THE MATING OF LYDIA.

Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume XXIV, Issue 3056, 24 February 1913, Page 3

THE MATING OF LYDIA.

A NOTABLE NOVEL

It will be news to many oi our readers

to learn that Mrs Humphry Ward, the noted authoress, is an Australian by birth. She was born in Hnbart, Tasmania, in 1851, and was the eldest daughter of Thomas Arnold, son of the famous Doctor Arnold of Rugby. Mrs Humphry Ward's newest novel is entitled "The Mating of Lydia," and has begun to run serially in the February issue of " Everlady's Journal " now before us. It is. fitting that this notable story by an Australian authoress should appear exclusively in so popular an Australian woman's magazine as " Every lady's Journal." . In beautiful Cumberland—that land of ballade and romance —Mrs Ward has created Lydia Penfold, the glorious heroine of "The Mating of Lydia." Liv ng in the mountains —among the beauties of Nature —she grows into young womanhood possessed of the loveliness that has surrounded her. Then Faversham enters—a fine, manly man—and a charming love story develops. Our readers will certainly love Lydia, and admire Faversham; The February issue of " Every lady's Journal' 1 is rich in many other features besides Mrs Ward's new serial. These cover scores of fashion designs, five free patterns, short stories, many illustrated articles, and some splendid domestic and practical series, such as '■ Why I Married a Wealthy Husband," " Fancywork for Summer Days," " Common Sense About the Baby," "New Ways in Beauty,'' etc.