short stories. Mr. Roberts is scarcely less fine in his eerie tales, as
in the wonderful tale of "Billy be-damned."

THE MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES. A. Conan Doyle.

The publishers are happy to be able to add to their Nelson Library the
first collection of those stories which have made the name of Sherlock
Holmes a household word throughout the world.

THE PALADIN. H. A. Vachell.

Mr. Vachell's gift of sympathetic understanding has rarely appeared to
better advantage than in this story. It is a fascinating study of
quixotry and idealism.

THE OSBORNES. E. F. Benson.

In this book Mr. Benson has provided a careful and sympathetic study of
a middle-class family who rise to affluence. It is full of brilliant
humour and wide human sympathy.

THE RETURN OF THE EMIGRANT. Lydia M. Mackay.

This is a story of modern Highland life, full of carefully studied
types, and lit with all the glamour of the Western Highlands. It is the
most important recent contribution to Scottish fiction.

PRINCESS PRISCILLA'S FORTNIGHT.

By the Author of "Elizabeth and her German Garden." This tale, famous
both as a book and as a play, tells how a young and beautiful German
princess, growing weary of Court restrictions, flies from her home, and
with her maid seeks refuge in an English village. Her royal generosity
soon leads her into financial straits, and she is rescued and restored
to her family by her lover. The humour and piquancy of the situations
are not less great than the charm of the heroine.

LADY GOOD-FOR-NOTHING. "Q" (Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch).

Sir Oliver Vyell, the British Collector of Customs at Boston, rescues a
poor girl from the stocks, educates her, and makes her mistress of his
household. The scene moves to Lisbon, and there is a wonderful picture
of the earthquake.

HETTY WESLEY. "Q."

This love story of one of the members of the Wesley family is perhaps
"Q's" most brilliant novel, as distinct from those romances with which
his name is chiefly associated.

HURRISH. Hon. Emily Lawless.

This is a tale of peasant life in Ireland which has few rivals in Irish
literature. It is done with the dignity and restraint of a Greek
tragedy.

JEMMY ABERCRAW. Bernard Capes.

In this brilliant romance the chief figure is a highwayman who conducts
his profession in a spirit of light-hearted chivalry. The last of the
Jacobite plots in England is introduced into the narrative.

RULES OF THE GAME. Stew