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A Partnership In Magic

By CHARLES BATTELL LOOMIS

Author of "Just Rhymes," "The Four Masted Cat Boat," and "Yankee
Enchantments." 12mo. Four illustrations. Price, $1.25.

"A Partnership in Magic," by Charles B. Loomis, the widely known
humorist, is an extremely original and clever juvenile, Mr. Loomis's
first piece of long fiction. It has a fairy-tale motive in an entirely
realistic setting. A country boy, who has a marvellous power of plucking
fruit from the bare branches of any tree, goes to New York, and with a
friend starts in the fruit business, and makes a large sum of money in a
couple of weeks of their partnership. There is a cruel stepfather, and
his adventures in New York in search of the boy, together with the many
city scenes in connection with the hero's experiences, make it a highly
amusing and graphic story. It is written in Mr. Loomis's peculiar vein
of quiet, but effective fun.

LOTHROP PUBLISHING COMPANY, BOSTON

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Defending The Bank

By EDWARD S. VAN ZILE

Author of "With Sword and Crucifix," etc. Four illustrations by I. B.
Hazelton. 12 mo. Pictorial cover in color. Price, $1.25.

"Defending the Bank," by Edward S. Van Zile, is a most amusing and
interesting detective story for boys and girls, in which a couple of
bright boys and girls appoint themselves amateur detectives and are able
to run down a couple of bank robbers who are planning to rob the bank of
which the father of one of the boys is president. This is at once an
exciting and wholesome tale, of which the scene is laid in Troy, N. Y.,
the former home of the author. It will be widely welcomed.

The Mutineers

By EUSTACE L. WILLIAMS

Author of "The Substitute Quarterback." 12mo. Four illustrations by I.
B. Hazelton. Pictorial cover in color. Price, $1.25.

"The Mutineers" is a rattling boys' story by Mr. Eustace L. Williams of
the Louisville _Courier-Journal_. It gives a picture of life in a large
boarding-school, where a certain set of boys control the athletics, and
shows how their unjust power was broken by the hero of the tale, who
forms a rival baseball nine and manages to defeat his opponents, thus
bringing a better state of things in the school socially and as to
sports. The story is full of lively action, and deals with baseball and
general athletic interests in a large school in a manner which shows
that the author is thoroughly acquainted with and