The scene is laid in Hampshire about the time of Monmouth’s rebellion. The story gives some vivid pictures of the opening at Winchester of Judge Jeffreys’ harsh campaign against the rebels, and of the clouds that hung over the neighbourhood for a time in consequence. "A simple yet capitally related story, and the pathetic features are very effectively realised."--LIVERPOOL COURIER. ST. HELEN’S WELL With Two Full-page Illustrations by C. J. STANILAND. Crown 8vo. bevelled boards, cloth gilt, price 2s. "St Helen’s Well" is a story of events that followed the rising in 1745 in favour of the Young Pretender. "The perils and hardships of the adventure are graphically described."--GUARDIAN. BY THE AUTHOR OF "STARWOOD HALL" KING’S FERRY In the Days of the Press-gang. With Three Full-page Illustrations by W. S. STAGEY. Crown 8vo. bevelled boards, cloth gilt, price 2s. 6d. Concerning a certain ship’s doctor who came to Weymouth in press-gang days, and, staying at King’s Ferry, tempted Simon Lydgate, the ferryman, to do wrong; of the punishment that fell on Lydgate, and of the joy and peace that followed the home-coming of his boy, Wat. "Like its predecessors, this volume is full of picturesque pictures of old life and manners."--TIMES. JOAN’S VICTORY With Two Full-page Illustrations by J. F. WEEDON. Crown 8vo. bevelled boards, cloth gilt, price 1s. 6d. Descriptive of a young woman of quick, passionate temper and stubborn purpose, and of the means by which a young child unconsciously brought her back to her better self and helped to soften her heart. "Admirably detailed. Joan is really a very powerful psychological study."--SPECTATOR. PECKOVER’S MILL A Story of the Great Frost of 1739. With Five Full-page Illustrations by W. S. STACEY. Crown 8vo. bevelled boards, cloth gilt, price 3s. 6d. A story of a Jacobite conspiracy that was on foot in the time of the great frost of 1739, showing how Silas Peckover came home from abroad and took possession of the home of his forefathers, and how the sweet womanliness and honesty of Mistress Ruth influenced him for good. "Silas Peckover is a character quite worthy of Ainsworth."--ACADEMY. CHRIS DERRICK A Stormy Passage in a Boy’s Life. With Two Full-page Illustrations by W. S. STACEY. Crown 8vo. bevelled boards, cloth gilt, price 2s. This story supplies some lively sketches of what a mutiny often led to at the beginning of the present century, and of the narrow shifts that smugglers ran in escaping from the revenue officers. "A spirited story of adventure."--SPECTATOR. STARWOOD HALL A Boy’s Adventure. With Two Full-page Illustrations by C. J. STANILAND. Crown 8vo. bevelled boards, cloth gilt, price 2s.