e West Indies." As a sea
story pure and simple, "Captain Brand" has never
been excelled, and as a story of piratical life,
told without the usual embellishments of blood and
thunder, it has no equal.

=NICK OF THE WOODS.= A story of the Early Settlers of Kentucky. By
Robert Montgomery Bird. Cloth, 12mo. with four illustrations by J.
Watson Davis. Price, $1.00.

This most popular novel and thrilling story of
early frontier life in Kentucky was originally
published in the year 1837. The novel, long out of
print, had in its day a phenomenal sale, for its
realistic presentation of Indian and frontier life
in the early days of settlement in the South,
narrated in the tale with all the art of a
practiced writer. A very charming love romance
runs through the story. This new and tasteful
edition of "Nick of the Woods" will be certain to
make many new admirers for this enchanting story
from Dr. Bird's clever and versatile pen.

=GUY FAWKES.= A Romance of the Gunpowder Treason. By Wm. Harrison
Ainsworth. Cloth, 12mo. with four illustrations by George Cruikshank.
Price, $1.00.

The "Gunpowder Plot" was a modest attempt to blow
up Parliament, the King and his Counsellors. James
of Scotland, then King of England, was weak-minded
and extravagant. He hit upon the efficient scheme
of extorting money from the people by imposing
taxes on the Catholics. In their natural
resentment to this extortion, a handful of bold
spirits concluded to overthrow the government.
Finally the plotters were arrested, and the King
put to torture Guy Fawkes and the other prisoners
with royal vigor. A very intense love story runs
through the entire romance.

=TICONDEROGA:= A Story of Early Frontier Life in the Mohawk Valley. By
G. P. R. James. Cloth, 12mo. with four page illustrations by J. Watson
Davis. Price, $1.00.

The setting of the story is decidedly more
picturesque than any ever evolved by Cooper: The
frontier of New York State, where dwelt an English
gentleman, driven from his native home by grief
over the loss of his wife, with a son and
daughter. Thither, brought by the exigencies of
war