POPULAR NOVELS. BY _Mrs. Mary J. Holmes_. 1.— TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE. 2.— ENGLISH ORPHANS. 3.— HOMESTEAD ON THE HILLSIDE. 4.— ‘LENA RIVERS. 5.— MEADOW BROOK. 6.— DORA DEANE. 7.— COUSIN MAUDE. 8.— MARIAN GRAY. 9.— DARKNESS AND DAYLIGHT. 10.— HUGH WORTHINGTON. 11.— CAMERON PRIDE. 12.— ROSE MATHER. 13.— ETHELYN’S MISTAKE. 14.— MILLBANK. 15.— EDNA BROWNING. 16.— WEST LAWN. 17.— EDITH LYLE. (_New._) “Mrs. Holmes is a peculiarly pleasant and fascinating writer. Her books are always entertaining, and she has the rare faculty of enlisting the sympathy and affections of her readers, and of holding their attention to her pages with deep and absorbing interest.” All published uniform with this volume. Price $1.50 each and sent _free_ by mail, on receipt of price, by G. W. CARLETON & CO., Publishers, New York. Edith Lyle A Novel. BY MRS. MARY J. HOLMES, AUTHOR OF TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE—LENA RIVERS—MEADOW BROOK—MARIAN GREY—CAMERON PRIDE—ETHELYN’S MISTAKE—EDNA BROWNING—WEST LAWN, ETC., ETC. [Illustration: logo] NEW YORK: _G. W. Carleton & Co., Publishers_. LONDON: S. LOW & CO. MDCCCLXXVI. COPYRIGHT, 1876, BY DANIEL HOLMES. JOHN F. TROW & SON, PRINTERS AND STEREOTYPERS, _205–213 East 12th Street_, NEW YORK. TO MY ESTEEMED FRIENDS, Francis S. Street and Francis S. Smith, _Editors of the New York Weekly_, TO WHOM I AM INDEBTED FOR SO MANY KINDNESSES IN THE PAST, _I DEDICATE_ THIS STORY. CONTENTS.