The illustrations for “Laetus” are going on very well.  I hope to send Richard a copy for perusal on the homeward voyage.

I daren’t write about Gordon.  Certainly not the least strange part of his wondrous career is this mystery which persists in clouding his close.  I feel as if he would be like Enoch or Moses—­that we shall never be permitted to know more than that—­having walked with GOD—­he “was not—­for GOD took him,” and that his sepulchre no man shall know.

Your loving,
J.H.E.

The present Series of Mrs. Ewing’s Works is the only authorized, complete, and uniform Edition published.

It will consist of 18 volumes, Small Crown 8vo, at 2s. 6d. per vol., issued, as far as possible, in chronological order, and these will appear at the rate of two volumes every two months, so that the Series will be completed within 18 months.  The device of the cover was specially designed by a Friend of Mrs. Ewing.

The following is a list of the books included in the Series—­

1.  MELCHIOR’S DREAM, AND OTHER TALES,

2.  MRS. OVERTHEWAY’S REMEMBRANCES.

3.  OLD-FASHIONED FAIRY TALES.

4.  A FLAT IRON FOR A FARTHING.

5.  THE BROWNIES, AND OTHER TALES.

6.  SIX TO SIXTEEN.

7.  LOB LIE-BY-THE-FIRE, AND OTHER TALES.

8.  JAN OF THE WINDMILL.

9.  VERSES FOR CHILDREN, AND SONGS.

10.  THE PEACE EGG—­A CHRISTMAS MUMMING PLAY—­HINTS FOR PRIVATE THEATRICALS, &c.

11.  A GREAT EMERGENCY, AND OTHER TALES.

12.  BROTHERS OF PITY, AND OTHER TALES OF BEASTS AND MEN.

13.  WE AND THE WORLD, Part I.

14.  WE AND THE WORLD, Part II.

15.  JACKANAPES—­DADDY DARWIN’S DOVE-COTE—­THE STORY OF A SHORT LIFE.

16.  MARY’S MEADOW, AND OTHER TALES OF FIELDS AND FLOWERS.

17.  MISCELLANEA, including The Mystery of the Bloody Hand—­Wonder Stones—­Tales of the Khoja, and other translations.

18.  JULIANA HORATIA EWING AND HER BOOKS, with a selection from Mrs. Ewing’s Letters.

S.P.C.K., NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, LONDON, W.C.