The Popular New Novels of the Season. In Three Volumes. THE FATE. An Historical Tale of Stirring Times. By G. P. R. JAMES, Esq., Author of "Darnley," "The Gipsy," "The Woodman," &c. "The Fate" is sufficient to immortalize Mr. James's memory amongst the distinguished literati of this or any other country."-Dawlish Advertiser. [Now ready. In Three Volumes. THE GENTLEMAN IN DEBT. By W. J. O'NIELL DAUNT, Esq., Author of "Saints and Sinners," &c. "We have never read an Irish novel that has entertained us more than 'The Gentleman in Debt.' Mr. Charles Lever has found a successful rival in Mr. O'Niell Daunt." In Three Volumes. THE CUP AND THE LIP. By the Author of "The Forest and the Fortress," &c. "The Cup and the Lip' is full of original and startling incidents.”— Sunday Times. "Such a novel as this (The Cup and the Lip') deserves to be universally praised; for it cannot be read without being universally approved of."— Morning Herald. "Miss Jewry paints with a pencil full of colour, bringing before us most vividly the scenes and persons she desires to introduce to us. Her command of language is great, and she writes with ease and elegance."-Critic. In Three Volumes. THE YOUNG DOCTOR. By the Author of "Lady Granard's Nieces," Bouverie," &c. "Sir Arthur "The Great Koh-i-noor diamond of fiction for 1851, is decidedly the brilliant novel 'The Young Doctor,' by the author of 'Sir Arthur Bouverie.' Like the Great Exhibition it should be seen and studied by all grades of society."-Yorkshire Times. "Full of absorbing interest."-Dispatch. "The story is well told."-Weekly Chronicle. The Popular New Novels-continued. In Three Volumes. CATHERINE ERLOF. A Novel. BY MRS. STEWARD, Author of "The Prediction," "Mrs. Steward's descriptions glow with splendour."-Sunday Times. "An impassioned, thoughtful, elegantly written story."-Daily News. "It has both freshness and interest."-Spectator. In Three Volumes. VALETTA. By the Author of "Denton Hall." "The wit of the author of Valetta' is the wit of a moralist. We expect to find Valetta' as much read, and more liked than Vanity Fair.'-Morning Herald. In Three Volumes. FERNLEY MANOR. BY MRS. MACKENZIE DANIELS, Author of "My Sister "It is a rare combination of talent and taste."-Britannia. "It is irresistibly attractive."-Naval and Military. "She has grace of thought and purity of feeling."-Daily News. A Second Edition, in Three Volumes. MASTERS AND WORKMEN. A Novel. BY LORD B.. "It is a very clever novel."-Spectator. "We have read it with intense pleasure."-Sunday Times. In Three Volumes. SMUGGLERS AND FORESTERS. A Novel. Smugglers and Foresters" is a novel of the highest class, combining the grace of Bulwer, the descriptive powers of James, and the pathos of the "Two Old Men's Tales." The little Olive is as admirably drawn and excites the sympathies of the reader as powerfully as the Paul Dombey of Charles Dickens."-Boston Atheneum. In the Press. THE LAST PEER. By the Author of "The Armourer's Daughter." A Cale. BY B. CLARKE, ESQ., AUTHOR OF THE BRITISH GAZETTEER," THE RAILWAYS OF ENGLAND AND WALES," ETC., ETC. CONVICTION. CHAPTER I. "Truth is the word, sir,-truth in deed TOWARDS noon of a day in the early part of August, 1645, after a series of manœuvres consequent on the late battles, a number of officers attached to the army of Charles I. might be seen grouped together a little in advance of his camp in Oxfordshire. They stood on one of the most elevated knolls that overlooked the placid |