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 John Long's New & Forthcoming Books SIX SHILLING NOVELS Continued THE PASSING OF NIGHT By J. FOVARGUE BRADLEY " The Passing of Night " is a political novel written with a purpose. The author is a Congregational Minister who does not write at random, but whose views will be found worthy of attention, if they do not find acceptance. The story, from its argumentative side, treats of the attitude of the Church Association towards the Ritual excesses in the Church of England, and of Disestablishment in the interests of religious and social life ; but the author challenges the advocates of Disendowment to show the equity of their case. "The Passing of Night " is polemical and controversial, but it is also a romance of consummate interest ; there is wit, imagination, insight, sense of character, and high literary quality in it. It is a first work, but it is certain to be regarded as one of the most remarkable novels of the year. A BRIAR ROSE By SARAH TYTLER It is a characteristic of most fiction that the last chapters close to the sound of wedding bells. In "A Briar Rose" the order has been reversed, and the marriages take place at the commencement of the story. Miss Sarah Tytler has chosen the everyday lives of two young couples as her foundation, and around their joys and sorrows she has written a domestic story of quiet and penetrating charm. In this book, as in all her works, Miss Sarah Tytler's delicate literary gifts are distinctively apparent. LITTLE JOSEPHINE By L. T. MEADE. With Coloured Frontispiece by E. J. SHERIE There is scarcely a household in which the novels of Mrs. L. T. Meade are not known and appreciated ; her work is infinite in its variety, and never dull. The thesis of her new story, " Little Josephine," is the marriage of a good and charming young girl with a man of blemished character. Incidentally, the follies and vices of the worst side of society are exposed and castigated in the manner of Father Vaughan. Mrs. L. T. Meade has never written with greater effect than in this poignant story. JOHN LONG, 12, 13 & 14 Norris Street, Haymarket, London