ad the first two or three stories will
lay it down till they have read the last--and the last is a
veritable gem * * * contains some of the best of his highly vivid
work * * * Kipling is a born story-teller and a man of humor into
the bargain."

ELEANOR LEE. By Margaret E. Sangster. With a frontispiece.

A story of married life, and attractive picture of wedded bliss * *
an entertaining story of a man's redemption through a woman's
love * * * no one who knows anything of marriage or parenthood can
read this story with eyes that are always dry * * * goes straight
to the heart of every one who knows the meaning of "love" and
"home."

THE COLONEL OF THE RED HUZZARS. By John Reed Scott. Illustrated by
Clarence F. Underwood.

"Full of absorbing charm, sustained interest, and a wealth of
thrilling and romantic situations. "So naively fresh in its
handling, so plausible through its naturalness, that it comes like
a mountain breeze across the far-spreading desert of similar
romances."--_Gazette-Times, Pittsburg._ "A slap-dashing day
romance."--_New York Sun._

THE FAIR GOD; OR, THE LAST OF THE TZINS. By Lew Wallace. With
illustrations by Eric Pape.

"The story tells of the love of a native princess for Alvarado, and
it is worked out with all of Wallace's skill * * * it gives a fine
picture of the heroism of the Spanish conquerors and of the culture
and nobility of the Aztecs."--_New York Commercial Advertiser._

"Ben Hur sold enormously, but _The Fair God_ was the best of the
General's stories--a powerful and romantic treatment of the defeat
of Montezuma by Cortes."--_Athenaeum._

THE CAPTAIN OF THE KANSAS. By Louis Tracy.

A story of love and the salt sea--of a helpless ship whirled into
the hands of cannibal Fuegians--of desperate fighting and tender
romance, enhanced by the art of a master of story telling who
describes with his wonted felicity and power of holding the
reader's attention * * * filled with the swing of adventure.

A MIDNIGHT GUEST. A Detective Story. By Fred M. White. With a
frontispiece.

The scene of the story centers in London and Italy. The book is
skilfully written and makes one of the most baffling, mystifying,
exciting detective stories ever written--cleverly keeping the
suspense and mystery intact until the surprising discoveries