w, will be equally welcomed. 'Hector' was one
of the most charming books ever written about a boy. 'Phyllis Browne' is
the new story. She is evidently the author's ideal girl, as Hector was
her ideal boy, and a noble, splendid girl she is. Yet the book is not a
child's book; it is _about_ children, but not for them. The story is far
more interesting than most novels are, and far more exciting. The rash
generosity of the children is beautiful; their free, trustful lives are
noble and sweet; but when they undertake to right social wrongs, and
gallantly set their brave hearts and childish inexperience against the
established wrongs of society, they come to grief, but in no commonplace
way. Their dangers are as unusual and on as large a scale as their
characters and courage are. The book is full of tender and loving
things; it makes the heart larger, and brings back the splendid dreams
of one's own youth," says the Boston correspondent of the _Worcester
Spy_.

THE MARQUIS OF CARABAS. A Romance. By Harriet Prescott Spofford, author
of "The Amber Gods," "The Thief in the Night," etc. 16mo. Cloth. Price,
$1.00

"This is the latest offering of the author of 'The Amber Gods,' and it
is as odd as striking, and as impressive in its shadowy implication as
anything she has ever written. Handled differently, the incidents would
seem theatrical; as told by Mrs. Spofford, the story is like the vivid
passages of a drama from which, once seen, you cannot escape. Pleasant
or unpleasant they force themselves upon the consideration and lay hold
of the imagination. So it is with 'The Marquis of Carabas.'"--_Chicago
Inter-Ocean._

"'The Marquis of Carabas,' by Harriet Prescott Spofford, is a work of
unique quality, being really a poem in the guise of a prose novel. The
thought is tense and sublimated, and the style glowing, musical and
polished. There is abundant invention in the story, and nothing of
common-place and indolent imitation which in the case of ordinary
raconteurs contributes so largely to swell the bulk of results. The
narrative fascinates one, but the fascination is not of a stream flowing
largely and naturally through the landscape; it is rather that of silver
bells, whose clear, finely modulated chimes touch the finer issues of
feeling, but not without some obtrusive sense of study and
premeditation."--_Home Journal._

LANDOR'S IMAGINARY CONVERSATIONS.
With a portrait. A new edition. 5 volumes. 16mo.
Cloth. Oxford style