NEW SERIES OF ORIGINAL ONE-VOLUME NOVELS, TWO SHILLINGS EACH. THE "Blue-bell" Series has been undertaken by the Authors and Publishers with a view to issue original illustrated Tales of a high class, carefully printed on good paper, and neatly bound, at a price within the reach of all classes. Under the system now in vogue, Novels are first published in three volumes, at half-a-guinea a volume, nearly a prohibitive price to ordinary readers, who resort to the Circulating Library for the loan of works they are unwilling to purchase. The best stories are those most sought after, and the readers, who have to wait their turn, often do not obtain the Novel they desire until its interest is lost or obscured by that of some romance of newer publication. In America, France, and Germany, original works of fiction are issued in "Brochure" form at low prices, and are thus made accessible to thousands of intelligent readers, who, under the "Library" system which prevails in this country, would either not see such works at all, or would have to wait until a cheap re-issue brought them within their reach. The Publishers of the "Blue-bell" Series are confident that they are supplying a public want in furnishing original light reading of a healthy character and good tone at a very low price, and they hope that the "Blue-bell" stories may supplant much of the objectionable fiction which is now so extensively circulated and read. The list of Authors for the "Blue-bell " Series includes the names of M CHARLOTTE M. YONGE SARAH TYTLER MRS. RIDDELL LESLIE KEITH M. C. HELMORE C. W. BARDSLEY C. C. FRASER-TYTLER C. R. COLERIDGE M. BRAMSTON E. C. TRAICE E. M. HARRIS GERALDINE BUTT MRS. LYSAGHT ROSA MULHOLLAND E. GLAISTER LONDON & BELFAST. OF ORIGINAL ON E-VOLUME NOVELS. Ellustrated by the best Artists. PRICE TWO SHILLINGS; OR IN CLOTH, HALF-A-CROWN EACH. In the new "Blue-bell" binding. BLUE BELL. By M. BRAMSTON, Author of "Country Maidens," "Em," &c. Illustrated by MARCUS STONE, A.R.A. " SUMMER SNOW. BY SARAH Tytler, Author of “ Lady_Bell, A LITTLE WESTERN FLOWER. By M. C. HELMORE, Illustrated by PERCY BROWNIE. By C. W. BARDSLEY, Author of "John Lexley's Troubles," &c. Illustrated by E. BLAIR LEIGHTON. A SIMPLE MAIDEN. By LESLIE KEITH, Author of "What an Old Myth may Teach," &c. Illustrated by W. J. HENNESSY. CLARE. By Lizzie Alldridge, Author of "By Love and Law," Illustrated by FRANK DADD. &c. THE DISTURBING ELEMENT; or, CHRONICLES OF THE BLUE-BELL SOCIETY. By CHARLOTTE M. YONGE, Author of "The Heir of Redclyffe," &c. Illustrated by PERCY MACQUOID. A SPRIG OF HEATHER. By GERALDINE BUTT, Author of "" 'Christmas Roses," "Esther," &c. Illustrated by FRANK DADD. FRIENDS ONLY. By EMILY MARION HARRIS, Author of Estelle," Mercer's Gardens," "Four Messengers," &c. Illustrated by H. W. PETHERICK. COUSIN SIDNEY. By E. C. TRAICE, Author of "A Forlorn Hope," "Gerard Marston's Wife," "All in a Garden Green," &c. Illustrated by T. M. LINDSAY. OVER THE BORDER. By Mrs. LYSAGHT, Author of " Breakers Ahead," &c. Illustrated by CATHERINE A. SPARKES. May 1, 1879. MAKING OR MARRING. By C. C. FRASER-TYTLER, Author of "Jonathan," &c. Illustrated by FRANK Dadd. DEARLY BOUGHT. By Mrs. RIDDELL, Author of "George Geith of Fen Court." Illustrated by PERCY MACQUOID. A CONSTANT WOMAN. By E. GLAISTER, Author of "The Markhams of Ollerton." Illustrated by F. DAdd. MARCUS WARD & CO., LONDON & BELFAST. |