There is a curious division of opinion upon the merits of Mr. WILLIAM LE QUEUX’S remarkable book, “The Great War in England in 1897.” The Author has performed a task never before attempted, namely, to forecast an invasion of the whole of England and Scotland, and the reviewers have taken him to task very freely. It has received the warmest commendation from the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Connaught, Lord Wolseley, Lord Roberts, and Lord George Hamilton; and the “Service” papers, who should know something of our army and navy, unanimously praise it. _The Admiralty and Horse Guards Gazette_ says:--“Mr. Le Queux is a vivid writer, and his work gives evidence of care and thoroughness. =The book is the best of its kind= we have come across.” _The United Service Gazette_ says that the author has studied the tactical and strategical problems thoroughly, and that “=the book will do a national service=”; while _The Naval and Military Record_ and the _Army and Navy Gazette_ say that Mr. Le Queux has special qualifications for the task he has carried out so successfully. Most of the influential daily papers have also eulogised it strongly, amongst them the _Times_, _Standard_, _World_, _Sketch_, _Nottingham Daily Guardian_, _Scotsman_, _Glasgow Herald_, _Yorkshire Post_, _Aberdeen Free Press_, _Bradford Argus_, _Manchester Courier_, _Western Morning News_, _Bristol Mercury_, and the _Liverpool Courier_. _The Newcastle Daily Chronicle_ devoted a column to a review of a most commendatory character. _The Daily Graphic_ says it is “=the most comprehensive and thrilling of anything yet attempted=.” Three of the most powerful papers on the Continent, the Paris _Figaro_, the Milan _Secolo_, and the Rome _Opinione_, have devoted leading articles to the problems put forward by the Author, all three journals declaring that =the work is unique=, while _The Sheffield Daily Telegraph_ says it is “=the sensation= as well as =the success= of the book season.” That it is phenomenally successful is proved by the fact that =Five Editions were sold within four weeks=. * * * * * Now ready, Fourth Edition, price 6s. post free, _Demy 8vo, handsomely bound in cloth gilt_, THE CAPTAIN OF THE MARY ROSE. _A TALE OF TO-MORROW._ BY W. LAIRD CLOWES, U.S. NAVAL INSTITUTE. With 60 Illustrations by the Chevalier de Martino and Fred. T. Jane. This work has been truly described by the public press as an intensely realistic and stirring romance of the near future. It describes the wonderful adventures of an armour-clad cruiser, built on the Tyne, which takes part in a great Naval War that suddenly breaks out between France and Great Britain. The dashing way in which the vessel is handled, her narrow escapes, the boldness of her successful attacks upon the enemy, and the heroic conduct of her commander and crew, form altogether a narrative of most absorbing interest, and full of exciting scenes and situations.