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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9022, 7 April 1888, Page 4

I A BRILLIANT AND SENSATIONAL NEWSPAPER JfOVEL, . , BY THO ' ' ' PRINCE OF LIVING NOVELISTS. ' We have unbounded satisfaction in making kt own to our Subscribers—and through them to the Public generally fact that we ha secured for original publication in the columns of th<> NEW ZEALAND HERALD a New and Splendid Story by thaft master of the art of story-telling— COLLlNS—universally admired as the Author of " The Woman in White' and other fictional works scarcely less popular. • The Titlo of his New and Enthralling Romance is ! T HB Jj EGACY OP OAIN, and we anticipate its popularity will surpass any of the famous works by this author, which are thoroughly familiar to English-spea king people the wide world over. From a perusal erf the early portion of "The Legacy of Cain," wo can assure our readers that the Story is of a most absorbing character. The opening chapter introduces us to a scene in a condemned cell, where a wretched woman about to pay the law's greatest penalty, after harrowing the feelings of her spiritual adviser by her callous and indifferent conduct, promises to hearken to his appeals on condition that he grants her one re questa request referring to her hapless babe, then sleeping peacefully on the prison pallet.' Anxious beyond measure to save the guilty woman's soul and lead her to repentance, the Minister hesitates for a moment, and a powerful . scene is brought to a climax by the murderess throwing herself at his feet, beseeching him to remember how quickly time is passing and how small arts her hopes of salvation. Wo refer our readers with confidence to the Story itself) T HE L EGACY OF C ain By WILKIE COLLINS, Author of " The Woman ir» White," Daughter," " The Moonstone/' " Heart and Science," " The Evil Genius," &c., &c. Will Shortly Commence "Publication in t&p New Zealand Herald.