Miss Florence Warden’s new novel comprises a powerful study of the evils of gambling. The villain of the piece—a portrait drawn with great subtlety and skill—murders a dissipated youth to whom he acts as tutor, and attempts the life of his wife In order to gratify his passion for gambling. The story would be noteworthy if only for the presentation of ‘Mattie,’ who witnesses the crime, and yet is powerless to prevent the marriage of her friend with the murderer. The book is original and forceful, and the lover of fiction who omits its perusal will ‘only have himself to blame.’ =THE WAR OF THE SEXES.= By F. E. YOUNG, Author of ‘The Triumph of Jill,’ ‘A Dangerous Quest,’ etc. It is safe to predict for Miss Young’s new story a phenomenal success, for it contains those qualities of the unexpected which straightway stamp a book. The story portrays the condition or affairs some thousands of years hence, when the male species, with a solitary exception, has become extinct. The authoress keeps her imagination within bounds, and the chief note of the book is its great good-humour. A delightful vein of satire winds its way through its pages, and the general effect can only be the unrestrained amusement which is wrought by high-class comedy. =COUNT REMINY.= By JEAN MIDDLEMASS The name of Miss Jean Middlemass is a household word in the region of novel-readers. Her stories are conceived with great fertility of resource, and executed with the dexterity of the practised pen. Her new novel, ‘Count Reminy,’ is, perhaps, the brightest of her many works of fiction. It relates the story of a girl engaged to a man who cares only for her fortune; how she meets and falls in love with another man, and how her fiancé is mysteriously murdered. In the result, after sundry complications, all is well, and the book is bound to please the many readers of this popular favourite. =THE PROVINCIALS.= By LADY HELEN FORBES, Author of ‘His Eminence,’ ‘The Outcast Emperor,’ etc. Lady Helen Forbes gives us in her new book a story of society, though not of ‘smart’ society. ‘The Provincials’ are a wealthy county family whose wealth entitles them to be leaders of society, but they prefer the life of the country. The authoress is well at home among her characters, and her vivacity and sense of humour invest the plot with real interest. Some vivid pictures of hunting help the reader along. ‘The Provincials’ may be deemed a landmark in Lady Helen Forbes’ career as a novelist, and shows that her work will have to be reckoned with. =A BOND OF SYMPATHY.= By COLONEL ANDREW HAGGARD