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THE JOURNAL OF MRS. FENTON 
$n Fndfa and the Colonies, 1826-1830. 
One volume, octavo. 
Seventy-five years ago the writer of this journal married Captain 
Campbell, and accompanied him to India. Within a year Captain 
Campbell died, and his widow, after an interval, the greater part of 
which was spent in Calcutta, became the wife of Captain Fenton. 
Shortly afterwards Captain Fenton decided to quit the army and settle 
in Tasmania, and with this object they left India and sailed to the 
Mauritius. Here Mrs. Fenton spent several months, and a daughter 
was born to her. She then followed her husband to Tasmania, where 
they settled permanently. Such in dry outline is the story of this 
journal. It chronicles no great events, but the writer has the true 
Boswellian turn for vivid presentation of everyday scenes and incidents, 
for artless portraiture, and naive self-revelation. She has a keen eye for 
scenery, but is more interested in persons than things. In her wander- 
ings she is thrown in contact with many, and expresses a decided 
opinion on the merits and demerits of most of them. Altogether it isa 
lively glimpse into ordinary life under many skies in the time of our 
great-grandparents. The gossip of 1827 is history in 1900. 
FRANCIS: 
The Little Poor Man of Assisi. 
A SHORT STORY OF THE FOUNDER OF THE BROTHERS MINOR. 
By JAMES ADDERLEY, 
AUTHOR OF ‘STEPHEN RemMaRx,’ ‘Pau MERcER,' ETC. 
Elegantly bound, with a photogravure Frontispiece, crown 8v0., 35. 6a. 
The author’s object in compiling this sketch of Francis of Assisi is to 
provide a small life of the saint for those who for any reason are unable 
to indulge in the purchase of the larger biographies. It is largely based 
upon the ‘Life of S. Francis’ by M. Paul Sabatier, who has kindly 
written an Introduction to Father Adderley’s volume. The scope of the 
book may be judged from the following outline of contents:—I. The 
Religious Life. II. The Times of Francis. III. Early Days and Con- 
version. IV. The Beginnings of Ministry. V. Progress. VI. Portiun- 
cula. VII. The General Chapters. VIII. Opposition to the Mind of 
Francis. IX. The Clarisses and the ‘Third Order.’ X. The Stigmata. 
XI. The Last Years. Appendices on the Friars in England and the 
Rule of St. Francis. The frontispiece is a photogravure reproduction 
of a beautiful allegorical picture of S. Francis by Sister Katharine Ruth. 
