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Show ' 320 THE MORMON LION for San Francisco under the new name that I had selected and dressed as an American lady and gentleman. Only once, at San Francisco, I used my. own name, to draw out the funds that I had depos1ted. That was the last of David Ford. GARD&N CITY PRJ:SS l.IMITJD, I'RINTU.R:S, LBTCHWORTU. .....,,...,. ...... ' ' "' n ~ ~,..,., . SPR!NG, I9IS LONG'S BOOKS I All JOHN LONG'S Books are published in their ! Colonial Library as nearly as pos11ible aimultancouaiJ with the English Editions - --- - ------ - SIX SHILLING NOVELS Crown 8vo., Cloth Gilt. All in Three-Colour Wrappers A SLACK WIRE By MARION HILL, Author of 1' The Lure of Crooning Water," "Sunrise Valley," etc. "The Lure of Crooning Water," by Marion Hill, which ran into fourteen editions in the six shilling form, was followed by "Sunrise Valley," a novel which unquestionably established the author's claim to a place in the front rank of the ''nOvelists that count." In her latest novel Miss Marion Hill rises to a height far above her previous successes. The delightfully restrained humour and pathos of her great situations remind the reader of George Eliot. And yet it is only a reminder : the very strength of Miss Marion Hill's work lies in the occasional glimpses she gives of something more wonderful than George Eliot ever achieved. THREE PERSONS By a PEER, Author of cc The Hard \Vay," u The Oyster," u The Decoy Duck," etc. The novels of a Peer arc consistent in their general chamctcristics. The glamour of intellectual brilliance is united with a vivid and living humanity. In many ways a Peer's latest story eclipses in interest its predecessors. A passionate drama revolves round the figure of the man who dreamed of being a soldier in the army, but who became a soldier in ordinary life-a life of duty and self-sacrifice. It is a strong and impressive romance. JOHN LONG, Ltd., 12, 13, and 14, Norris St., Haymarkt::t, London |