JOHN LANE'S LIST OF FICTION 



BY CROSBY HEATH. 



HENRIETTA TAKING NOTES. Crown 8vo. 6/- 



** Henrietta, is the eleven year old daughter of a dramatic critic, who, with 

 -fcer delightful younger brother, Cyrus, are worthy ol a place beside " Helen'i 

 Babies" or "Elizabeth's Children." They cause the "Olympians" many anxious 

 and anguished moments, yet their pranks are forgiven because of the endearing 

 chajm of their generous natures. Miss Heath writes of children with the skill that 

 comes of a thorough understanding of the child mind. 



BY MURIEL HINE. 



HALF IN EARNEST. Crown 8vo. 6/- 



*,* Derrick Kilmarney, the secretary of a famous politician, is a young man 

 with the disposition to take the best that life offers him, and shirk the respon- 

 sibilities. He fall* in love with a girl, but shudders at the idea of the bondage of 

 marriage. His love is emancipated, unfettered. He is ambitious, politically, 

 allows himself to become entangled with his chief's wife, and is too indolent to 

 break with her even in justice to the girl he loves. Eventually there comes a 

 time when all the threads have to be gathered together, when love has to be 

 weighed with ambition, and in Kilmarney 's case the denouement is unexpected 

 and startling. 



EARTH. Second Edition. Crown 8vo. 6/- 



*,* Muriel Hine's previous novel " Half ia Earnest " achieved a considerabl* 

 success, " Earth " seems likely to achieve a greater. The story deals with th* 

 awakening of a pure young girl to the realities of life and what they mean. With 

 a proper understanding of human nature comas sympathy: t know all is to pardon 

 all. " Earth " is a society novel with a society atmosphere that is convincing. 



BY ADELAIDE HOLT. 



THE VALLEY OF REGRET. Crown 8vo. 6/- 



%* Betty Feveiell's childhood is full f pathos. For the best reason in th 

 worta she is unable to capture the sympathy of her supposed father, and runs 

 away to make an imprudent mart '"age with a very charming but rather weak young 

 man who is addicted to "drink." Fastidious to a degree, this failing does not 

 seem to spoil the gentleness and refinement of his disposition, until, enraged by an 

 insult to his v.ife, he kills a man in a fit f alcoholic frenzy. With her husband 

 sentenced to penal servitude for seven years, the problem of Betty's life is full of 

 difficulty. After five years a second man, John Earle, wins her love, knowing 

 little or nothing of the obstacles in the way of its fulfilment. Finally, news 

 arrive^ that the convict will return in a few weeks, and the story ends suddenly 

 and unexpectedly. This is a delightful novel. It has incident and freshness; and 

 the directness of the style gives the book a remarkably artistic impression of life. 



BY MRS. JOHN LANE. 



KITWYK. Crown 8vo. 6/- 



A Story with numerous illustrations by HOWARD PYLE 

 ALBERT STERNER and GEORGE WHARTON EDWARDS. 



s " Mrs. Lane has succeeded t admiration, and chiefly by reason of 

 being so much interested in her theme that she makes no conscious effort to 

 please. - . . Everyone who seeks to be diverted will read ' Kitwyk ' for its 

 obvious qualities of entertainment." 



