LIST OF NEW BOOKS
By MAURICE THOMPSON.
A Banker of Bankersville. 12mo, 323 pages. Cloth binding. 50c.
A thoroughly American story of stirring events in a Western "boom" city. For a vivid pen picture of real life and romance in a hustling little Western metropolis, with sufficient love and humor to make the book interesting, we would commend "A Banker of Bankersville."
By F. FRANKFORT MOORE.
I Forbid the Banns. The story of a comedy which was played seriously. 12mo, 404 pages. Cloth binding. 50c.
The hero and heroine meet on a vessel returning to England from Australia and learn to love each other. The girl is rich and beautiful, and does not believe in the rite of marriage. After much thinking, the man agrees to take her to his home without a marriage ceremony. The consequences of the departure from custom makes an interesting and instructive story.
By W. E. NORRIS.
His Grace. 12mo, 278 pages. Cloth binding. 50c.
"Mr. Norris has never written a better novel than this, which deals with English life and its remedy for debts—marriage to a rich wife—though His Grace, being obstinate, weds a poor girl. The characters are all distinctly drawn, and the plot is well proportioned and its movement easy"—Boston Literary World.
By ALEXANDRE DUMAS.
D'Artagnan, the King Maker. Illustrated. 12mo, 308 pages. Cloth binding. $1.00
An old Dumas story, but quite new to the American public. The history surrounding this peculiar state of affairs is too long to repeat here; but it is an absolute fact that no translation of "The Kingmaker" has ever before appeared in English. The plot of the story hinges upon the mission of D'Artagnan, the Kingmaker, who is dispatched to Portugal, then in the grip of Spain. He discovers Portugal a slumbering volcano, and in a little while he is trying the temper of his blade right and left. D'Artagnan, the dauntless, temporarily changes places with Don Juan, the somewhat timid aspirant to the throne; and after a hundred well-fought fights and a display of heroism that dazzled the populace, he has the satisfaction of hearing Don Juan proclaimed King of Portugal. It is a thrilling story, in which the clash of arms blends with the soft tones of lovely women, and the amorous speeches of the susceptible D'Artagnan. The book is splendidly illustrated by Charles Grunwald.
By OUIDA (Louise de la Ramé).
Santa Barbara. 12mo, 303 pages. Cloth binding. 50c.
In this collection of the gems of Ouida's storiettes, the author takes the reader to the fog-bound shores of the Adriatic, along enchanting wharves and quays, through gorgeous palaces and cathedrals, and introduces the most charming characters in fiction.
The Tower of Taddeo. 12mo, 313 pages. Cloth binding. 50c.
This is a pathetic story of an old bookseller who, having no idea of money, gathers treasures of old books, which, with the extravagance of an ungrateful son, ruins him. He has a daughter who lives, loves and cares for him, who becomes betrothed to a poor artist. It is a story of simple trusting ignorance on the one hand and grasping dishonesty on the other.
By J. MACLAREN COBBAN.
A Soldier and a Gentleman. 12mo, 211 pages. Cloth binding. 50c.
The hero is a manly youth, who has seen service in the English army, and who, upon his return to a civilian's life, finds himself rather out of his element and extremely hard up. For a consideration, he agrees to represent another person, and in this compromising position makes love to a pretty, and, at the same time, wealthy young woman. How he proves himself to be a Soldier and a Gentleman must be left to the reader to discover.
By EDWARD W. TOWNSEND.
A Daughter of the Tenements. 12mo, 301 pages. Cloth binding. 50c.
This work is the master product of the author of "Chimmie Fadden." In "Chimmie Fadden," we laugh at the humor of East-side life. In "A Daughter of the Tenements," we have the real pathos and tragedy of life in the tenements of New York, written by one who knows the people and their ways and hearts, and how to write it all—as no one has ever known and written of that district before.
By BILLY BURGUNDY.
Toothsome Tales Told in Slang. Illustrated. 16mo, 120 pages. Cloth binding. 75c.
Here are vivid pages from the everyday lives of fascinating women before and behind the foot-lights. The yarns are dainty, sometimes humorously pathetic, sometimes uproariously funny, but always delightful. "One begins the book with a smile, and puts it away with a number one size laugh, and a feeling that it has been worth while to cultivate the acquaintance of Billy Burgundy's slang of the Rialto."