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Castro's East Sacrament, and Other Stories By Jllbert Dorrington " The most brilliant short stories ever written in Australia." FROM every critic of literature in Australia, upon its publication in 1900, came warm praise of "Castro's Last Sacrament." The book was recognised at once as containing the most dramatic work in the field of the short story yet accomplished in this country. The author, Albert Dorrington, is a young Englishman who came to Australia at the age of sixteen, and gained his knowledge of the land and its people in travel which extended over the whole extent of Eastern Australia, from Cape York to Cape Howe and west-ward to the Diamantina. His book is full of vital observation, expressed with a graphic pen: the terse strength of some of the stories is astonishing. The volume contains twenty-two tales and sketches, gathered in many fields. In decorated cloth binding, 347 pp. Price, 4s. 6d. Jit Dawn and Dusk By Victor 3. Daley Q COLLECTION of this well-known writer's verses, in handsome cloth ' binding, with portrait. Price, 5s. Tair Girls and Gray fiorses, with Other Verses By Will B. Ogilvie U/ILLIAM HENRY OGILVIE was born near Kelso, Scotland, in the shadow of the Cheviot Hills, on 2tst August, J869. His family is a branch of the Ogilvies of Hartwoodmyres and Chesters, Jacobites and rebels, and land-owners from father to son since J600. He came to Australia in 1889, at the age of 20, returned to Scotland in J90J, and spent the intervening years in the Bush,—droving, horse-breaking, and roving from the Warrego to the South Head Light. The first edition of "Fair Girls and Gray Horses" was published in J898', a second and enlarged edition was issued in 1899, and this has been twice reprinted. The New Issue is a handsome volume in purple cloth, with gilt top J and contains an excellent portrait of the author, and three vignette illustrations. This is a charming volume for presentation. Price, 5s. iv.