al
life of the Kentucky which he loves so well. In spite of the reserve
which characterizes the author, a few of the leading facts of his life
have found their way into print, and may be of interest to many who
read his books.

He comes from Virginia ancestry and a pioneer Kentucky family. His
mother's maiden name was Helen Foster, whose parents settled in
Mississippi and were of Revolutionary Scotch-Irish stock of
Pennsylvania. He was born on a farm in Fayette County seven miles from
Lexington, Kentucky, where he spent his early childhood. He was
educated in Kentucky (Transylvania) University, and graduated in 1872.
For several years afterward he taught in District schools, at first
near his home and then in Missouri. He afterward became a private
tutor, and finally accepted a Professorship at his Alma Mater which he
exchanged for a similar position at Bethany College, West Virginia. He
gave up this latter profession in 1884 and began his career as a writer
in the city of New York.

The chief literary and critical Magazines and papers of those years
contain many of his essays, while all his short stories saw the light
in "Harper's Magazine" and the "Century." These short stories were
collected and published under the title of "_Flute and Violin_." His
other books are "_The Blue Grass Region of Kentucky_," "_A Kentucky
Cardinal_," and its sequel, "_Aftermath_," "_A Summer in Arcady_," and
lastly "_The Choir Invisible_," some two hundred and fifty thousand
copies of which have found their way into the hands of readers on both
sides of the Atlantic.

A new and complete edition of Mr. Allen's works is now being issued by
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. It will contain seven volumes; including _The
Reign of Law, A Story of the Kentucky Hemp Fields_, an account of which
has been given in the preceding pages.

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JAMES LANE ALLEN'S

NEW NOVEL

The Reign of Law

A TALE OF THE KENTUCKY HEMP FIELDS

Cloth, 8vo. Illustrated $1.50

OTHER WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR

FLUTE AND VIOLIN Cloth, 12mo, $1.50

BLUE GRASS REGION OF KENTUCKY Cloth, 12mo, $1.50

A KENTUCKY CARDINAL Cloth, 16mo, $1.00

AFTERMATH Cloth, 16mo, $1.00

TWO GENTLEMEN OF KENTUCKY Cloth, 18mo, $2.00

A SUMMER IN ARCADY Cloth, 12mo, $2.00

THE CHOIR INVISIBLE Cl