Hutchinson's New Novels. 7/6 Net
The Brightener By C. N. AND A. M. WILLIAMSON
Authors of "The Lightning Conductor," etc.
Elizabeth, the Princess de Miramare, beautiful, high-born, and of a bewitching personality, a member of the most brilliant society, outwardly prosperous, lived the secretly hard life of those who have to make very short ends meet.
Two courses were open to her—one to resort to a distant and odious cousin; the other to use her charm and position to help others (for a consideration) in their social and heart struggles. She decides upon the latter. Her cases are all exciting, some dangerous, and the most unexpected and disconcerting element in each is the intervention of the distant cousin.
Elisabeth's own romance is the fitting climax of the story.
The Judge By REBECCA WEST
Author of "The Return of the Soldier."
Miss West is one of our clever modern novelists who aim at reality in art. With her vivid, dramatic style and her passion for truth she writes of life from an unusual angle, and her work has a curiously distinctive quality of its own which makes an instant appeal to all who appreciate sincerity in human relationships. Her latest novel is a brilliant piece of work—emotional, yet taking an original line which breaks down many of the old traditions, and ringing with the voice of the new generation.
Sunny-San By ONOTO WATANNA
Author of "A Japanese Nightingale" (200th Thousand).
This attractive and original story is full of the deepest human interest. It seems an altogether new experience when we first meet Sunny, but yet we find that this fascinating, flower-like little creature has everything in common with what we have most admired in human nature. The daughter of an American and a Japanese dancer of good caste, Sunny is rescued from her unhappy life by four young men who are touring Japan with their professor. They place her under the care of a kind missionary and his wife, and pay for her education. Never forgetful of her benefactors, Sunny eventually finds her father. He and his childless wife are enchanted with Sunny, and show her every indulgence. During Leap Year Sunny proposes to Jerry Hammond, one of the four young men, and her happiness is complete.
Men, Women, and Beasts By H. DE VERE STACPOOLE
Author of "The Blue Lagoon."
This is a collection of stories of Equatorial Africa, nearly all of the same colour and drawn from the wild places of the world—stories of men, women, and beasts either met with or imagined from life. Each story is a living thing, because it has its origin in life and Imagination for a mother.
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