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Labour, only to find his idealism shaken by contact with the indi- 

 vidual representatives of the class he champions, and by the brute 

 force of the mass. But the ideal of service, the purity of his con- 

 ception, the instinct to fight for an idea, survive, and the book 

 ends on a note of high hopefulness. 



Mr. Davis's subject is a fascinating one — ^the gradual development 

 of a young man's character, his aspirations, his temptations — and 

 he has handled it with masterly skill. 



A QUEST FOR A FORTUNE. 



" By PHILIPPA TYLER. 



Crown Sw. 7s. 6d. net. 



The scene of this interesting story is laid in Italy, land of romance 

 and intrigue, which has so often attracted English novehsts and pro- 

 vided them with exciting and entertaining plots. It was the happy 

 hunting ground of Marion Crawford and of Richard Bagot, to mention 

 only two favourite authors, and after reading Miss Tyler's work 

 one wonders whether there is not some special deity who smiles 

 upon the choice of that wonderful land as a field for fiction. Miss 

 Tyler's novel has the atmosphere of Italy breathing through every 

 page. We have the old aristocracy typified in the Prince di Consa 

 and his beautiful daughters : like their magnificent palaces, glorious 

 without, but faded and decaying within, the family presents to the 

 world an appearance of stateliness and pride of race which hide 

 ruined fortunes and an abandoned morale. The Prince himself 

 carries off the situation boldly to the end, but the inevitable crash 

 develops and wellnigh overwhelms his son Sigismondo, round whose 

 efforts to restore the family fortunes the plot thickens. A good 

 marriage is evidently the obvious solution, but what shall a young 

 man do when love pulls one way and purse-strings another, not to 

 speak of a very able and intriguing Marchesa di Pina who knows 

 exactly what she wants and holds strong cards played with entire 

 unscrupulousness. The Marchesa is a most original and effectively 

 drawn character, and both Anita and Raffaella are such charming 

 girls that it is hard to say which is the real heroine. We have pur- 

 posely avoided unravelling the plot, which is extremely ingenious and 

 well constructed and holds the reader's attention to the end. 



THE MIND OF MARK. 



By H. HERMAN CHILTON. 

 Crovm 8vo. 7s. 6d. net. 

 This is Mr. Chilton's first novel, and it is made noteworthy by 

 his clever study of the character of his hero, Mark Rawson. The 



