The hero is an unofficial detective of a novel kind, who unravels a tangled skein of curious events in his character of "special" on the staff of a great daily. =The Diamond Ship.= By MAX PEMBERTON. 1 vol.--3954. A tale of adventure by land and sea, in which the clever hero breaks up a gang of international criminals, and finds and wins his mortal affinity. =The Whirlwind.= By EDEN PHILLPOTTS. 2 vols.--3955/56. This is a new novel by an author who has made a great name for himself by his descriptions of Dartmoor and its people. The ways of the inhabitants are admirably reproduced, while the story itself is most stirring. =Kokoro.= Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life. By LAFCADIO HEARN. 1 vol.--3957. The inner life of the Japanese is admirably shown in this series of tales and articles, and the chief points in their religion are perhaps for the first time thoroughly brought home to European readers. =Running Water.= By A. E. W. MASON. 1 vol.--3958. Chamonix and the neighbouring peaks of the Mont Blanc group form the background to this new dramatic story of Alpine climbing and of human scheming on lower levels. The $30,000 Bequest. By MARK TWAIN. 1 vol.--3959. A new volume by the greatest of living humourists, containing twenty-seven sketches, articles, and tales in his own inimitable style. =Temptation.= By RICHARD BAGOT. 2 vols.--3960/61. This is a drama and romance of Italian high life, by an author who is well known by a number of novels dealing with the Roman aristocracy. =Representative Men.= Seven Lectures on the Uses of Great Men, Plato, Swedenborg, Montaigne, Shakespeare, Napoleon, and Goethe. By RALPH WALDO EMERSON. 1 v.--3962. This volume appears in the Tauchnitz Edition, with the special consent of Emerson's son, on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the great American essayist's death. =Susan.= By ERNEST OLDMEADOW. 1 vol.--3963. This is the first book by Ernest Oldmeadow in the Tauchnitz Edition and is a romance of an exceptionally high order of humour. The chief incidents of the comedy take place in a picturesque French village. =New Chronicles of Rebecca.= By KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN. 1 vol.--3964. A series of charming pictures from the life of a young American child who is already well known to, and a favourite with, many readers of the Tauchnitz Edition. =Her Son.= By HORACE ANNESLEY VACHELL. 1 vol.--3965. Mr. Vachell's new story is a touching idyll, in which love and love's capacity for self-sacrifice form the leading theme. =Merry-Garden, and Other Stories.= By "Q" (A. T. QUILLER-COUCH). 1 v.--3966. This volume contains seven tales, full of the wholesome humour for which so many of Q's works are celebrated and all written in his best and inimitable style. =The Getting Well of Dorothy.= By MRS. W. K. CLIFFORD. 1 vol.--3967.