

The Treasure Ship. 



A Story of Sir William Phipps, the Regicides, and the Inter-Charter Period in Massa- 

 chusetts. By Hezkkiah 15utter\V()kth. Illustrated. i2mo. Cloth, !?i.50. 

 In his vivid story " The Treasure Ship " Mr. Butterworth pictures the dramatic events in the career of 

 the pOor boy who recovered the treasure from the Spanish ship sunk in the Bahamas and was kniphted 

 bv the kinj/. Tlie author sketclies striking incidents of his subsequent career as a soldier, as a firm 

 ojaponent of the witchcraft delusion, and as Governor of Massachusetts. Together with the tale of 

 Phipps and the vivid sketihes of seventeenth-century life in Boston, the author has interwoven strange 

 incidents of the hidden existence of the regicides Goffe and Whalley in Massachusetts, and also episodes 

 of Andros's dominion and the inter-charter period. The story of Phipps and the seventeenth-century 

 movement for justice and freedom in Massachusetts and Connecticut are among the most thrilling pages 

 of our colonial history, and they teach lessons which every American youth should learn. 



The King's Mirror. 



A Novel. By Anthony Hope, author of " The Chronicles of Count Antonio," " The 





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"Subtle, restrained, and delicate workmanship, . . . effective in its lightness, and in the complete 

 but unrestrained humor of his character talk." — /'a// Malt Gazette. 



"At once unique and artistic. The book shows deeper thought and a higher grade of skill than any 

 of his former works." — Cliicago Tribune. 



Oom Paul's People. 



By Howard C. Hillkgas. With Illustrations. i2mo. Cloth, 8i-5o. 



"The first systematic and categorical exposition of the merits of the whole case and its origins writ- 

 ten by a disinterested observer. . . . An informing book, and a well-written one." — New i ork Mail 

 and Express. 



" Gives precisely the information necessary to those who desire to follow intelligently the progress of 

 events at the present time." — Xew York Commercial Advertiser. 



" Has all the timeliness of an up-to-date newspaper article ; in fact, some f)ortions of it read almost 

 like a cablegram from the Transvaal." — Xeiu I'ork Sunday H-'orld. 



The Hero of Manila. 



Dewey on the Mis-issipi)i and the Pacific. By RossiTER Johnson. A new book in the 

 Young Heroes of our Navy Series. Illustrated. i2mo. Cloth, $i.oo. 

 "Will have much fascination for boys." — iVew York Tribune. 



"A complete biography up to date. The aid of fiction has only occasionally been brought in to 

 heighten the effect of some ot' the schoolboy anecdotes, which are themselves based upon fact. ' — A'ew 

 York Herald. 



Averages. 



A Novel of New York. By Eleanor Stuart, author of " Stonepastures." j2mo. 

 Cloth, $1.50. 

 " The author of 'Averages' has no need of striving after cleverness; it comes naturally to her." — 

 Cliicago Times-Herald. 



Evolution by Atrophy. 



By Jean Demoor, Jean Massart, and Emh^r Yandervelde. A new volume in tlie 



International Scientific Series. 

 The purpose of this work is twofold. The authors aim to show, first, that an essential element of 

 the process of evolution as it goes on among plants and animals is the degeneration, decay, or atrojhy of 

 organs or parts of organs, at the same time that other parts or organs may and are generally being 

 carried to a higher stage of development, these modifications of structure being attended with correspond- 

 ing changes of function. The changes that thus take place in the organism, be they upward or down- 

 ward, degenerative or progressive, are a part of the process of adaptation that is everywhere forced upon 

 the living being by environing conditions. Secondly, they point out that what is true in these respects 

 in the field of lif» or biology is also true, though perhaps to a less extent, in social phenomena or 

 sociology. Societies, like individual organisms, are ever changing, ever adapting themselves to surround- 

 ing conditions, and undergoing modification through influences that operate bi th from within and without. 

 Just as in the case of plants and animals, the resulting social evolution is attended by the phenomena of 

 degeneration or atrophy, institutions and customs that were once in the ascendant declining and giving 

 way to be replaced by more highly specialized forms of activity. In biology the principle of natural se- 

 lection is believed to play a primary part, while in sociology artificial selection is represented as the 

 dominating agent. The authors bring a strong array of facts to the support of their contention, and 

 present their arguments in a clear and simple style. 



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