■ ' FASCINA TING IjEADING. " 



Idylls of the Sea. 



By Frank T. Bullen, author of "The 

 Cruise of the Cachalot," etc. 121110. Cloth, 

 51.25. 



" Some of the brightest and most natural things ever 

 written about the sea." — Loniioii Morning. 



" Truly fascinating reading. . . . To everything he (Mr. 

 Bullen) brings enthusiasm, a passion for accuracy, and the 

 good writing that comes of knowledge and sincerity." — Lon- 

 don Academy. 



" The 'Idylls' have a real savour of the brine, and bring the sea and the sailors and 

 great and small monsters of the deep wonderfully near to the reader." — The Scotsman. 



" It is a delightful and stimulating book that will hold the attention of every lover 

 of the sea." — Brooklyn Eagle. 



" It is not to be wondered at that Mr. Kipling wrote to this author, ' It's a new 

 world that you've opened the door to.' " — Chicago Tribune, 



FRANK T. BULLEN. 



■'A BRILLIANT SUCCESS." 



A Double Thread 



By Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler, author 

 of "Concerning Isabel Carnaby," etc. i 2mo. 

 Cloth, $1.50. 



" Even more gay, clever, and bright than ' Concerning 

 Isabel Carnaby.' The characters are created by one who 

 evidently knows all the variations of human nature, and who 

 is as shrewd as she is keenly observant." — Boston Herald. 



MI.SS ELLEN T. KowLER. " All that the fondest fancy could have painted as a 



successor to ' Isabel Carnaby.' A more brilliant book could 

 not well have been imagiuL'd, and withal, the conversations are natural, having none 

 of that 'shop-made ' character which is so often apparent in the talk of many clever 

 modern novels. The plot is curious and ingeniously worked out, and the characters 

 are well drawn, but it is the conversation that utterly enchants. . . . We learn more 

 concerning human nature from Miss Fowler's book than from most moral treatises, 

 and there is not a shade of ' decadent ' influence to be found in all her wholesome 

 pages. . . . Miss Fowler's book is a brilliant success, quite as brilliant as her former 

 attempt." — Baltimore Sunday Herald. 



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