WHAT NECESSITY KNOWS.

A Novel of Canadian Life and Character,
By MISS L. DOUGALL,

AUTHOR OF ‘‘ BEGGARS ALL.”’
Crown 8vo, Cloth, $1.00.

“* A very remarkable novel, and not a book that can be lightly classified or ranged with

other modern works of fiction. . . . It is a distinct creation . . . a structure of
noble and original design and of grand and dignified conception. . . . The book bristles
with epigrammatic sayings which one would like to remember. . . . It will appeal

strongly by force of its originality and depth of insight and for the eloquence and dignity of
style in the descriptive passages.”—MANCHESTER GUARDIAN, LONDON.

We think we are well within the mark in saying that this novel is one of the three or
four best novels of the year. The social atmosphere as well as the external conditions of
Canadian life are reproduced faithfully. The author is eminently thoughtful, yet the story
is not distinctively one of moral purpose. The play of character and the clash of purpose are
finely wrought out. . . . What gives the book its highest value is really the author's
deep knowledge of motive and character. The reader continually comes across keen obser-
vations and subtle expressions that not infrequently recall George Eliot. The novel is one
that is worth reading a second time.”—OuTLoox, NEw York.

‘Keen analysis, deep spiritual ‘insight, and a quick sense of beauty in nature and
human nature are combined to put before us a drama of human life . . . the book isnot
only interesting but stimulating, not only strong but suggestive, and we may say of the
writer, in Sidney Lanier’s werds, ‘She shows man what he may be in terms of what he is.’”

—LiTeRARY W>RLD, Boston.

NADA’ THE LILY;

By H. RIDER HAGGARD,

AUTHOR OF ‘‘SHE,’’ ‘© ALLAN QUATERMAIN,” ETC,

 

With 283 full-page Illustrations, by C. H. M. Kerr.
12mo, Cloth, Ornamental (Copyright), $1.00.

‘© A thrilling book full . . . of almost incredible instances of personal daring and of
wonderful revenge. . . . The many vigorous illustrations add much to the interest of a
book that may safely be denominated as Mr. Haggard’s most successful venture in the
writing of fiction.”—Boston BEAcon.

**The story of ‘Nada the Lily’ is full of action and adventure; the plot is cleverly
wrought and the fighting and adventure are described with spirite Once begun itis, indeed,
a story to be finished.”—N. Y. TRiBuNE.

“« The story is a magnificent effort of the imagination and quite the best of all that Mr.
Haggard has done. There is no example of manufactured miracle in this story, for the story
of the Ghost mountain, the Stone Witch, and the Wolves is nothing but the folk-lore of the
African tribes, and in no respect similar to the wonders which the author introduced into
the stories in which Allan Quatermain figures.”—SprINGFIELD REPUBLICAN,

“To my mind the realization of savage existence and the spirit of it have never been so
honestly and accurately set forth. The Indians of Chateaubriand, and_even of Cooper, are
conventional compared with these blood-thirsty, loyal, and fatalistic Zulus. . . . The

whole legend seems to me to be a curiously veracious reproduction of Zulu life and character.”
—Mr. AnprEw Lanc in the New Review.

‘Rider Haggard’s latest story . . . has a more permanent value than anything
this prolific author has previously given to the public. He has preserved in this latest
romance many of the curious tales, traditions, superstitions, the wonderful folk-lore of a
nation now extinct, a people rapidly melting away before an advancing tide of civilization.
The romance into which Mr. Haggard has woven valuable material is in his own inimitable
style, and will delight those who love the weirdly improbable.”—Boston ‘TRAVELLER,

 

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