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 John Long's New & Forthcoming Books SIX SHILLING NOVELS Continued DR. MANTON By MORICE GERARD Mr. Morice Gerard has advanced with rapid strides to the position of one of the most popular writers of the day. " Dr. Manton " is a splendid instance of his power in weaving a dramatic story, made up of the great elements of love, mystery and conflict between opposing 1 forces, with a wonderful denouement, which no reader can read without being moved. Mr. Morice Gerard believes in a happy ending; hero and heroine find their happiness and peace achieved after stress and struggle. The story is up to date in every respect. A WOMAN PERFECTED By RICHARD MARSH A new story by Mr. Richard Marsh is an event which is eagerly anticipated ; and "A Woman Perfected" will not disappoint the expectations, however high, of any of Mr. Marsh's innumerable admirers. The starting-point of the story is the sudden death of a man of mysterious habits and ostentatious wealth, whose only daughter, Nora, is apparently left unprovided for. The young girl has been led to believe that she would be a great heiress, but the secret of her father's past and the source of his income cannot be discovered. A series of events follow, which excite a curiosity that amounts to anxiety. The author marshals his plot and characters with conscious mastery; and he has written what may, with very truth, be described as a brilliant book. CYNTHIA IN THE WILDERNESS By HUBERT WALES. Author of " Mr. and Mrs. Villiers," " The Yoke " This book almost reverses the question raised by the author's earlier work, " Mr. and Mrs. Villiers." It is a study of a wife who, through the incapacity of her husband to understand or respond to the deeper woman in her, finds herself shut out upon the wilderness of joyless things. Mr. Hubert Wales has made his mark as an author, and his first two books, "Mr. and Mrs. Villiers "and "The Yoke," have been out-standing successes. HER FATHER'S SOUL By LUCAS CLEEVE An incident which occurs in India between a Native Prince and an English Peeress is the source whence the subsequent events spring. The power of the story lies in its imagination and its phantasy. Lucas Cleeve has the great gift of expression, and in "Her Father's Soul," she enables the reader to realize something of the weird, mysterious beauty and fascination of the land of the Oriental. JOHN LONG, 12, 13 & 14 Norris Street, Haymarket, London