'They may, perhaps, reform the House of Lords, but it is fervently to be hoped that no one will ever try to reform Lord Gorell from his habit of writing engaging thrillers. It is, in fact, definitely a joyous thriller.'-Liverpool Post.

'A full-blooded yarn, with thrills and excitements in every one of its chapters. A riotous, rollicking business, which holds you throughout.'-Sunday Times.

'A delightful story.'-Times Lit. Sup. 'A capital thriller.'-Truth. 'Lord Gorell commands respect and admiration for the vigour and animation of his style. He has dealt with an arresting plot in a masterly manner. A capital story.'-Dundee Courier.

'Lord Gorell has succeeded yet again.'-Evening News.

'Fresh fields and pastures new'

ANY good stories of native life and incident go to make up Mr. Justice Alexander's book of reminiscences, From the Middle Temple to the South Seas. It portrays in a novel and interesting way life among the natives of the South Seas; for the author was Justice of the High Court of Tanganyika and formerly Chief Police Magistrate in Fiji. There is much that will appeal especially to the traveller, as well as to the general reader.

A Gift Book to be envied

MR. JUSTICE ALEXANDER

VERYBODY has heard of, if they have not read, Beau Geste, by EVP P. C. Wren. There is no need to say anything about the story or to reiterate its enormous success. But many will be glad to know that an illustrated edition has been prepared and will be available in good time for Christmas. The illustrationsfour full-page coloured ones, twenty-five black and white, and decorative endpapers-have been specially drawn by Miss Helen McKie, while a portrait of the author has been included as a frontispiece. A nice, dignified type has been chosen for the text, and the binding has been tastefully selected. In every detail connected with the production of the volume infinite pains and care have been taken. The result is an illustrated edition worthy of a wonderful book. It is to be published in two sizes and at two prices-one at 75. 6d. net, the other, an édition de luxe, printed on large paper, limited to 1000 copies for England and America, numbered and signed by the author, at one guinea net. Thrills-and then more thrills!

SINCLAIR MURRAY already has three novels to his credit;

Mhis fourth, Whispering Lodge, breaks entirely new ground, for

it is undisguisedly a thriller,' with villainous villains, some very jolly characters, and many hair-breadth escapes on account of a charming heroine. With the woods and fields of Kent for a background and an ancestral English seat, what more could be wanting as a charming setting for a capital tale?

A Yorkshire Novel

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HE WINDS OF MARCH is a September novel by Mr. Halliwell Sutcliffe and one which will be familiar to readers of the CORNHILL, as it has been their serial for some months past. It is an absorbing and very human story, and its scene is set in the Yorkshire moors.

A Delightful Heroine

ERELY to announce Barberry Bush as a new Kathleen Norris novel will be sufficient for the author's readers, whose name is legion. Barberry is another altogether fresh and delightful heroine who is wooed and won before her strength of character is put to the test. An unhappy marriage calls forth all her powers of perseverance and devotion, but, fortunately for her, a temperamental and wayward husband provides the solution to her difficulties, and the story ends on a triumphant note.

Of human beings and lesser animals

HE romance of India will never lose its appeal for Western readers while writers like Mr. Shelland Bradley can reveal it so attractively. In The Sacred Crocodile, and other Stories he shows various phases of Indian life, with its merriment and pathos, tragedy and comedy, excitement and sound information.

Next Month

HE CORNHILL MAGAZINE for October will contain, among

Tother articles, further instalments of The Lively Peggy,' by Stanley J. Weyman; and of Austin Dobson: Some Letters from his Friends, by Alban Dobson; Modern Egypt: Every Man's Land, by Major Ian Hay Beith, C.B.E., M.C.; Deerstalkers: Professional and Amateur, by Wilfred Hartley; A Literary Acrostic, and the first of four military studies from the forthcoming book by Capt. B. H. Liddell Hart; Reputations: Ten Years After, 'I. Haig of Bemersyde:

The Essence of Britain.'

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