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"All who think of going to the far West of America or British Columbia, would do well to read this book carefully before booking their passage."--_To-Day._ "These powerful sketches of life in the Western States of America are written from first-hand knowledge, and are memorable pictures of a period which has largely passed away."--_Echo._ "This story of his wanderings and hardships in Western America reads like a novel--even like a novel by Mr. Roberts himself. As a picture of earlier days in British Columbia, it should soon be invaluable."--_St. James's Gazette._ Moons and Winds of Araby. By ROMA WHITE. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt. 5s. Amusing sketches of official life in Egypt. Pranks in Provence. By PERCY WADHAM, A.R.E. With coloured Cover-design by Cecil Aldin. Profusely Illustrated. Square 8vo, gilt top. 5s. An amusing skit on modern books of travel. Si Mihi By "Egomet." Crown 8vo. 3s. net. A volume of thoughtful, personal essays, by a new writer of very considerable promise. Going Through the Mill. By Mrs. GERALD PAGET. Crown 8vo, gilt top. 5s. net. "It is impossible to deny the force of much which she avers. She throbs with indignation, and her book raises many thoughts, unusual to mankind (in the narrow sense), but none the less salutary. Possibly all will be remedied if women get the vote; certainly the case could not more effectively be put. The beauty of the language and the intense conviction which lies behind the polemic cannot be gainsaid. In many respects Mrs. Paget contrives to say fresh things on old subjects, and certain very awkward subjects are most delicately handled."--_Liverpool Post._ Auction Bridge. By VANE PENNELL. 2s. 6d. net. A treatise on the new variation of bridge as now generally played. "To any lover of bridge the new game will prove most fascinating, and intending players cannot do better than study Mr. Vane Pennell's book."--_Western Mail._ POETRY. Nineveh and other Poems. By GEORGE SYLVESTER VIERECK. Crown 8vo, cloth, gilt. 5s. net. Mr. Viereck is a poet who will have to be reckoned with seriously. The son of a German father and an American mother, he has "listened to the music of two worlds." This volume is his introduction to English readers. FICTION. An Engagement of Convenience. By LOUIS ZANGWILL. 6s. "He is one of th
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