‘The Cavern of Laments,’ derives its title from a weird cavern in Sark, and the main incidents of the story revolve round that picturesque island and its old-world people. The scenery it traverses, and the people whose lives and loves it depicts, have this merit—that they are fresh and unhackneyed. Indeed, the note or the book is its strength and originality. The crux of the story is the marriage of Cecile and Breakspeare, brought about by a dishonourable act, and its sequel. The writing is powerful throughout, and the publisher believes that every reader will be grateful for the opportunity of perusing a novel possessing unusual qualities. =LORD OF HIMSELF.= By MRS. AYLMER GOWING The moneyless heir to a peerage wins the Newdigate Prize at Oxford, and also, as he believes, a beautiful and dangerous woman who has saved his life. Betrayed by her, he fights his way, like a man, against all odds, a delightful young princess of ideal type being his good angel. A strong vein of humour carries the reader through an intricate plot, while vivid pictures of Oxford life lend colour to a stirring story. =MADEMOISELLE NELLIE.= By LUCAS CLEEVE There are few novelists whose works deserve more respectful consideration than those of Lucas Cleeve. She has written stories of a high order, but she has never surpassed in interest or in power her new book ‘Mademoiselle Nellie.’ It is a story of English and French life, and offers a careful study of the differing characteristics of the two peoples. The book abounds in felicitous phrases, in dramatic moments, and in deft touches of pathos. =IN SPITE OF THE CZAR.= By GUY BOOTHBY, Author of ‘Dr. Nikola,’ etc. With 8 Illustrations. 5s. In this fine tissue of romance and realism we have a wide range both in scenery and in incident. The invention of ‘Velvet Coat’ as a distinctive sobriquet is an original idea, and whether in an English country mansion, on the St. Petersburg pavements, or at Irkutsk, or in any other of the scenes so well painted, we are carried on from page to page with breathless expectation. All sorts and conditions of men, and of women, too, cross the stage of this fresh drama, and it is full of exactly what delights the jaded reader—after turning from third-rate romance—namely, the unexpected. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _TWO SHILLING NOVELS. Picture Boards, Crown 8vo._ =DEAD CERTAINTIES= NATHANIEL GUBBINS =ALL THE WINNERS= NATHANIEL GUBBINS _ONE SHILLING NOVELS. Pictorial Paper Covers_ =THE MYSTERY OF FOUR WAYS= FLORENCE WARDEN, Author of ‘The House on the Marsh’ _GENERAL LITERATURE_