West.= By JOHN H. WHITSON. Illustrated by Chase
Emerson. 12mo. Decorated cloth, $1.50.

A distinctively American novel, dealing with life in the far West,
and in many ways remarkable, with a novel plot and unusual
situations. The scenes of the story are a Western ranch, Cripple
Creek, and the City of San Diego. The heroine, Barbara, is the
loyal wife of a somewhat self-centred man of literary tastes, Roger
Timberly, living on a ranch in Kansas. Barbara's long and patient
quest for her husband, who has gone to Cripple Creek to visit a
mine, the means which she adopts to support herself, the ardor with
which she is wooed by Gilbert Bream, and the complications which
ensue are extremely interesting.

=The Shadow of the Czar.= By JOHN R. CARLING. Illustrated. 12mo. Decorated
cloth, $1.50. _Fifth Edition_.

An engrossing romance of the sturdy, wholesome sort, in which the
action is never allowed to drag, best describes this popular novel.
"The Shadow of the Czar" is a stirring story of the romantic
attachment of a dashing English officer for Princess Barbara, of
the old Polish Principality of Czernova, and the conspiracy of the
Duke of Bora, aided by Russia, to dispossess the princess of her
throne.

=The Dominant Strain.= A Novel. By ANNA CHAPIN RAY, author of "Teddy, her
Book," etc. Illustrated in color by Harry C. Edwards. 12mo. Decorated
cloth, $1.50.

Anna Chapin Ray's new novel has for its hero Cotton Mather Thayer,
whose father was a Boston blueblood, and whose mother was a Russian
musician. The latter gave to him his musical temperament, and the
title of the book suggests the author's main motif--the warring
strains, Puritan and Slav, in her hero. The central idea is the
mistake a woman makes who attempts to reform a man after marriage.
Beatrix Dane, the heroine of the book, discovers during her
engagement that Lorimer, her lover, has an inherited appetite for
drink, but from a mistaken sense of duty does not break her troth,
and her intimate friends shrink from any interference. Much of the
novel has a decidedly musical atmosphere, and the attitude of some
portions of New York society toward musical people is well
described.

=A Detached Pirate.= By HELEN MILCETE. Illustrated in color by I. H.
Caliga. 12mo. Decorated cloth, $1.50.

A misunderstanding, a d