"If you wish for an exciting story--a story which will hold you fascinated for three pleasurable hours by the intricacies of a cleverly conceived plot, and the human interest of varied character--read Major Arthur Griffiths' new book, 'A Girl of Grit.' The whole story of the pursuit of the rascal Duke of Buona Mano and the rescue of Captain Wood in mid-Atlantic carries you on with a rush through a series of dramatic scenes and thrilling adventures to a climax which is as novel as it is satisfactory. 'A Girl of Grit' is a better told story than even 'The Rome Express,' which is saying a good deal."--_Daily Mail._ The Rome Express. The Rome Express. By Major ARTHUR GRIFFITHS. A notable Detective Story of much ingenuity and interest. 215 pages, crown 8vo, red cloth gilt, gilt top, Library Edition, 2s. 6d.; in coloured wrapper, Sixth Edition, 1s. "It is safe to say that the reader who glances at the first page of Major Arthur Griffiths' detective story, 'The Rome Express,' will certainly not skip one single word until he reaches the end. 'Who could have done the deed?' is the question which absorbs the reader from first to last, and in his eagerness to answer this question he will start on at least four different scents, confident each time that now he has the clue, but only to return baffled and bewildered again and again. It is General Collingham whose shrewd wit first hits upon the right track, and puts to confusion all the theories and red-tapeism of the Quai de l'Horloge. But until the last chapter we are as much in the dark as any one of them; the mystery is inscrutable until it pleases the author to lift the veil and inform us that one of the passengers was requested to continue his journey in the direction of New Caledonia, and that another was married at the British Embassy to Sabine, Contessa di Castagneto."--_Daily Telegraph._ "Any reader who opens this book with the resolution that he will read a chapter of it and then resume his ordinary occupations, is likely to be surprised speedily out of such good intentions. The story grips you like a vice. There is not a superfluous word in the 215 pages."--_Sketch._ **_The next volume of The Express Series will be a story from the pen of Mr. David Christie Murray, and others are in preparation._ The Evolution of a Wife. The Evolution of a Wife, a Romance in Six Parts, by ELIZABETH HOLLAND. The life-story of Marie de Hauteville, a young girl of noble Swiss family. It contains many charming pictures of Conventual and village life in the Bernese Oberland, with a strong love interest of the non-modern school. 398 pages, large crown 8vo, cloth, Second Edition, 6s.