NEW AND RECENT BOOKS.
CHRONICLES OF SERVICE LIFE
IN MALTA.
By Mrs. ARTHUR STUART.
Illustrated. Crown 8vo. 6s.
Fiction is always the more interesting the more closely it is drawn from life, and these sketches of naval and military society in Malta, depicted in the form of stories, come from the pen of a lady who is intimately acquainted with the life of which she writes. The names of some of the stories, such as 'The Temptation of the Engineer,' 'The Red Parasol,' 'The Prince, the Lady, and the Naval Captain,' will indicate the character of the book. It will doubtless appeal especially to those familiar with society at naval and military stations, while the fact of its having a specific milieu should in no way detract from its general interest. 'Plain Tales from the Hills' did not appeal only to the Anglo-Indian.
LONDON SIDE-LIGHTS.
By CLARENCE ROOK.
With Frontispiece. Crown 8vo. 6s.
The author of these entertaining sketches has taken his place as an ordinary Londoner who is a journalist as well. He has walked and ridden about London with pennies in his pocket, eyes in his head, and a brain behind the eyes. He has found secrets of London hotels, he has pierced the problem of London traffic, he has been to queer boxing contests, and he has been present at the birth of popular song. He has sat in the gallery of the House of Commons, and in the newspaper office that cuts and carves its speeches. And he knows the story of the famous block in Piccadilly.
LONDON: EDWARD ARNOLD, 41 & 43, MADDOX ST., BOND ST., W.
