it was a startling, if cruel awakening as well. The Master Mind By FERGUS HUME Author of "The Mystery of A Hansom Cab," "Heart of Ice." etc. In the working out of the plot and the discovery of the master mind of a gang of thieves the author keeps the reader's attention firmly fixed. The book is written carefully; there are no great improbabilities; the characters are human, not too good and not impossibly wicked; the heroine is a charming natural girl, the hero a nice boy. There is a mystery surrounding a murder and theft, and it might all have happened. A good readable story. A Whirlwind of Passion By EDNA WORTHLEY UNDERWOOD The publishers have pleasure in introducing the author with this novel. It is perhaps not too much to say that since "Quo Vadis," no more powerful historical romance has been produced. The story is most dramatic, and the central figure is the great Catherine. The reader is given a clear insight into the Russian Court and its intrigues. The time of the story is the dramatic moment when the reign of the Empress Elizabeth was drawing to a close, and the throne was hanging in the balance. The author has seized on this tense situation, and told a wonderful story of love, of passion, of plotting and ruthless power, of murder and sudden death. It is a brilliant book, full of life, movement and colour, and it is of particular interest at the present time. Green Ladies By DOUGLAS NEWTON Author of "The War CachÉ," etc. A charming story told in a delightful manner, recalling the work of Henry Harland. The scene is in Hampshire, where some mystery attaches to the lady owner of a house occupied temporarily by a much-travelled man, who is recovering his health. How he becomes interested in the lady, how he gradually discovers her story, how he labours to free her from the cloud that oppresses her, and finally is made happy by her, is so daintily and beautifully related, that one wishes to read many of the pages over again. Mr. Douglas Newton goes a long step forward with this novel, which reveals him in a new capacity. Embers By JULES DEPREND A novel that won a $10,000 prize in America. This story of life among the French Canadians on the American border is refreshingly outside the common run of novels. It is remarkable for its terseness of expression and as a convincing piece of realism. It is as strong and virile as Balzac, and its story so absorbing with its many dramatic situations, that it holds the attention from beginning to end. Against his father's wishes, the hero takes up a course of study with a view to becoming a priest. During his holidays he sees much of a neighbour's daughter, who had been a companion of his childhood. How he succumbs, then decides to continue his studies abroad, and eventually returns to his sweetheart and child is told in this powerful book, of which it may be said that it is not only a fine piece of work, but one of genius. Firecracker Jane By ALICE CALHOUN HAINES A breathless romance of the Mexican border, with a spirited heroine, a good sportswoman with a high sense of honour. How she is, under stress, married by her Mexican cousin and plunged into the Mexican turmoil, captured by a brutal revolutionist, and effects her escape, and how the love tangle is unravelled, and she is left with her real love mate, makes thrilling reading. The story is full of adventure, vivacious and fresh. The Cabin (La Barraca) By V. BLASCO IBANEZ Author of "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse," etc. Over a Quarter of a Million copies of this author's work have already been sold in English speaking countries. This may be said to be the masterpiece of a novelist who has established himself as a great master. "The Cabin" was the book which first made Ibanez's reputation outside Spain, and very large numbers of it have been sold on the Continent and in America since its first appearance. It is a vivid presentation of one side of Spanish life, and tells how a hard-working farmer and his family are oppressed and wronged by his neighbours, who had determined that the farm should not be tilled. Disaster overtakes the family at the end of the conflict, and the elemental theme of a blind communal hatred is thus worked out to its logical conclusion. The story seems to write itself, so simply, and perfectly is it done. It is a remarkable work of art. The Terrible Island By BEATRICE GRIMSHAW Author of "In the Strange South Seas," "Red Bob of the Islands," etc. This story has all the charm and glamour of the South Seas and a background of grim mystery, which make a plot full of thrills as well as of delightful romance. "The Lady of Sea," who appears in such strange fashion and so charms the hearts of Flower and Owen Ireland, is a delicious heroine, whose romance will appeal to every reader, while "Rocky Jim" is a remarkable character creation. 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