“_We are here introduced to those naughty, naughty society women who smoke cigarettes after dinner, break the bulk of the decalogue, and say sweetly-spiteful things to each other while waiting for the men to appear. These, however, are by the way. The story really has for its theme the struggle for the soul of Paul Fane between his wife and a very seductive bad lot called Lady Maud, the wife of a very wealthy and sterling man who never saw further than his nose. Lady Maud is about the most finished study of a female devil we have ever come across, with powers of hypocrisy passing belief, and audacity in keeping with her hypocrisy. Mrs. Fane is her antithesis, and it is only in keeping with poetical justice that the good influence should overrule the bad; besides, Paul was not nearly such a fool as he looked, though it was touch-and-go with him once. If rather abrupt in places and somewhat saddening reading, there is plenty of go about the tale, and if the whole construction is somewhat light, much is atoned for by the two splendidly contrasted characters of Lady Maud and Mrs. Fane._”--GLASGOW DAILY MAIL. LONDON: WALTER SCOTT, LTD., PATERNOSTER SQUARE. * * * * * THE SCOTT LIBRARY. Cloth, Uncut Edges, Gilt Top. Price 1s. 6d. per Volume. VOLUMES ALREADY ISSUED-- 1 ROMANCE OF KING ARTHUR. 2 THOREAU’S WALDEN. 3 THOREAU’S “WEEK.” 4 THOREAU’S ESSAYS. 5 ENGLISH OPIUM-EATER. 6 LANDOR’S CONVERSATIONS. 7 PLUTARCH’S LIVES. 8 RELIGIO MEDICI, &c. 9 SHELLEY’S LETTERS. 10 PROSE WRITINGS OF SWIFT. 11 MY STUDY WINDOWS. 12 THE ENGLISH POETS. 13 THE BIGLOW PAPERS. 14 GREAT ENGLISH PAINTERS. 15 LORD BYRON’S LETTERS. 16 ESSAYS BY LEIGH HUNT. 17 LONGFELLOW’S PROSE. 18 GREAT MUSICAL COMPOSERS. 19 MARCUS AURELIUS. 20 TEACHING OF EPICTETUS. 21 SENECA’S MORALS. 22 SPECIMEN DAYS IN AMERICA. 23 DEMOCRATIC VISTAS. 24 WHITE’S SELBORNE. 25 DEFOE’S SINGLETON. 26 MAZZINI’S ESSAYS. 27 PROSE WRITINGS OF HEINE. 28 REYNOLDS’ DISCOURSES. 29 PAPERS OF STEELE AND ADDISON. 30 BURNS’S LETTERS. 31 VOLSUNGA SAGA. 32 SARTOR RESARTUS. 33 WRITINGS OF EMERSON. 34 LIFE OF LORD HERBERT. 35 ENGLISH PROSE. 36 IBSEN’S PILLARS OF SOCIETY. 37 IRISH FAIRY AND FOLK TALES. 38 ESSAYS OF DR. JOHNSON. 39 ESSAYS OF WILLIAM HAZLITT. 40 LANDOR’S PENTAMERON, &c. 41 POE’S TALES AND ESSAYS. 42 VICAR OF WAKEFIELD. 43 POLITICAL ORATIONS. 44 AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST-TABLE. 45 POET AT THE BREAKFAST-TABLE. 46 PROFESSOR AT THE BREAKFAST-TABLE. 47 CHESTERFIELD’S LETTERS. 48 STORIES FROM CARLETON. 49 JANE EYRE. 50 ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND. 51 WRITINGS OF THOMAS DAVIS. 52 SPENCE’S ANECDOTES. 53 MORE’S UTOPIA. 54 SADI’S GULISTAN. 55 ENGLISH FAIRY TALES. 56 NORTHERN STUDIES. 57 FAMOUS REVIEWS. 58 ARISTOTLE’S ETHICS. 59 PERICLES AND ASPASIA. 60 ANNALS OF TACITUS. 61 ESSAYS OF ELIA. 62 BALZAC. 63 DE MUSSET’S COMEDIES. 64 CORAL REEFS. 65 SHERIDAN’S PLAYS.