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JOY COMETH IN THE MORNING: A COUNTRY TALE. By ALGERNON GISSING. 2
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"Mr. Gissing writes with subdued humour, knows how to touch a situation with restrained pathos, and keeps his pastoral romance strictly within the limits of his knowledge and sympathy; the result is a most agreeable story of English country life."--_Saturday Review._

SIX-SHILLING NOVELS EACH IN ONE VOLUME CROWN 8vo.

THE DUCHESS.

By the Author of 'Molly Bawn,' 'Phyllis,' 'Airy Fairy Lilian,'
'Lady Branksmere,' Etc.

NINETTE: An Idyll of Provence.

By the Author of 'Vèra,' 'Blue Roses,' 'The Maritime Alps and their
Seaboard,' Etc.

THE LASSES OF LEVERHOUSE.

By JESSIE FOTHERGILL, Author of 'Kith and Kin,' 'The First Violin,'
'Probation,' Etc.

THE GOLDEN HOPE.

By W. CLARK RUSSELL, Author of 'A Sea Queen,' 'The Wreck of the
Grosvenor,' Etc.

ON THE SCENT.

By LADY MARGARET MAJENDIE, Author of 'Dita,' 'Once More,'
'Sisters-in-Law,' Etc.

HIS LITTLE MOTHER.

By the Author of 'John Halifax, Gentleman,' 'A Life for a Life,'
'Christian's Mistake,' Etc.

MY LORD AND MY LADY.

By Mrs. FORRESTER, Author of 'Omnia Vanitas,' 'Viva,' 'Mignon,'
'Dolores,' 'Rhona,' Etc.

SOPHY: or the Adventures of a Savage.

By VIOLET FANE, Author of 'Denzil Place,' 'Anthony Barrington,' Etc.

A HOUSE PARTY.

By OUIDA, Author of 'Under Two Flags,' 'Puck,' 'Othmar,' Etc.

OMNIA VANITAS: A Tale of Society.

By Mrs. FORRESTER, Author of 'My Lord and My Lady,' 'Viva,'
'Mignon,' Etc.

THE BETRAYAL OF REUBEN HOLT.

By BARBARA LAKE.

PLAIN SPEAKING.

By the Author of 'John Halifax, Gentleman,' 'His Little Mother,' 'A
Life for a Life,' Etc.

THE BRANDRETHS.

By the Right Hon. A. J. B. BERESFORD-HOPE, Author of 'Strictly Tied
Up,' Etc.

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Transcriber's Notes

Obvious punctuation errors repaired.

Inconsistent hyphenation fixed.

Table of contents entry for Chapter VII changed to page 131.

P. 38: made no reponse -> made no response.

P. 262: melhee -> melee.

Ad for SHIKAR SKETCHES: Horse and Hourd -> Horse and Hound.