hion, which makes it safe to
predict that the author will go far beyond her first effort as a
novelist. In "_The Unequal Yoke_" Mrs. Penrose has taken for her theme
the love story of a clergyman whose benefice is an Irish coast town,
and in whose flock prominence is attained by narrow zeal rather than
by amiability. He is really a good man, and is lucky enough, or the
reverse, to win the hand of a delightful young lady whose charms,
however, do not command the unanimous approval of the parishioners.
The possession of high musical attainments makes her temperament all
the more interesting, and accounts for the presence in so remote a
district of her German friend whose acute sense of the ridiculous
leads to such untoward results. It is hard to say whether the author's
talents are best evinced by her true pathos or by the delicate touches
of humour which pervade the book. Another commendable feature of the
novel is an alert skill in construction which stamps it as a
thoroughly artistic production.

~_Ready May 2_.~

~The Soul of London.~ FORD MADOX HUEFFER. Author of "The Life of
Madox Brown," "The Face of the Night," &c. Imperial 16mo, 5_s._ nett.

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~_Ready May 9_.~

~More Cricket Songs.~ NORMAN GALE. Imperial 16mo, 2_s._ nett.

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These "Sunday Morning Talks to Children" are full of charm and
suggestive thought.

"We can hardly praise too highly the beauty and exquisite simplicity
of these talks."--_Literary World_.

London: ALSTON RIVERS, 13, Arundel Street.

Mr. Reginald Turner has already achieved such distinction as an author
of superior fiction (witness the success of his "_Comedy of Progress_"
and "_Cynthia's Damages_,") that a cordial reception was assured for
his latest book "_Peace on Earth_." It is a pathetic story that he has
to tell; of the sorrows of the outcast amid poverty, and the rage
against law and government provoked thereby; of the less obvious, but
equally poignant, griefs which smoulder beneath the surface of
"comfortable circumstances." The plot is, in short, one that in the
hands of any other than a thorough man of the world, would fail
hopelessly, which makes Mr. Turner's complete and undoubted success
all the more meritorious.

"_The Countermine_" is the work of Mr. Arthur Wenlock,