The rest of the day passed rather monotonously. I worked at one of Dick’s shirts, and wondered how I ever could have thought Bessie such a charming companion, whilst she alternatively indulged and scolded her very unpleasant young family. At last they were all despatched to bed, and as soon as decency would permit, I yawned and said I should like to follow their example. So we were all packed away by ten o’clock, my last act having been to pay a visit to Mrs Graham’s room, where I had left her fast asleep with my little godson tucked in snugly on her arm. Bessie lay awake for some time talking of the celebrated ghost, but I was too sleepy to be a good listener, and am afraid I dropped off in the midst of her recital. When I waked again, it was by dint of feeling her shake my arm. ‘Dolly! Dolly!’ she was exclaiming, in a low, hurried voice. ‘Listen! there is the sound, and close against the door.’ END OF VOL. I. NOTICE. IMPORTANT NEW WORK by the Author of “Recommended to Mercy.” _In 2 vols., Crown 8vo, 18s._ Early in June will be published a New Work by MRS. HOUSTOUN, Author of “Barbara’s Warning,” Entitled MEMORIES OF WORLD-KNOWN MEN, Containing Personal Recollections of WORDSWORTH, JOHN WILSON CROKER, THEODORE HOOK, WILLIAM IV., the late LORD DERBY, MRS. NORTON, HARRISON AINSWORTH, and other well-known personages. F. V. WHITE & CO., 31, SOUTHAMPTON STREET, STRAND, W.C. _June, 1883._ F. V. WHITE & CO.’S SELECT NOVELS. _Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d. each._ THE FOLLOWING VOLUMES OF THE SERIES ARE NOW READY, _And can be obtained of all Booksellers in Town and Country, and at all Railway Bookstalls_. _Those marked thus (*) can also be had in Picture Boards, 2s._ THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL. By FLORENCE MARRYAT, Author of “Love’s Conflict,” “Phyllida,” “A Broken Blossom,” &c., &c., &c. “‘The Root of all Evil’ is quite up to Miss Marryat’s reputation, and can be honestly recommended to those who enjoy a good strong story, capitally written, in this clever writer’s best style.”—_Morning Post._ ALLERTON TOWERS. By ANNIE THOMAS (Mrs. Pender Cudlip), Author of “Denis Donne,” “Friends and Lovers,” &c. * THE DEAN’S WIFE. By MRS. EILOART, Author of “My Lady Clare,” “How He Won Her,” “Some of our Girls,” &c., &c., &c. “Any reader who wants a good story thoroughly well told cannot do better than read ‘The Dean’s Wife.’”—_John Bull._ “‘The Dean’s Wife’ must be classed as a decidedly good novel.”—_Graphic._ * MY SISTER THE ACTRESS. By FLORENCE MARRYAT, Author of “A Broken Blossom,” “Phyllida,” “How They Loved Him,” &c., &c. _OPINIONS OF THE PRESS._ “‘My Sister the Actress’ is the best novel we have had the pleasure of reading from the pen of Miss Florence Marryat.”—_John Bull._ “The three volumes will be read through with avidity.”—_Court Journal._