BEGINNING JJEXT WEEK, Delightful !Love Stars? BY MISS DOEA KUSSELL. THE OFENING CHAPTERS WILL APPEAR IN OUR COLUMNS On Thursday, 14ili Marcii, We have great pleaeuro in invif ng cuclßeadorrf attention to our New Story, which is sure to interest all classes. OUR NEW STORY Is DRAMATIC, PATHETIC, EOMASTIO. and SENSATIONAL. IT IS ENTITLED THE DRSFT^OF FATE. The Authoii is MISS DOEA EUSSELL, Whcso best-known works are " The Broken Seal," Footprints in the Snow.? " Beneath tho Wave," " On Golden Hinges," " The Vicar's Governess," "Quite True," "A Country Swee' heart," " Hidden in My Heart," "His Will end Hen," &o. MISS DORA RUSSELL, Author op the New Serial, THE DRIFT OF FATE. MISS DOEA RUSSELL is a moat interesting personage. Sac is a charming and j vivacious t&lker, and when her work for the dny is over lovei to be busy in her garden or entertnining frien<"s. Although she inherited no literary tastes from ti her parent, Dora Russell fiom childhood amutcd hercelf by composing short talea that were never written. Her eldr r sister tells the story tLat the little Dora v ed to mi up ard down a long gravtl path in the garden at tte old boms repeating aloud themos^romaLt'c histoiksand pieces of pottry, always in good mclre and rhjm°, woven out of her childish imagination, and she could keep a rt om full of children ent-rtaiued by tho adventures of her heroes and heroines. Born of good family and csuntct'ocs in the No'lh. Dora Itus3c-ll was reared in comfortable aud bappy circumstances. There were large grourds in which to roam, pouiea to ride, and every amusement and enjojment that iudul* gf nt parents could provide. She was carefully educated by goed governesses, and for a year or f o was sent to school. Like many other so* calcd naughty littlo gir's, stc entirely de-< clii ed to avail I erf elf of these advantages. Agret-'tbly with the orthodox cus'om of the day, all originality of thought and of character must bs supyns'cd, and tint which every olher girl was taught fhe tco mu3t acquire. Accordingly, tasks such as lnueie, drawing, and languages, to all of which fhe had no particular leaning, weie prcs=ed upen Ler, but composition ami over much reading were c"c&ied. Now it jast hapi cried that theso were the studies to which her mind had a natural bent. Reading w<)s a passion ; she devoured eagerly every book wi'lvn rercb, co matUr what it was— • poetry, frc.ion, history, or some mußty, old tome ot aj.cicnfc goog.aphy. It wa* all the same, bub when sent to tho piano and suppos«d to bo takiug her regulation hour at practising, gome civ was always sure to catch her with a bcok j ccnytsilcl in her lap, when the usual punish- ! incut fills wed. II is pospihle that the roucg girl derived far more l-eiiefit from tbis desultory reading than ir fhe had contiMi'd tbe Ufual routine of learning. After a time, seeing th»t the studi? s that she principally disliked would probsbly be productive ol no vcy brilliant result?, th<=y were gradually discarded, and hot reading was no longer reftriciel, huh only judiciously guided by carefully selected books. The scenes of her birthplacp, with its rockbound coasfc and the stormy wavewash of. ifa Northern S' a, havo givm a certnin local colour* j irq to many of tha author's works. Indeed, dv irq one territlo storm she was an eyewitness of the total wreck of an ill-fated veßßel as it sliugxled to enter tbe Tyne, »nd from the shore sic s\w fee heavy Bta3 oveilapand engulf the ship whilst every^scul on b?ard periebed. This Icrr.ble incident she depicted with strong sensational interest in her sfcory, " Beneath the Wave." "THE DRIFT OF FATE" is a story which will strongly appeal fco all bccUols of tha community. Ila domestic interest is very great. A young girl, Nell Drummond, is urged to ace -pt an unwelcome suitor because of certain financial troubles which are threatening, bub which it is hoped may be averted. Unharpy marriages figure ve<-y largely in all Dora Russell's stories. This alone would noi; raidoc thim popular. Their chkf interest to the public lies in tho happy manner in which Miss Rufsell evolves her plot, and terminates her novel ia usually a most surprising manner. Miss Russell kaows how to invent a good lova story, and to keep the final development a cloco secret until tho last chapter is reached. "TUB DRIFT OF FATE" will ba found to Ye written ia Mis 3 RuhcU's happiest mao» ner. THE LATEST STORY BY WLi&s Bora Hu&sel^ WILL COMMENCE PUBLICATION IN OUR COLUMNS On «hiafi'§day Next* *4t2a Max»cßit