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Basiness Notices. THI gPBCIAL With this issue is commenced an Original Story by WALTER BE S A NT, THE ORIGINATOR OF THE PEOPLE'S PALACE FOR EAST LONDON, AND THE MOST POPULAR BRITISH NOVELIST OF THE DAY. W E £ re ST-tifled in the extreme at being I,!'. . abl .° to announce to our Readers that by 2 Arra ngetnent with the Author, the j* e " *>tory upon which WALTER BESANT is Xii has been secured for Original t übUcauon in the Fiction Columns of the WEEKJLY PiEiESS. e .? ar Enterprise in thus obtaining at very considerable outlay the riglit to publish a New «ork by so distinguished and popular a >o\-elist will be fully uporcciated by our subscnticra, who, vre trust, will give the announcement rhe widest possible publicity ; and while extending the WEEKLY PRESS circulation nave the gratiflcatipn, as the Story progresses from week to week, of comparing holes with their mends upon the characters and incidents brought before them by onij of' the brightest intellects in the world of light literature. The title of the forthcoming Story is HERR PAULUS: HIS RISE, HIS GREATNESS, AND MIS FALL, BY Walter besant; Aα of "AU Sorts and Conditions of Men, &c, &c, AND THE OPENING INSTALMENT WILL APPEAR IN THE WEEKLY PRESS ON NOVEMBER 18TH. Personally WALTER BESANT is genial, /rank, kind-hearted, andvOXtreliiely-'wpalSr. His wide range ot-.subjects wakesvhinvan admirable conversationalist, and besides bcin_ a scholar, ho is a travelled Eoglisl»ni an - ?>road shouldered, he has a distinguished carriage and : manner. He was, sducated at KiJig,s CoUege. London, from whence he proceeded to Caoibrldgcfond graduated Master of At-ts with ntgtt i raatfiematical honours. Subsequently he pecppied a Professor's chair in «ho Royal College, Mauritius. His literary partnership -. James Rice produced in ten years more then a dozen novels and two p_vys,.thenanie3 of which have Become "familiar to our eara- as household words." Besant'sbest story, perhaps, is "All Sorts and Conditions of Men," which is popularly believed to have resulted in the, erection, of the People's Palace # for Eaet London, recently opened by her Majesty the Queen, the foundatiou-stone having been laid » year before by thePrince of , Wales. HERR PAULUS Maybe depended upon to afford a splendid literary trjjat. Few Novelists of modern times can compare -with Walter Jiesant in the ability tpAVrlte a really .good, wcli connelyed. boldly constructed, aid admirably worEeo out story. Hieliterary gifts are unique, and as. the res-alt of Iris -vigorous fancy, brilliant -style, and careful attention to detail in all that concerns his stories, we have a series of volumes which have built up for him a strong and endless popularity. ALTER t> ES A NT'S NEW STORYwiLL APPEAR IN THE WEEKLY PRESS, COMMENCING NOVEMBER 18th. THE PEOPLE'S PALACE. fSoldom. indeed, has it fallen to the -lot of a novolisfc 16 see tho ideas sketched with a vivid imagination inthis romances becomo realised in fact ; . Yet this is the happy fate of Mr Walter Besant- There can doubt that the People's Palace is largely due to the influence of tbut thoiißhtfnl and delightful book "All Sorts ami Conditions of Men. —"Nonconformist and Independent. "'Tho- psa ia niiahtier than the sword;' aye, fortheßwordaestroys, .. • ■ , And spreads red rum through the land and cruehes hopes and joys; But what thi* well»directed pen can do the world's been taught, „ , ; •■. ■ Since first the-Peoplo's Palace rose, based on an author's thought. —" London Figaro.", THE WORLD WENT VERY WELL THEN. •' A very powerful and fascinating romance.' —"The Literary World." ..'..,. "AU tho world reads Mr Besant's books."— "Manchester Examiner.' "One of the pleasantest of recent novels."— •' Court and Society Ke view." ■•» Has niuoH of the movement and vigor which one has learned to expect from the author." "Academy." " His books strike ns as models of what novels o_srhtto be. The story is powerful, pathetic, and original."-"Saturday iCcview.". " A racy and exciting tel 6, as well as another proof of ita writer's rare vewatility. The work deserves to be read."-" Morning Post." "Mr Besant's romances hare five readers today to any other novelist's one. Great tender- .■ nass and sweetness in his heroines is Mr Besant's special forte.*—"New Tiork Times." \V ALTER jE> E SAN T'S SPLENDID NEW STORY, ENTITLED HERR PAULUS: HtS RISE, H3S GREATNESS, AND HIS FALL, COMMENCES ORIGINAL PUBLICATION IX THK WfcEili* PRE^S ON NOVEMBER ISth. THE PUiBLIC IS INVITED TO SUBSCRIBE TOTHK BEST PAPER IN NEW ZEILAND Bu-KripUo-* may begin *6 any time. SJXPENCB PER COPY, OR, £1 psb AKNUM.