Hutchinson's New Novels. 7/6 Net
The Lark By E. NESBIT
Author of "A Holiday Honeymoon," etc.
This author needs no introduction to her readers. "The lark" has all the charm and freshness which have made Miss Nesbit's former novels so justly popular, and yet the story is entirely new and original Two girls, Jane and Lucille, are led by Jane's guardian to entertain high hopes. The fortune, however, which Jane was to have inherited, has been lost by unlucky speculations, and the two girls have to set about earning their own livings. They experience many adventures and ups and downs of fortune before they meet with the two men who ensure their happiness and prosperity. A delightful story, well worth reading.
Peter's People By CURTIS YORKE
Author of "The Unknown Road."
Curtis Torke's new novel tells how a young man (Peter Wistray) brings his wife to live in the same house as his mother and sisters, who are dependent on him. The arrangement leads to various complications, as Peter's family resent his being married at all, and his wife, Pamela, resents their attitude towards her. Things go from bad to worse, and tragic happenings are narrowly averted. But gradually Lady Wistray and her daughters are won over by Pamela's charm, and all ends well. Though the plot is comparatively simple, the interest is absorbing, and the characterisation and dialogue are of a high order.
Chrysalis By MRS. ALFRED SIDGWICK
Author of "The Purple Jar."
This is the story of a man who, after a flirtation with an older woman, marries a very young girl, and at first treats her in a high-handed way. She submits partly because she is young and inexperienced and partly because she is very much in love. Gradually, as she develops, a change comes over her relations with her husband, and he discovers in his wife a force of character and brain that earns his respect. The setting is one of English country life.
Green Leaf By LADY MILES
Author of "The Red Flame," etc.
A study of two characters. Cukoo—beautiful and self-sufficing, who lives by the light of cold philosophy and will not allow herself to be in any way entangled by human affairs of either love or hatred—and Brunetta, her cousin, plain, warm-hearted, and most intensely a woman, with all a woman's hopes and fears and passions.
The plot is developed with the same great skill as was shown by Lady Miles in her very successful novel, "The Red Flame," now in its third edition.
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