Mr. Edward A mold's Spring A nnouncements. 5 



HIS ENGLISH WIFE 



(SEINE ENGLISCHE FRAU). 



By RUDOLPH STRATZ. 



6s. 



It is thought that this novel may possess special interest at the 

 present time as showing how our English character and way of 

 living appear when seen " Through German Eyes." The book is 

 carefully constructed to bring out the contrast, at as many points 

 as possible, between the decadence attributed by the author to 

 the English nation, and the patriotic idealism which he claims for 

 the Germans. His obvious sincerity and earnestness of purpose, 

 and the fact that his book had won a wide popularity among his 

 countrymen before the war broke out, are a sufficient guarantee 

 that we have here an unusually favourable opportunity of seeing 

 ourselves as others see us. 



BILLIE'S MOTHER. 



By MARY J. H. SKRINE, 



Author ok "A Stepson of thk Soil," "A Romance of the Simple," etc. 



Crown 8vo. 6s. 



Mrs. Skrine is noted for the fidelity of her studies of English 

 country life, and for the success with which she compasses that 

 particularly rare and difficult thing, the creation of a living peasant 

 in fiction. In her new novel she goes further afield and takes in 

 a wider horizon generally than in her previous books, thus offering 

 more satisfactory enjoyment to her readers. 



This story is a study of an English peasant woman, who in 

 difficult, unfamiliar, and conflicting circumstances, is still swayed 

 and guided by her inherited and racial instincts and codes. It 

 tells of her mistakes and her wisdom, of her fears, hopes, and 

 outlook, and of the conflict of the two great strands of love in such 

 a woman — for the man and for the child. Her disastrous hus- 

 band, his sins and sorrows ; her baby son Billie, his puzzlement 

 and point of view ; his refreshing sister Lickle ; a Scotch nurse ; 

 a family lawyer, John Rixby ; and last, but not least, the old 

 mother, Susan Rogers, and her contributions to the solution of 

 the main problem — all find their places in the plot and movement 

 of the narrative. 



Its scene is laid in AustraHa, then in the New Forest country, 

 with an episode not unimportant in an old Scotch country house. 

 We will not further reveal the story, which, it is hoped, will carry 

 on the reader with a natural motion through its difficult and 

 poignant developments. 



