This new novel by Anthony Partridge, whose absorbing romance, “The Kingdom of Earth,” met with instant favor, has London for its scene. But when you have read it you will admit that real London, as well as imaginary Bergeland, is a source of fascinating romance. The heroine of “Passers-By” is a street singer, Christine, who comes to London accompanied by Ambrose Drake, a hunchback, with a piano and a monkey. The fortunes of these two are strangely linked with those of an English statesman, the Marquis of Ellingham, who in his youth has led a wild and criminal career in Paris as the leader of a band of thieves and gamblers, the Black Foxes. Here is the material for a thrilling tale in which mystery breeds adventure and culminates in love. The first chapter plunges the reader into an interest-compelling maze of events, and the attention is held to the end by a series of dramatic situations and surprises. Mr. Partridge is now reckoned among the favorite novelists of the day. His first book was “The Distributors,” the story of a great London mystery. Then came “The Kingdom of Earth,” one of the popular novels of 1909. “Passers-By” is his third book. LITTLE, BROWN, & CO., PUBLISHERS 34 BEACON STREET, BOSTON _By the Author of “Aunt Jane of Kentucky”_ THE LAND OF LONG AGO _By_ ELIZA CALVERT HALL Illustrated by G. Patrick Nelson and Beulah Strong 12mo. Cloth. $1.50 The book is an inspiration.—_Boston Globe._ Without qualification one of the worthiest publications of the year.—_Pittsburg Post._ Aunt Jane has become a real personage in American literature.—_Hartford Courant._ A philosophy sweet and wholesome flows from the lips of “Aunt Jane.”—_Chicago Evening Post._ The sweetness and sincerity of Aunt Jane’s recollections have the same unfailing charm found in “Cranford.”—_Philadelphia Press._ To a greater degree than her previous work it touches the heart by its wholesome, quaint human appeal.—_Boston Transcript._ The stories are prose idyls; the illuminations of a lovely spirit shine upon them, and their literary quality is as rare as beautiful.—_Baltimore Sun._ MARGARET E. SANGSTER says: “It is not often that an author competes with herself, but Eliza Calvert Hall has done so successfully, for her second volume centred about Aunt Jane is more fascinating than her first.” LITTLE, BROWN, & CO., PUBLISHERS 34 BEACON STREET, BOSTON _Sidney McCall’s New American Novel_ RED HORSE HILL _By_ SIDNEY McCALL Author of “Truth Dexter,” “The Breath of the Gods,” etc. 12mo. Decorated Cloth. $1.50 A dramatic story, big and splendid in theme, and handled in masterly style.—_Albany Times-Union._ Fresh, vigorous, wholesome, well written.... Holding the absorbed interest from first page to last.—_Chicago Record Herald._ The best work Mrs. Fenollosa has given us. It will be one of the best read and most talked about books of the year. It is intensely human.—_Springfield Union._