The name of Alice M. Diehl is a guarantee for vividly-coloured and present-day society presentments, veined with romance and exciting incident. ‘The Temptation of Anthony’ will certainly take high rank among the lively and delightful novels by this well-known writer. Her portrait of Eve (Lady Waring) is a masterpiece in true and delicate female delineation. The story of Eve’s trial and sufferings should appeal to every reader. =LITTLE WIFE HESTER.= By L. T. MEADE L. T. Meade’s new story, ‘Little Wife Hester,’ is concerned with the practices of Dr. Greenhill, a fashionable London physician, who effects marvellous cures by means of hypnotism. Her method is too well known to require description or eulogy. The story is written with great fluency, and ‘Little Wife Hester’ will add another to Mrs. Meade’s many laurels. =THE NIGHT OF RECKONING.= By FRANK BARRETT ‘The Night of Reckoning’ is a story of Doris, a young girl who, being left alone in the world, becomes the sport of relatives, who to rob her of her heritage do not shrink from the committal of the blackest crimes. But Doris has good as well as bad fairies to watch over her. All who like a rousing novel full of sensation and presented with an air of authenticity will greatly enjoy Mr. Frank Barrett’s new book. It places him at the head of the few writers of good dramatic fiction. =ROSAMOND GRANT.= By MRS. LOVETT CAMERON ‘Rosamond Grant’ Is the story of a woman’s life—of her illusions, emotions, hopes, regrets and mistakes. It is a theme admirably suited to Mrs. Lovett Cameron’s method. Her characters are human to a degree, and the charm lies in their refreshing originality and their bright and entertaining vivacity. The story will make many new friends for this delightful and sympathetic writer. =THE SECRET PASSAGE.= By FERGUS HUME Since Mr. Fergus Hume became famous as the writer of the ‘Mystery of a Hansom Cab,’ he has steadily progressed in public favour, and is now regarded as a veritable master of strategy in fiction. The reader who takes up one of his books may depend upon finding an enthralling story and a plot of baffling ingenuity. In his new work Mr. Fergus Hume’s unusual gifts are displayed in their maturity. ‘The Secret Passage’ is, perhaps, the author’s best book. =CONFESSIONS OF A YOUNG LADY.= By RICHARD MARSH, Author of ‘The Beetle,’ etc.