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Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12198, 17 January 1903, Page 4

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Che Ghost Camp ; or The Avengers.By Rolf Boldrewood ; author Of Robbery Under Urms, The Miner's Right, etc. MacMillan *& Co., Limited, London. One has given up expecting this author to give another story equal to those with -which he made his fame, so that it is not altogether with a feeling of disappointment that The Ghost Camp is laid dovrn. There is in . it none of the originality and dramatic genius displayed in "Robbery under Arms, but it is nevertheless aya v pleasantly told story illustrating phases of colonial life with which the author -has been' familiar, but, which, the modern now^ckunxmay look -for almost in vain. '. yalgn^ine .- BJount; ;-?"» scion of. a , noble; English iarnily,- v being crossed in.. loye^.^emigraies to ' Australia in search, of .adventure , and .one of his first. . .experiences is to fall in with a notorious cattle duffer named Little River " Jack, who saves his life>; and subsequently introduces him tpiaparty of so-called miners, who are in. reality cattle duffers. The loss .of his horse serves to introduce Blounfc to the family of a\wealthy squat iteryt [where he" meets his fate.' His assoeia-;; tion with" the cattle duffers becomes known to his' -host' and' leads to an awkward situation, which is, however, sxibsequently explained , satisfactorily.An interest in a Tasnaanian mine; brings great wealth to Blount, and to further his good fortune, the death' of kinsmen brings to him the title ;of Lord Fontenaye, and he marries and lives happily ever after. * Incidentally there are some ,-excellent descriptions of squatting and mining, life, and .- . a "special feature is made of the social Jife of a Hobart season. - Altogether the story is an interesting one. .* ' .The Highway of Fate. By. Rosa Nouchette Carey ; author of Nellie's Memories, Herb of Grace, '&c, fee. , Macmillan & Co.; Ltd.; London;, „= Good enough of its kind, ' there , -is nothing out of the common in , The 1 Highway of Fate. . It is a simple jsjtory of i a, young girl, opposition r to' ■ > the washes of her brother, 'takes a. place ,as -'companion to -a 'wealthy woman, whose' style' may .be ' guessed from the fact that her friends call her v Miss Jem. Her, father made his nioney out of .soap and she is not ashamed of the fact. Under a somewhat • unprepossessing exterior she hides a warm heart, and- takes , a great fancy to her companion. .. The story is but the chronicle of the country life .of Miss Jem* and her neighbours, involving, the usual love making and so forth. It * is, ' however, a J wholesome and -well told story and no 'doubt will prove as acceptable to admirers of the Jiuthoi; as any of her former novels. s ,, The .Windsor Magazine Christinas i Number.— Ward Lock & Co., Lim : ited, -London. . • ' '-. •" .Mr T. Avery forwards us the (JBrisimas number of this increasingly popular monthly. The contributors include" Sir Henry . Irving, who writer upon the Study of Shakespeare ,ih Small Communities ; Rudyard Kipling, who has a storj r ; entitled Steam Tactics, dealing . with motor cars ; Rider Haggard, whose story is entitled iost on the Veldt ; lan Ma'daren.; |S. R. .'Crockett ; the Rt. Hon. v Janiejs Bryce, M.P., who contributes an * iriIteresting article on the Powers of, the j Crown in England ; Max , Adcler ; Ernest El Williams, whb writes upoV ! Waste of Public Money ; and several other popular writers. The,.illustrac tions are of. even greater than "usual excellence and altogether ; the, number ■is oner of the best of the, series. , j i The Ironmonger, Diar-y for 1903. .Published . by, the proprietors ' of The ■ - .-• Ironmonger,, 'London^ : -. " " "-, This is ; a. publicationx which every one connected—with the trade should possess, fforr r it ,* atfOUnds .with informa'tibn of every-day' utilitY; besides being a compendium of notices' of manufacturers of almost eyerjtfihing required' to ,s,toqK a nrst-pla"ss up-to-date ironmonger's 'shop 'and f ; hardware warehouse. The annual Subscription !to ,Thp Jronmonger, ., (including a. , copy 'of the Diary, is 'only 10s 'post' free the ' World overhand no one in the trade should be without it." " ' ; r

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