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ALICE OF OLD VINCENNES

By MAURICE THOMPSON

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Mr. Thompson, whose delightful writings in prose and verse have made his
reputation national has achieved his master stroke of genius in this
historical novel of revolutionary days in Indiana.--_The Atlanta
Constitution_.

There are three great chapters of fiction: Scott's tournament on Ashby
field, General Wallace's chariot race, and now Maurice Thompson's duel
scene and the raising of Alice's flag over old Fort Vincennes.--_Denver
Daily News_.

More original than "Richard Carvel," more cohesive than "To Have and to
Hold," more vital than "Janice Meredith," such is Maurice Thompson's
superb American romance, "Alice of Old Vincennes." It is in addition,
more artistic and spontaneous than any of its rivals.--_Chicago
Times-Herald_.

12 mo. with five illustrations and a frontispiece in color, drawn by
F.C. Yohn,

Price $1.50

The Bowen-Merrill Company, Indianapolis

SWEEPERS of the SEA

The Story of a Strange Navy

By CLAUDE H. WETMORE

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[From the _St. Louis Mirror_.]

The recital of the deeds of the "Sweepers of the Sea" is a breathless
one.

The romance is heightened by the realism of the technique of naval
warfare, by the sureness and voluminosity of nautical knowledge.

Imaginary sea fights are told with all the particularity of real events,
and at the same time the descriptions have a breezy swing that hurries
the reader along to most startling catastrophes.

Much of the material is evidently worked over from actual fact into the
texture of romance.

The romance is evidently modern in action, but the motives are the grand
and noble motives of a mysterious and splendid antiquity. The decendants
of the Incas, moved by the Inca traditions, are not at all out of
harmony with modern war-ships, or with a very modern war-correspondent,
who is touched up a little to heroic proportions.

The book is pleasurable all the way through, and some of the descriptive
passages are specimens of first-class writing. The work bears every
evidence of having been carefully done, and yet the story reels off as
naturally and easily as if it were a running record of fact.

That the general public will take to the book is a safe conclusion. It
is just different enough from the ordinary, romantic novel to be
essentially new.

Illustrated Price, $1.50

The Bowen-Mer