"The War in the Air" is a story of the awful devastation following a
conflict between two first-class powers with the resources of the air at
their command. It is one of the most brilliant and successful of Mr.
Wells's studies in futurity.
RUPERT OF HENTZAU. Anthony Hope.
This is a sequel to the famous "Prisoner of Zenda," already published in
the Nelson Library. It tells of the end of the long vendetta between
young Rupert of Hentzau and the Englishman, Rudolph Rassendyll. It is
needless to praise a book which, with its predecessor, has been
recognized as one of the greatest of modern romances.
SALT OF THE SEA. Morley Roberts.
This is a collection of Mr. Morley Roberts's best sea stories selected
from half a dozen of his former volumes. "The Promotion of the Admiral"
and its sequel have been ranked by good critics as among the best modern
short stories. Mr. Roberts is scarcely less fine in his eerie tales, as
in the wonderful tale of "Billy be-damned."
THE MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES. A. Conan Doyle.
The publishers are happy to be able to add to their Nelson Library the
first collection of those stories which have made the name of Sherlock
Holmes a household word throughout the world.
THE PALADIN. H. A. Vachell.
Mr. Vachell's gift of sympathetic understanding has rarely appeared to
better advantage than in this story. It is a fascinating study of
quixotry and idealism.
THE OSBORNES. E. F. Benson.
In this book Mr. Benson has provided a careful and sympathetic study of
a middle-class family who rise to affluence. It is full of brilliant
humour and wide human sympathy.
THE RETURN OF THE EMIGRANT. Lydia M. Mackay.
This is a story of modern Highland life, full of carefully studied
types, and lit with all the glamour of the Western Highlands. It is the
most important recent contribution to Scottish fiction.
PRINCESS PRISCILLA'S FORTNIGHT.
By the Author of "Elizabeth and her German Garden." This tale, famous
both as a book and as a play, tells how a young and beautiful German
princess, growing weary of Court restrictions, flies from her home, and
with her maid seeks refuge in an English village. Her royal generosity
soon leads her into financial straits, and she is rescued and restored
to her family by her lover. The humour and piquancy of the situations
are not less great than the charm of the heroine.
LADY GOOD-FOR-NOTHING. "Q" (Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch).
Sir Oliver Vyell, the British Collector of Customs at Boston, rescues a
poor girl from the stocks, educates her, and makes her mistress of his
household. The scene moves to Lisbon, and there is a wonderful picture
of the earthquake.
HETTY WESLEY. "Q."
This love story of one of the members of the Wesley family is perhaps
"Q's" most brilliant novel, as distinct from those romances with which
his name is chiefly associated.
HURRISH. Hon. Emily Lawless.
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