VI. 



The Review of Reviews, 



March 20, 1906. 



READING 



FOR 



THE HOME. 



A GOOD NOVEL IS A NECESSITY FOR HARD WORKERS. 



You can't be Working Day and Night. 



You need some Relaxation. 



Nothing gives Relaxation like a Good Novel. 



1. CHARLES O'MALLEY; Charles I/ever'a stirriti!! iMiiimice, tell- 

 ing of the adventures of au Irish oflicer in tlie Napo- 

 leonic Wars. 



1 CONINGSBY ; one of the most famous worlis of tlie states- 

 man novelist, Lord Beaconsfield. 



3. BEf^l nUR; perhaps the most realistic story of tlie time 



of Christ. A stirring t-ale of fighting and love by 

 General Lew Wallace. 



4. THE SCARLET LETTER; Nathaniel nawthornes master- 



piece. Tells of the stern, early Puritan doings in 

 America. 



5. ALDERSYDE ; a charming story of the Scottish border, 

 written most graphically by Annie S. Swan. 



6. NEOIMI: THE BRIGAND'S DAUGHTER; the title explains it 

 aelf. The novel is one of the most popular of tiiat 

 popular writer, S. Baring-Gould. 



'■ UNCLE TOM'S CABIN. An epoch making book, bv Mrs. H. 

 Beecher-Stowe. A tale of the slave days in America. 



8. THE FIFTH FORfM OF ST. DOMINICS; one of the best stories 

 of school days in England. Bright, having plenty of 

 incident. By T. Barnes Reed. 



9. THE SCHONBERG - COTTA FAMILY ; the best of the many 

 charming works of Mrs. E. Bundle Charles. 



10. SHE. A thrilling romance of marvel and mystery, the 

 plot of which is laid in South Africa. Bj' H. Rider 

 Haggard. 



U. HANDY ANOY. A tale of Irish life. By Samuel Lover. 



12. JANE EYRE. The most widely-circulated and most power- 

 ful of of Charlotte Bronte's novels. 



1 THE E\RTHLY PARADISE; by William Morris. Stories from 

 this creat masterpiece of one of the greatest of present- 

 day poets, told in prose with copious extracts in verse, 

 by special permission of the author. 



2 THE INOOLOSBY LEGENDS, by Thomas Ingoldsby {Rev. E. 11 

 Barliam). who easily holds first place as master of 

 Lnglish humorous rhyme. 



S.CHILE HAROLDS PILGRIM vGE. The book contains the second 

 portion of Lord Byron's greatest masterpiece. It is 

 more iiopular than the first, as it deals with the poet's 

 waiuiering in better known lands. 



4. POEMS OF LIBERTY, PROGRESS & LABOUR, by John Greenleaf- 

 Wiiittier. the Quaker poet of America. Be has been 

 called the Poet Laureate of the Suffrage 



6 WHIT lER'S POEMS, contains his autobiographical poemsand 

 selections from the verses he wrote against slavery. 



6 THE LADY OF THE LAKE, by Sir Walter Scott, is probably the 

 best known romantic poem of the English language. 



7. LEGENDS AND BALLADS A selection of the best known 



legends and ballads in the English tongue. 



8. ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON That portion of Spencer b 

 Faerie Queene which tells of the adventures of the Bed 

 Cross Kniuht. 



9. THE CANTERBURY TALES, in which Geoffrey Chaucer tells of 



a pilgrimage from London to Canterbury five cen- 

 turies aso. 



10. THE PLEASURES OF HOPE, and other poems, by Thomas 

 Campbell. The Scottish poet is chiefly known by his 

 battle poems. The Battle of the Baltic, Hohenlindei^ 



11. THE POEMS OF JOHN h.EATS. This 'Poet of Beauty" lived 

 but 25 j-ears, and yet he was one of the greatest poeis 

 of the 19th century. All his best masterpiece* are in- 

 cluded in the volume. 



12 IRISH MELO .'lES and other poems, by the greatest of Irish 

 poets. Thomas Moore. 



TWELVE NOVELS for Is. 4d. as. 5d m stamps). 



TWELVE POETS for Is. 4d. as. 5d. m stamps) 



ALL EXCELLENT READING. 



S«nd only Is, 4d. (is. sd. if stamps^ and the twelve novels or the twelve poets will be sent you by return. 

 For 2s. 6d. the whole library of twenty-four volumes will be sent, post free. 



THE MANAGER, "The Review of Reviews," Equitable Building, Melbourne. 



