Readers of Curtis Yorke do not need to be commended to her latest novel. The secret of her continued success is that she never gives us less than her best. "The Woman Ruth" epitomises the qualities of head and heart to which she has accustomed us. An optimistic view of life--tenderness, humour, human sympathy--these are the main weapons in this gifted author's bright and shining armoury. +SYLVIA.+ By Upton Sinclair, Author of "The Jungle," "The Moneychangers," etc. [Not supplied to Australia or Canada.] "Sylvia" is the greatest work that has come from the pen of this brilliant author, surpassing "The Jungle" both in the bigness of its theme and in its dramatic intensity. Just as the timeliness of "The Jungle" promoted its great success, so "Sylvia" appears at the psychological moment when social questions are to the front. It is a fascinating story, presenting a girl-character more charming, more powerful, more remarkable in every way than Mr. Sinclair has yet drawn, while beneath lies a vein of serious purpose, a criticism of contemporary ethics which ranks it among the profoundest moral forces of the day. +DESMOND O'CONNOR.+ By George H. Jessop, Author of "His American Wife," etc. Desmond O'Connor was a good fighter, a brisk wooer, and a breezy companion on the march or in the bivouac. He was one of the many wandering Irishmen who drew the sword for France after the siege of Limerick. It was while in the service of Louis XIV., in Flanders, that he met the lovely Countess Margaret, and surrendered to her charms. One will find a no more romantic story of love and war than is contained in these pages. +BLESSINGTON'S FOLLY.+ By Theodore Goodridge Roberts, Author of "Love on Smoky River," etc. [Not supplied to Canada.] The qualities which made "Love on Smoky River" such an instantaneous and unqualified success are again brought into play in the present novel. The author unfolds his theme with skill and power, and fully maintains the reputation he has gained for telling a good story well. +AN UNHOLY ALLIANCE+. By Violet Tweedale, Author of "The House of the Other World," etc. This is a book of a very unusual type. It is a powerful novel dealing with Satanism, an evil cult which is making great headway in Europe. The man who forms the unholy alliance is Canon Gilchrist, who has been unfairly deprived of a peerage, and hopes to regain his position by the help of the Powers of Darkness. There is a charming love element, and the story shows the author at her best. +A GAMBLE FOR LOVE+. By Nat Gould. (For Complete List of Nat Gould's Novels see pages 12 and 13).