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 CROQUET

By the Rt. Hon. Lord Tollemache.

Demy Svo, cloth gilt, with 100 photographs and a large coloured plan of the court, 10/6 net.

This work, intended both for the novice and for the skilled player, explains in clear language the various methods, styles and shots found after careful thought and practical experiences to have the best results. It is thoroughly up-to-date, and includes, besides good advice on the subject of *' breaks," a treatise on the Either Ball Game, explaining how to play it.

THE JOLLY DUCHESS: Harriot, Duchess of St. Albans. Fifty Years' Record of Stage and Society (1787-1837)

By Charles E. Pearcb, Author of " Polly Peachum," etc.

Demy Svo, cloth gilt, fully illustrated, 16/- net.

Mr. Charles E. Pearce tells in a lively, anecdotal style the story of Harriot Mellon, who played merry, hoydenish parts before the foot- lights a hundred years ago, until her fortunes were suddenly changed by her amazing marriage to Thomas Coutts, the banker prince, who died a few years later, leaving her a gigantic fortune. She then married the Duke of St. Albans.

SIR HERBERT TREE AND THE MODERN THEATRE : A Discursive Biography

By Sidney Dark, Author of "The Man Who Would not be King," etc.

Demy Svo^ eloth gilt, fully illustrated, 10/6 net.

Mr. Sidney Dark, the well-known literary and dramatic critic, has written a fascinating character-study of Sir Herbert Tree both as actor and as man, and he has used the striking personality of his subject as a text for a comprehensive survey and criticism of the modern English stage and its present tendencies. Mr. Dark's opinions have always been distinctive and indi^'^dual, and his new book is outspoken, witty, and brilliantly expressed.

THE MASTER PROBLEM

By James Marchant, F.R.S. Ed., Author of *' Dr. Paton," and editor of " Prevention," etc. With an Introduction by the Rev. F. B. Meyer, D.D.

Crown Svo, cloth gilt, 5/- net.

This book deals with the social evil, its causes and its remedies. Necessarily, the writer is compelled to present many aspects of the case, and to describe persons and scenes which he has encountered, as Director of the National Council of Public Morals, in America, India, Europe, the Colonies, etc. ; the overruling object of the book, however, is the more diflicult and more useful task of discovering the root causes of this vice and of suggesting lasting remedies.