Mr. Edward Arnold's List of New Books n 



LONDON SIDE-LIGHTS. 



By CLARENCE ROOK. 



With Frontispiece by S. de la Bere. Crown Svo. 6s. 



The author of these entertaining sketches has taken his place as 

 an ordinary Londoner who is a journalist as well. He has walked 

 and ridden about London with pennies in his pocket, eyes in his 

 head, and a brain behind the eyes. He has found secrets of London 

 hotels, he has pierced the problem of London traffic, he has been to 

 queer boxing contests, and he has been present at the birth of the 

 popular song. He has sat in the gallery of the House of Commons, 

 and in the newspaper office that cuts and carves its speeches. And 

 he knows the story of the famous block in Piccadilly. He has found, 

 too, the problem of the London woman who is alone. The problem 

 also of those London children whom the Salvation Army rescues. 

 And at the end comes the ' Bath of Silence,' which gives the City 

 peace. 



THE DOWAGER OF JERUSALEM. 



B IRomance in tfour Bets, 

 By REGINALD FARRER, 



AUTHOR OF ' IN OLD CEYLON,' ' MY ROCK GARDEN,' ETC. 



Crown Svo. 33. 6d. net. 



CHRONICLES OF SERVICE LIFE IN 



MALTA. 



By Mrs. ARTHUR STUART. 

 Illustrated by Paul Hardy. Crown Svo. 6s. 



Fiction is always the more interesting the more closely it is drawn 

 from life, and these sketches of naval and military society in Malta, 

 depicted in the form of stories, come from the pen of a lady who 

 is intimately acquainted with the life of which she writes. The 

 names of some of the stories, such as * The Temptation of the 

 Engineer,' ' The Red Parasol/ * The Prince, the Lady, and the 

 Naval Captain,' will perhaps be as good an indication as can be 

 given of the character of the book. It will doubtless appeal especially 

 to those familiar with society at naval and military stations, while the 

 fact of its having a specific milieu should in no way detract from 

 its general interest. ' Plain Tales from the Hills ' did not appeal 

 only to the Anglo-Indian. 



