Cambridge Tennyson. The Poetical Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Cambridge Edition. With a biographical sketch and notes by William J. Rolfe, an index to titles and first lines, a portrait, and an engraved title page with a vignette. 12mo. cloth. Price $1.50. By mail $1.65.

This single-volume edition of Tennyson's Poetical Works is prepared on the plan pursued in the Cambridge Edition of Longfellow, Whittier, Holmes, Lowell, Browning and Burns. Dr. Rolfe, widely known as a careful student of Tennyson, and an editor of several separate volumes of his poems, has prepared a biographical sketch of Tennyson and such notes as are needed. He has taken special pains to secure accuracy of text. Dr. Rolfe, in the notes, several introductions, and brief prefaces, has made a careful bibliographical study of the poetry, so that the reader may trace the history of Tennyson's work. The volume includes, in an appendix, the portion of "Poems by Two Brothers" assigned to Alfred Tennyson, also those poems from his volumes of 1830 and 1833 and other sources which have continued to be current in America, though dropped from collective editions in England. The volume has indexes of the titles and first lines of all the poems; an excellent portrait of the poet, and an engraved title-page with a vignette.

Century of Indian Epigrams (A). Chiefly from the Sanskrit of Bhartrihari. By Paul E. More, author of "The Great Refusal," 16mo. cloth. Price 75 cents.

By mail 81 cents.

Mr. More, who is known as one of the best Sanskrit scholars in America, here presents in lyric form translations, or paraphrases, of a hundred epigrams, meditations, and precepts ascribed to Bhartrihari, a Hindu king and sage who lived in the early part of the Christian era, and who, like Buddha, is said to have abandoned a palace to seek salvation in the wilderness. Of his verses here translated, some are devoted to woman's love and her not always salutary influence; some treat of the wisdom of the world; and some contain a sort of summary of Hindu religion and philosophy. Mr. More has made a skilful translation of them, to which he prefixes an interesting introduction. Charming Sally (The). Privateer Schooner of New York: A Tale of 1765. By James Otis, author of "Toby Tyler," "The Boys of 1745," etc. With Illustrations. 12mo. cloth. Price $1.08. By mail $1.23.

For his new story Mr. Otis goes back to the stirring Colonial years before the Revolution began, but when its causes were operating rapidly. The Stamp Act had just been passed by the British Parliament, and a British vessel was known to be coming to America with a supply of stamped paper. To intercept her and destroy this paper was the enterprise of the schooner, The Charming Sally, and three boys sailed on her. Their enterprise did not succeed, and after hiding for a time in Boston_harbor, The Charming Sally returned to New York. The principal action of the story is in that city and on the schooner. The boys are in perils oft," but Mr. Otis is not the man to leave them there or suffer them to come off second best. They win their way, and have a very good time in the historic circumstances and atmosphere of their adventures; and an army of boys will find great entertainment in this story, as they have found in Mr. Otis's previous stories. Several pictures make it yet more attractive.

Child's History of England (A). By Charles Dickens. Holiday Edition, with forty-eight full-page engravings, from photographs by Clifton Johnson. Handsomely bound in cloth. Price $1.90. By mail $2.05. Dickens never wrote anything better than this "Child's History of England, which he prepared for his own children. One of his critics pronounced it "as bright and attractive as a fairy tale.' It has appeared in many forms, more or less satisfactory, but never in a form nearly so satisfactory as this edition. The book is beautifully printed from large type, but the special feature is the number of exceedingly interesting pictures it contains.

Chilhowee Boys in Harness. By Sarah E. Morrison. 12mo. cloth. Price 90 cents. By mail $1.02.

This is the last volume in the Chilhowee Series. It shows the growing success of Parson Craig's noble-hearted sons, and follows the fortunes of the youngest, John, who also sets out to see the world and who has some trying experiences, but comes back to be his grandfather's right-hand man. Even Allan Baird, as he grows older, learns by bitter lessons the necessity of accuracy and promptness and grows less selfish and exacting. The book does not fall behind the others in vivacity of style, in cleverness of dialogue, in variety and excitement of incident. It is as admirable a specimen of a story for young people as can be found and is to be commended as picturing so entertainingly and truthfully the life of American pioneers a half century and more ago. We have no hesitation in predicting that as time goes on these Chilhowee books will be regarded more and more as valuable histories, as classics of truly American fiction.

Country Idyll and Other Stories (A). By Sarah Knowles Bolton. 12mo. cloth. Price 90 cents. By mail $1.02.

Mrs. Bolton has been an indefatigable writer. The list of her published volumes is a formidable one, but she has every encouragement to continue, because she manages to touch a popular chord. She tells a simple story in a very simple and winning way. In the present volume she gathers twenty-nine of her short stories and sketches that have for the most part appeared in different journals. If any

This new volume is practically a continuation of the inimitable "Irish Idylls," which have given this author a unique reputation They have all the charm and individuality of her previous work.

Crooked Trails. Written and illustrated by Frederic Remington, author of " Pony Tracks." 8vo. cloth. Price $1 50. By mail $1.63.

Cyrano de Bergerac. A Play in five acts. By Edmond de Rostand. Translated from the French by Gladys Thomas and Mary F. Guillemard. With a portrait of Coquelin as Cyrano de Bergerac. 12mo. cloth. Price 75 cents. By mail 85 cents.

"It is an agreeable surprise to find the translation, from the first line to the last, not only ingeniously careful and accurate, but almost as spirited and melodious as the original."-Literature.

More than 75,000 copies of the book have already been sold in France.

David Harum. A Story of American Life. By Edward

N. Westcott. 12mo. cloth. Price $1.08. By mail $1.23. It has been often pointed out that the most successful American novels have been local studies, genre pictures of particular types and places, like those of New Orleans by Mr. Cable, of New England by Miss Wilkins and Miss Jewett, of the Northwest by Mr. Hamlin Garland, and the Southwest by Mr. Owen Wister. Now and then it has happened that a new writer has appeared and gained general recognition by the vividness and force of one local study, like Mr. Howe with The Story of a Country Town." In the case of " David Harum the conditions have been similar. The author saturated himself with local atmosphere, and he observed the quaint and delightful type presented in his book until he was able to offer a picture so vivid, true, and irresistibly humorous that we recognize at once the addition of a new figure to the per manent genre studies in American fiction." The surroundings of the horse-trading country banker, the reputed Shylock, but real philanthropist, may be taken to be those of a rural district in central New York. The type is so fresh and original that "David Harum" will be appreciated at once by every one who enjoys work which is "racy of the soil" and full of spontaneous humor. The book is a novel, and a love story runs throughout, which is characterized by constantly interesting and sympathetic treatment, but the title role is taken by the quaint old banker whose personality will impress every reader. The humor of this striking book is in sharp contrast with the circumstances under which it was written. It was finished while Mr. Westcott lay upon his deathbed, but no trace of his sufferings appears in its pages. Into this book he put the best results of his keen observations and his most careful work. The results of this generous expenditure of self will be appreciated by his readers.

Day's Work (The). By Rudyard Kipling. 12mo. cloth. Price $1.08. By mail $1.23.

Mr. Kipling's new book has been making for three or four years, and contains his most mature and powerful work. It includes, as will be seen, his stories of ships and machinery, in which he makes the inanimate live and the huge organism of the marine engine as well as the American locomotive speak-a field absolutely new and one in which only a man of genius could be successful. Among the contents are: The Ship that Found Herself,Bread Upon the Waters-The Devil and the Deep Sea-.007-The Bridge Builders-My Sunday at HomeThe Tomb of His Ancestors-In the Black PasturesThe Maltese Cat-A Brushwood Boy-William the Conqueror, etc., etc. The book is most attractively made and well illustrated.

De Soto and His Men in the Land of Florida. By Grace King. 12mo. cloth. Price $1.08. By mail $1.20. The period of adventure in the history of our country with which this book deals, is in a line with the author's study of the early Spanish and French settlement of New Orleans. It is based upon the Spanish and Portuguese account of the Armada, which sailed westward under De Soto in 1538. When writing in a recent number of Literature on "The Southern States in Recent American Literature," Mr. W. D. Howells classed Miss Grace King with the "naturalists who inspire the greatest hope and the greatest regard." He goes on to say that while she has written some stories in what I may cl without offence, the elder manner, "she has also written a history of her city which is most interesting and most delightful. It stands quite alone among our local histories, to say no less of it, and it renders a portrait of the varied life of the past, which is most living, with none of the pseudo-picturesqueness so So far as my often attendant upon inquiries of the kind. knowledge goes, it stands alone in the field of recent historic writing in the South." It is not often that Mr. Howells' criticism runs with such enthusiastic praise. Domitia. By The Rev. S. Baring-Gould, author of "Mehalah," "Court Royal," "Noemi," etc. 12mo. cloth. Illustrated. Price $1.08. By mail $1.23. The most powerful novel of this forceful writer. It deals with early Christian life in Rome. Like "Quo Vadis it depicts the time of Nero; but it goes farther and narrates the intensely interesting occurrences under Nero's suc

Price $1.08. By mail $1.23. Etiquette for Americans. By A Woman of Fashion. 16mo. cloth. Price 90 cents. By mail $1.02.

It is probable that no woman thoroughly qualified to write upon this subject would be willing to sign her name to this book. It is written by a person who is regarded all over the country as an authority upon this subject. Matters of good form are so constantly changing that there is at present a great need for such a book.

Fall of Santiago (The). By Thomas J. Vivian, author of "With Dewey at Manila." Profusely illustrated. 12mo. cloth. Price $1.08. By mail $1.28.

The flood of histories of our recent war with Spain has begun in earnest. First we had the current reports in the newspapers; then the magazines brought their more deliberate pages to bear on the matter; and now come the books, the efforts at enclosing between cloth covers the complete accounts of the affair. One such book, "The Fall of Santiago," by T. J. Vivian, deserves commendation for simplicity and straightforwardness of its narrative, the excellence of the photographs shown, and the lack of personal egoism displayed by the writer. Some two hundred and forty pages are consumed in reciting the events that took place between May 12 and the day that Santiago fell, so there is no lack of thoroughness in details. Mr. Vivian does not anywhere commit himself with any great boldness to positive opinion about questions still puzzling the general public; the matter of this officer's incompetence or that general's courage is passed over by him with an evident intention to give both sides of every case. He certainly leaves very little untold, and his narrative style being fluent and never wearisome, his contribution to the literature of the war has a definite value.-Town Topics.

Gentleness of Jesus (The). By Mark Guy Pearse. 16mo., portrait, cloth. Price 55 cents. By mail 65

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This beautiful volume contains seventeen brief sermons, the first of which gives its title to the whole collection. few of the topics will suggest the richness and variety of the series: The Vision of Goodness, The Queen of Sheba, The Doubt of Thomas, The Story of a Royal Procession, The Saints of Caesar's Household, The True Beauty, The Vision of Isaiah, The Story of Gideon, The Daily Bread. They are written with grace and simplicity, and are full of sympathy and practical helpfulness. The volume is a distinct addition to the not over-long list of modern sermons that are sure to hold their own by virtue of their qualities of liberality, and at the same time unexceptional evangelical tone. No one could fail to be benefited by the spirit that animates Mr. Pearce's work.

Good Cooking. By Mrs. S. T. Rorer. A Manual of Prac tical Housekeeping. 18mo., with photogravure frontispiece portrait, cloth. Price 38 cents. By mail 44 cents. Mrs. Rorer devotes half her volume to instructions for good cooking, a selection of the best foods for various purposes, for invalids, dyspeptics, men and women, etc. The second half of the volume is taken up with domestic lessons, which cover 64 'good housekeeping" in its largest and most intelligent sense. This book contains Mrs, Rorer's best and newest recipes, wise words on diet, and represents, as the author says in the introduction, in compact form, the result of her twenty years' experience and study.

Gospel Writ in Steel (The). By Arthur Paterson. 12mo. pper. (No. 249 Town and Country Library.) Price 33 cents. By mail 41 cents.

Mr. Paterson's story begins with the effect of the opening of the Civil war upon a village community, and pictures the motives and acts of the volunteers, their methods of organization, and other features of preparation. A graphic account of Bull Run follows, and later the hero undergoes some reinarkable adventures in the course of Sherman's March to the Sea. The book abounds in stirring experiences, and the love story which runs throughout has an unusual and piquant interest. At this time Mr. Paterson's novel will be certain to attract exceptional attention.

Grace O'Malley, Princess and Pirate. By Robert Machray. 12mo. cloth. Price 90 cents. By mail $1.02. The eventful life of Grace O'Malley, princess and pirate, is now set forth by Robert Machray from the original narrative of one Ruari Macdonald, redshank and rebel, the O'Malley's chief lieutenant. Grace O'Malley succeeded her father as chief of a wild Irish house that held sway by title of the sword during Elizabeth's reign. Her conflicts with the English governor of Ireland, or a certain Sir Nicholas Malby, who sought to govern it, but never did so, form the greater part of the chronicle. Ruari Macdonald, as bis name indicates, was a Scot-a redshank, as his people were called in those days. He was a valiant soldier and sailor, and his mistress was not backward in cutting out work for him that taxed all his abilities. It is a stirring piece of fiction, entitled to a place among the best books of romance that have thus far appeared this year.-Fublic Opinion.

Great Books. By the Very Rev. Frederick W Farrar, D.D., Dean of Canterbury. 16mo. cloth, gilt top. Price 90 cents. By mail $1.00. Dean Farrar, like many other wise men, overwhelmed at the enormous literary productivity of our time, feels that the average reader, and particularly the young, needs a guide and a helper in the choice of what is best. He advises not to attempt to read everything that comes in one's way, but to make a reasonable choice "Indiscriminate reading," he says, should be resolutely abjured." But there are certain books that should be made the very foundation of a decent literary training, and some of these Dean Farrar takes and analyzes with consummate skill and insight. He shows the deep moral meaning of Dante's "Divine Comedy," the splendid fervor and power of Milton's chaste imagination, the lofty teaching that may be found in Shakespeare's plays, particularly Macbeth,' "Othello," and King Lear,' and the simple, but immortal, imagery of Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress

Dean Farrar writes with so much enthusiasm, his appreciations are so sensible, and his illustrations are so rich and varied, that no one could fail to be inspired by him to undertake a first-hand acquaintance with the masterpieces he holds up before us.

Great Salt Lake Trail (The.) By Col. Henry Inman and Hon. William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill). 8vo. cloth. Price $2.50. By mail $2.75.

Illustrated with eight full-page plates by F. Coman Clarke, and initials, tailpieces, etc., by Thomson Willing. Like The Old Santa Fé Trail," Colonel Inman's book is a complete arsenal of stories relating to the Great Salt Lake Trail He carries the reader from the earliest pioneering expedition down to the opening of the transcontinental railroad.

Hester Stanley and Her Friends. A sequel to "Hester Stanley at St. Mark's." By Harriet Prescott Spofford, author of "The Marquis of Carabas," etc. Illustrated. 16mo. cloth. Price 90 cents. By mail $1.02.

Mrs. Spofford's new book includes the following stories dealing with the same characters as those of her delightful volume of schoolgirl life entitled Hester Stanley at St. Mark's Bella's Choice; A Christmas that was Christmas: Jule's Garden; April Showers; Rafe; The Little Black Fiddle; Billy and his Grandmother; Remade; The Fourth at Marcia Meyer's; Little Rosalie; At Old Benbow.

Home Economics. By Maria Parloa. With 52 illustrations. 12mo. cloth. Price $1.08. By mail $1.23.

A guide to household management, including the proper treatment of the materials entering into the construction and the furnishing of the house. It covers every subject that engages the attention of the careful housewife, and bristles with suggestions for saving money and economizing time. Mrs. Parloa is one of the best-known and most capable writers on household affairs, and she treats her subject in a lucid and common-sense manner. The book will do much to lighten the routine of daily work.

In the Brave Days of Old. A Story of Adventure in the time of King James the First. By Ruth Hall. With a frontispiece illustration. 12mo. cloth. Price $1.08. By mail $1 23.

In this story Miss Hall justifies the high expectations which have been cherished by critical readers of her stories in the popular periodicals. It is a story for boys, and two boys are the heroes of it, Giles Valentine, an English lad, and Jan Verrooy, of Holland. They take part in many important historical events of England, Holland, France and America. They aid in detecting the famous Gunpowder Plot, save the Dutch town of Sluys from the Spanish, sail for America in the Half Moon with Henry Hudson, spend a winter in Labrador, go to France, and later return and settle in New Amsterdam. The conspicuous success of the boys is quite remarkable, the story of their adventures and achievements is thrilling, and there is a good background of historic fact to lend peculiar charm to the book, which is likely to be a great favorite with boys, and with older readers as well.

In the Navy; or, Father Against Son. By Warren Lee Goss. 12mo. cloth. 12 full-page illustrations by M. J. Burns. Price $1.08. By mail $1.23.

This is a stirring story of naval adventures in the great Civil War, by the author of "Jed," one of the most popular books for bovs yet written. The scenes are laid principally on the inland waters of Virginia and North Carolina, in that network of rivers, bays and canals which, leading far into the country, enabled blockade-runners to carry supplies to the Confederacy. The fairness and good spirit that the author displays throughout ought to make "In the Navy" popular throughout the length and breadth of this united land.

In This Our World. Poems by Charlotte Perkins Stetson. Cloth, ornamental, gilt top. Price 90 cents. By mail $1.02.

A new, attractive edition of this gifted author's poems, which, partly published in pamphlet form of a few years ago in California (now out of print) attracted much attention at the time. They are poetical gems, combining pathos and satire, and will be heartily welcomed in this pretty new edition.

Instinct of Step-fatherhood (The). Stories. By Lilian Bell, Author of "The Love Affairs of an Old Maid," "A Little Sister to the Wilderness," etc. 16mo. cloth. Ornamental. Uncut edges and Gilt Top. Price 90 cents. By mail $1.00.

John Adams, the Statesman of the American Revolution, with Other Essays and addresses, Historical and Literary. By Mellen Chamberlain. 8vo. cloth.

Judge Chamberlain, who is well known as former Librarian of the Boston Public Library, and as a careful student of American history has collected a volume of his literary and historical papers, which are eminently worthy of preservation. The leading essay is a judicious study of John Adams and the high place he held among the statesmen of the Revolutionary period. Other papers treat the "Authentication of the Declaration of Independence," the "New Historical School," the "Genesis of the Massachusetts Town," "Palfrey's and McMaster's Histories," and "Daniel Webster;" and three addresses at the dedication of library buildings in different places complete the varied and valuable group.

Rev. J. R. Miller, D.D. By mail 65 cents.

Joy of Service (The). By the 16mo. cloth. Price 55 cents. Dr. Miller shows conclusively that the secret of true and abiding Christian joy lies in the life of service. He says: "Indolence is never truly happy. The happiest man is the busy man. Even physical health depends largely upon regu lar occupation. No man, able for duty, who is not busy, can be truly or deeply happy. The idle man may be living a life of pleasure, but it is not a life of real happiness. Work is a condition of joy. It is a blessing that most people, when sorrow comes, dare not pause to indulge their grief. Their duties are waiting for them, waiting so clamorously that they cannot linger even for the tender sentiment of sorrow. There is scarcely time to wait for the funeral to be over, after a bereavement, before imperative tasks must receive attention. It is well that it is so. The necessary activity keeps the heart from breaking, and preserves the life from the morbidity which so often sorrow produces when the hands lie folded. Work is therefore a secret of happiness."

Lakerim Athletic Club (The). By Rupert Hughes. With twenty illustrations by C. M. Relyea. 12mo. cloth. Price $1.08. By mail $1.22.

A lively story for boys. Twelve plucky lads organize an athletic club and have a series of contests with rival school teams. The club members are "real boys," full of fun and frolic.

Launcelot and Guenevere. A Poem in three Dramas By Richard Hovey.

I. The Birth of Galahad. A Romantic Drama. 16mo. boards, vellum back. Price $1.10. By mail $1.20.

II. The Marriage of Guenevere. A Tragedy. 16mo. boards, vellum back. Price $1.10. By mail $1.20. III. The Quest of Merlin. A Masque. 16mo. boards, vellum back. Price $1.10. By mail $1.20. The set of 3 volumes in box. Price $3.00. By mail $3.25. A truly unique and charming work, which will forever American command a distinguished place in modern Literature. It is the work of a poetical genius and possesses much originality of thought and expression, and great beauty of form. It forms a trilogy dealing with the central story of Arthurian legendry, and while it shows a unity as a whole, it does not impair the independent interest and unity of each volume as a separate work. The volumes are most artistically gotten up, and are in their outward appearance alone unique and attractive, thus presenting a charming work in a worthy attire.

Letter and the Spirit (The). By Cora Maynard. 12mo. cloth. Price 90 cents. By mail $1.02.

A novel dealing with some of the problems of modern social life in America. The principal part of the story is laid at a country club of the style of Tuxedo, and the description of the society there is both vivid and accurate. Life and Character of General U. S. Grant. By Hamlin Garland. 8vo. cloth. Price $1.90. By mail $2.15. The author has spent the last three years in studying his subject, and has produced what is, in reality, the first personal life of the great commander. He has travelled 35,000 miles in quest of his material, has visited every place where General Grant ever lived, and all his battlefields, and has personally talked with every intimate friend of Grant now living who could help fill out the picture. In addition to having access to all the material used by other biographers, he has had the use of many unpublished letters. He has written an unbiassed life of the General as a man, concealing nothing and adding nothing. The material for the illustrations has been gathered with the same care and original research as the material for the text.

Life of Napoleon III (The). By Archibald Forbes. With about forty illustrations of great interest, many of them being reproductions of rare paintings, engravings, photographs, etc. 8vo. cloth. Handsomely printed and bound. Price $2.65. By mail $2.85.

The task of writing a popular biography of this kind could not have fallen into more capable hands than those of Mr. Archibald Forbes. He has given us a most fluently written account of Napoleon, and is, in this work, quite the forcible, descriptive writer whom we have all admired. Furthermore he is singularly accurate in all his details. This handsome volume will certainly become the standard Life of Napoleon III.

Literary Haunts and Homes of American Authors. By Theodore F. Wolfe, M. D., Ph. D. Illustrated with four photogravures. 12mo. Crushed Buckram, gilt top,deckle edges. Price 90 cents. By mail $1.02.

The sale of Dr. Wolfe's previous books in this series has now reached the tenth edition. In this new volume will be found mention of scores of our writers, including such late men as Rudyard Kipling, Mark Twain, Cable, Bellamy, and many others, as well as our earlier classics, such as Edgar Allan Poe, Bryant, Cooper, Irving, etc. The photogravure illustrations are of the homes of Kipling, Poe, Bryant, and the birthplace of Whitman.

Loom and Spindle. By Harriet H. Robinson, with introduction by Carroll D. Wright. 16mo. cloth. Price 90 cents. By mail $1.00.

Mrs. Robinson was a mill girl at Lowell in the days when the Lowell Offering brought to the notice of the world the intellectual activities of a group of young women connected with those great manufacturing corporations. Mrs. Robinson pictures the almost idyllic state of the working girl at that time, and she contrasts their mental and social status with the same class of workers at the present time. To her reminiscences she adds a number of biographical sketches of Lucy Larcom and other contributors to the Offering. The Hon. Carroll D. Wright, of the Bureau of Statistics, Washington, furnishes an appreciative introduction. As a history of a vanished phase of labor, this book has a value not easily estimated.

Lover of Truth (A). By Eliza Orne White, author of "A Browning Courtship and Other Stories," "The Coming of Theodora," Winterborough," "When Molly was Six," etc. 12mo. cloth. Price 90 cents. By mail $1.02.

Miss White in this story confines her scenes and characters to the New England which-as her previous stories delightfully show-she understands perfectly and describes with uncommon skill. A Lover of Truth is located not far from Boston. The heroine is introduced as a child, shy, awkward, self-conscious, but really very clever, and with the promise and potency of good looks and a strong, wellpoised character, which promise is amply fulfilled later in the story. Other persons in this drama are a pretty, goodnatured girl cousin; the young man who has the honor of naming the story because he insists upon speaking the truth always, everywhere, in season and out of season; and another young man, who has the rarer gift of unselfish good sense. How these actors played their parts, and the interesting complications they worked up and escaped from,these are told with excellent skill and the very agreeable humor which lends so fine a charm to Miss White's stories.

Loves of the Lady Arabella (The). By Mollie Elliot Seawell, author of "The Sprightly Romance of Marsac," "The History of the Lady Betty Stair." With illustrations by George Gibbs. 12mo. cloth.

Readers of Miss Seawell's charming books will welcome this last novel. It is a stirring romance with rapid absorbing movement. The period is that of the latter part of the eighteenth century-a time to be near enough in touch with the modern world, but full of a splendid picturesqueness. Then, the elemental passions held empire. Men loved and fought, gambled and got drunk, and were more open and direct in their loves and hates than the refinements of this age will permit. "The Loves of the Lady Arabella " deals with red blooded people; the story marches through sea fights, through the London of that day, and up to a tragic point. The illustrations are by George Gibbs.

Luxury and Sacrifice. By Charles Fletcher Dole. 12mo. cloth. Price 25 cents. By mail 30 cents.

The ascetic Christian frowns on all luxury. If luxury leads to selfishness, pride and conceit, it is injurious. It is to be indulged in only so far as it makes its possessors better and more helpful servants to the people. All criticism must yield before this simple and practical touchstone or criterion. The book is written in an eminently helpful and sympathetic spirit. It is full of good humor and common sense. It cannot help appealing to a very large class of thinkers, who are somewhat puzzled by these great questions and who wish to do what is right. No more vital teaching has been promulgated than this brief, but comprehensive It cannot fail to do great good. essay.

Maiden of the Rocks. By Gabrielle D'Annunzio. 12mo. cloth. Price $1.08. By mail $1.23.

Man Without a Country (The). A New Edition of Edward Everett Hale's famous story, with a preface giving an account of the circumstances and incidents of its publication, and a new introduction by the author, showing its application to the present situation. 16mo. cloth. Price 35 cents. By mail 40 cents.

The story of The Man Without a Country will be remembered and read as long as the American flag flies, and it will continue to do good to successive generations of young Americans. In a new edition Dr. Hale explains the motive of the original conception, and applies it forcibly to present What a splendid work of imagination and patriotism that story is! Its theme is vital, and consequently its influence is perennial.-New York Sun.

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Meditations on Gout. By George H. Ellwanger, author of "Idyllists of the Country-side," ""Love's Demesne," etc. 12mo. cloth, very handsomely printed and bound, with rubricated title and initials for each chapter. Price $1.90. By mail $2.00.

A treatise, written more from the view-point of a literateur than of a physician, on gout, its causes and cures. The author, however, offers a novel cure for the malady, which has been approved by many physicians of experience.

Miriam. By Gustav Kobbé, with eight full-page illustrations from drawings by M. J. Burns. 12mo. cloth. Price 38 cents. By mail 43 cents.

"Miriam" is a story of the Nantucket New South Shoal Lightship, told in the quaint dialect of that amphibious island by one who has seen it in all its varying phases, winter and summer. It is a fascinating " yarn," and, while full of exciting passages, ends with a most unexpected climax, that is compounded of pathos and cheer. The illustrations are by the distinguished marine painter, Burns, who has caught admirably the spirit of the scene. It is a charming little book.

Money Captain (The). A Novel. By Will Payne. 16mo. cloth. Price 90 cents. By mail $1.00.

With "Jerry the Dreamer" Mr. Payne was first brought before the public. His present book treats, in fiction form, of the government of our cities by large private corporations, and the difficulties a man with wide business interests has to conduct his affairs honestly. It does not aim to show any new solution of municipal problems, but, in a dispassionate way, points out how materially the average community is affected.

Music Dramas of Richard Wagner (The). With some account of his Festival Theatre at Bayreuth. Translated from the French of Albert Lavignac, Professor of Harmony at the Paris Conservatory, by Esther Singleton. With numerous illustrations and more than two hundred examples of music. Small 8vo. cloth. Price $1.90. By mail $2.05.

Notwithstanding the many books upon Wagner and his works, there is nothing which will by any means take the place of this quite wonderful exposition of them. The author is a distinguished musician and a writer upon music. He has analyzed the plots of the dramas and the music in a manner worthy of a German, but with all the vivacity and lightness of touch of a Frenchman. An acquaintance with this work will prove nothing short of a liberal education in modern music, and it will be found to be indispensable to all real students of the German opera.

New Economy (The). A Peaceful Solution of the Socia Problem. By Laurence Gronlund, A.M., author of "The Co-operative Commonwealth," etc. 12mo. cloth. Price 90 cents. By mail $1.02.

In his previous books the author has been criticized for his great dependence on theory, and not enough on fact. In his present work he proves how, by simple and practical methods, society can be materially changed within a short space of time. He advocates many new methods which will be found interesting and instructive, not only to students of sociology but to the average reader as well.

New York. By Edgar Fawcett. 12mo. cloth. Price 90 cents. By mail $1.00.

O'er Tartar Deserts. By David Ker, author of "Swept Out to Sea," "The Wizard King," etc. 12mo. cloth. Price 90 cents. By mail $1.02.

David Ker is one of the most successful among modern writers for the older children. His new book is full of incident and adventure, and also abounds in stimulus towards all that is manly and good. It is a story which the boys will read with exceptional eagerness.