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Stanley Paul's New Six Shilling Novels continued.
The Marble Aphrodite.
ANTHONY KIRBY GILL
An imaginative story of a young sculptor who, inspired by Venus, produces an
Aphrodite of amazing loveliness and nobility. Carroll, the chief character, is an
idealist, a devotee of art, and a worshipper of beauty, and the main theme of the novel
is centred in and about his creation of this statue. Other characters include a
painter who encourages his young friend's idealism, a wealthy aristocrat of a cynical
bent of mind, a beautiful and accomplished actress, a poet, and a society lady married
to a man of evil reputation. The conflicting interests of these people, the effects of
their actions, tragic and otherwise, the scenes in the studios and the society, theatrical,
and Bohemian scenes, including the glimpse given of the night side of London
life, form a realistic background or setting for the principal motive, which, though
closely in terwoven with it, is of a purely imaginative and idealistic character. Psychological
analysis enters largely into the author's treatment, and the story reflects
here and there certain mental movements of the day.
The Poodle-Woman. ANNESLEY KENEALY
Author of "Thus Saith Mrs. Grundy."
Miss Annesley Kenealy's new novel deals with the feminine side of the great unrest
of our time, and she sets herself to answer the questions " What do Women Want ? "
and " What is the cause of their great unrest ? "
It is a charming love story, dealing
mainly with two women, a man, and a mannikin. It presents femininism from an
entirely fresh standpoint, but polemics are entirely absent. In a series of living
moving pictures it shows how the games of life and matrimony are played under
rules which put all the best cards of the pack into men's hands. The heroine is an
emotional Irish girl, with the reckless romance of the Celt and the chivalry of a
woman, who keeps sweet through very bitter experiences. Possessing no world
craft she is slave to her heart, and gives and forgives unto seventy times seven. The
book is epigrammatic and full of humour.
The Romance of Bayard. LT.-COL. ANDREW C. P.
HAGGARD, D.S.O. Author of "The France of Joan of Arc,"
" Two Worlds," etc.
"The Romance of Bayard" is one of perennial interest, as a "life," as a
"
thing of beauty," is a joy for ever. The story of the chevalier, who was " without
fear and without reproach " cannot too often be told. The story opens on the
"
Field of the Cloth of Gold," and its personelle includes Henry of England, Francis
of France, the French Queen-mother, the Princess Marguerita, who loved Bayard
with intense devotion, and Anne Boleyn, a young French maid of honour. It ends
with Bayard's death during the fatal expedition into Italy in 1524. The romance
place* Marguerita and Anne Boleyn at his side at the last. Col. Haggard's historical
romances are all well known and highly popular at the libraries and with the general
public, and this one is not likely to fall short of high appreciation.
A Durbar Bride. CHARLOTTE CAMERON
Author of " A Passion in Morocco," " A Woman's Winter in
South America," etc.
This is a wonderfully interesting novel, conducting one through labyrinths of
exciting scenes and chapters with not a dull moment in the entire production. It is
written in Charlotte Cameron's most brilliant style. In the first chapters the author
depicts the misery of a young bride whose husband became hopelessly insane during
their honeymoon. The pathetic story graphically narrated of Muriel's '
unsatisfactory
life, neither maid, 1, wife, nor widow, and the injus'tic* of the law which binds a woman
until death to a mad man is admirably portrayed. Mrs. Cameron is the only writer
who has as yet given us from an eye-witness point of view aromance on the Imperial
Durbar at Delhi ; where, as the representative of several papers, she had the oppor-
tunity of attending the entire ceremonials. The life at the Government Camps, the
sweet love story of the hero and heroine, the simple marriage ceremony in Skinner's
historic church at Delhi will prove a keen enjoyment to the readers. Their Majesties
the Queen, and Queen Alexandra have graciously accepted copies of this novel.
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