e Forbes, R.A. 350 pp.
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THE RIVER OF LONDON

By HILAIRE BELLOC. Everybody who has read the "Path to Rome" will learn
with gladness that Mr Hilaire Belloc has written another book in the
same sunny temper, dealing with the oldest highway in Britain. It is a
subject that brings into play all those high faculties which make Mr
Belloc the most genuine man of letters now alive. The record of the
journey makes one of the most exhilarating books of our time, and the
series of Mr Muirhead's sixteen pictures painted for this book sets the
glittering river itself flowing swiftly past before the eye. 200 pp.
Buckram, 5/- net. Leather, 7/6 net.

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THE DICKENS ORIGINALS

By EDWIN PUGH. A very large proportion of Dickens' characters had their
living prototypes among his contemporaries and acquaintances. In this
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researches resulting in the discovery of several new and hitherto
unsuspected identities, and has given particulars of all of them. With
thirty portraits of "originals." Extra Cr. 8vo, 400 pp. 6/- net. A book
for every Dickens lover.

THE R. L. STEVENSON ORIGINALS

By E. BLANTYRE SIMPSON. The author has an unequalled knowledge of the
fortunate Edinburgh circle who knew their R.L.S. long before the rest of
the world; and she has been enabled to collect a volume of fresh
_Stevensoniana_, of unrecorded adventures and personal reminiscences,
which will prove inestimably precious to all lovers of the man and his
work. The illustrations are of peculiar importance as the publisher has
been privileged to reproduce a series of portraits and pictures of the
rarest interest to accompany the text. Four portraits in colour,
twenty-five in collotype and several letters in facsimile. Extra Cr.
8vo, 260 pp. Buckram, 6/- net.

THE SCOTT ORIGINALS

By W. S. CROCKETT. The actual drovers and dominies, ladies and lairds,
whom Sir Walter used as his models, figure here, living their own richly
characteristic and romantic lives with unabated picturesqueness. Mr
Crockett's identifications are all based on strict evidence, the result
is that we are given a kind of flowing sequel to the novels, containing
situations, dialogues, anecdotes, and adventures not included in the
books. The forty-four illustrations comprise many contemporary
portraits, including Baron Bradwardine, Pleydell, D