HURST AND BLACKETT'S THREE-AND-SIXPENNY SERIES. _To be had at all Booksellers and Railway Book-stalls_ LONDON: HURST AND BLACKETT, LIMITED, 13, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET _Each in One Volume, Crown Octavo, 3s. 6d._ THE AWAKENING OF MARY FENWICK. By Beatrice Whitby. "We have no hesitation in declaring that 'The Awakening of Mary Fenwick' is the best novel of its kind that we have seen for some years. It is apparently a first effort, and, as such, is really remarkable. The story is extremely simple. Mary Mauser marries her husband for external, and perhaps rather inadequate, reasons, and then discovers that he married her because she was an heiress. She feels the indignity acutely, and does not scruple to tell him her opinion--her very candid opinion--of his behaviour. That is the effect of the first few chapters, and the rest of Miss Whitby's book is devoted to relating how this divided couple hated, quarrelled, and finally fell in love with one another. Mary Fenwick and her husband live and move and make us believe in them in a way which few but the great masters of fiction have been able to compass."--_Athenæum_. TWO ENGLISH GIRLS. By Mabel Hart. "This story is distinguished by its pure and elegant English, and the refinement of its style and thought. It is a lively account, with many touches of humour, of Art study in Florence, and the story weaved into it exhibits a high ideal of life ... The lively, pleasant, and refined tone of the narrative and dialogue will recommend the story to all cultivated renders."--_Spectator_. "Beatrice Hamlyn is an emancipated young woman of the most pleasing type, and her friend Evelyn is hardly less amiable. But the cleverness of Miss Hart's story lies in the simple yet effective portrait of the Italian character. The elder Vivaldi is presented to us in a way that shows both knowledge and sympathy. There are pleasing touches of humour, too, in the minor personages."--_Saturday Review_. HIS LITTLE MOTHER, AND OTHER TALES. By the Author of 'John Halifax, Gentleman.' "'His Little Mother' is the story of a sister's self-sacrifice from her childhood until her early death, worn out in her brother's and his children's service. It is a pathetic story as the author tells it The beauty of the girl's devotion is described with many tender touches, and the question of short-sighted though loving foolishness is kept in the background. The volume is written in a pleasant informal manner, and contains many tender generous thoughts and not a few practical ones. It is a book that will be read with interest, and that cannot be lightly forgotten."--_St. James's Gazette_. "The book is written with all Mrs. Craik's grace of style, the chief charm of which after all, is its simplicity."--_Glasgow Herald_. MISTRESS BEATRICE COPE: Or, PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF A JACOBITE'S DAUGHTER. By M. E. Le Clerc.