10 My. Edward Arnold's List of New Books 



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THE DESERT VENTURE. 



By FRANK SAVILE. 



This is a good stirring story, reminding one of the late H. Seton 

 Merriman in its power of introducing a series of exciting adventures 

 which, but for the author's skill, might seem almost too extraordinary 

 for the twentieth century. As we read these pages, however, we 

 feel that there is no reason whatever why an enterprising European 

 should not even to-day attempt to carve out for himself a new little 

 empire in the heart of Africa, why he should not have to confront all 

 sorts of intrigues culminating in most sanguinary fighting both with 

 natives and European rivals ; while the chain of circumstances 

 which takes out Eva, the heroine, to follow the fortunes of ' Uncle 

 Dick ' and her cousin Arthur in the hinterland of Morocco seems 

 the inevitable result of an ingeniously-contrived situation. An in- 

 teresting and exciting book, which arrests attention and retains it. 



THE ELECTION OF ISABEL. 



By RONALD MACDONALD, 



Author of 'A Human Trinity,' 'The Sea-Maiu,' Etc. 



It was inevitable that the claims of the * Suffragettes ' should afford 

 material for a novel, but few authors could have attacked the subject 

 in a lighter or happier vein than Mr. Macdonald. Lady Isabel Fen- 

 church, the daughter of the Duke of Hounsditch, is depicted as a 

 perfectly charming woman with an infatuation for the ' Feminist 

 Movement.' She marries Charles Lawless on the understanding 

 that it is merely a matter of convenience, that he will supply her 

 with funds for ' the cause,' and give her absolute freedom. He 

 hopes in time to win her love, and accepts half a loaf as better than 

 no bread. Then follows a host of difficulties arising from the 

 situation, all treated most humorously, and culminating in an 

 election, in which Lady Isabel and her husband are rival candidates. 

 It would not be fair to reveal the. finale ; the book should be read 

 mainly for its amusing qualities, but here and there are glimpses of 

 a more serious appreciation of this burning question. 



