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 thoroughly entertained, no matter how much at random he may make his selection or what season cf 

 tl e year it may happen to be." — Boston Herald. 



LATEST ISSUES. 



No. 280. A Maker of Nations. 



By Gt'V ISooiHUY, author of " Dr. Nikola's Experiment," " Pharos, the Egyptian," etc. 

 In these graphic pages Mr. Boothby pictures the adventures of a modern soldier of fortune. The 

 opening scene shows the picturesque and curious min;^ling of all nations in Cairo. From Egypt the 

 reader follows the hero to South America, and takes part in the dramatic episodes of a revolution, 

 which are lightened by the lo.'e story that runs throughout. It is unnecessary to say that the author 

 has full command of the reader's iulL-rest from the first page to the last. 



No. 279. The Gentleman Pensioner. 



By Albert Lee, author of "The Key of the Holy House." 

 The scene of this admirable historical romance is laid in the tumultuous England of the sixteenth 

 century, at the time when the plots of the partisans of .Mary Stuart against Elizabeth seemed to be ap- 

 proaching a culmination. The hero, Queen Elizabeth's confidential messenger, has a trust to execute 

 which involves a thrilling series of adventures. This stirring romance has been compared to " A Gentle- 

 man of France," and it is safe to say that no reader will find in its pages any reason for flagging interest 

 or will relinquish the book until the last page has been reached. 



No. 278. The World's Mercy. 



By M.vxwELL Gr.vy, authorof " The Silence of Dean Maitland," etc. 

 " -Maxwell Gray is one of the most finished, thcughtful, artistic, and satisfying novelists of the day. 

 Whatever she does is distinguished by its artistic taste and sense of proportion and by its dignity of 

 ideas." — Boston Saturday Evening Gazette. 



No. 277. The Story of Ronald Kestrel. 



By -V. J. D.wvsoN. 

 The novel is full of interest and a^rtive life throughout, and its interest is heightened by its graphic 

 pictures of strongly contrasting environments ii Morocco, in the Australian bush, and in London society. 

 A story so much out of the common as this will be certain to secure full recognition for the author's rare 

 talent. 



No. 276. A Corner of the West. 



By Edith IIknriett.v Fovvi.er. 

 " There are plenty of clever things in ' A Corner of the W'e.'-t ' said by the characters and the author, 

 but they are never too elver by half. Her people talk in an interesting way, but they are not forever 

 trying to score off each other. ... It matters extremely little what happens in a story so well written as 

 this. All Miss Fowler's people are properly individualized. This is a b(.ok well out of the common 

 ruck." — London Chronicle. 



No. 275. The Idol of the Blind. 



By T. Gai.lo.n, author of " Tatterley," etc. 



" Mr. Tom Gallon displays a naturalness, a simplicity, and a pathetic faith in human nature which 

 are triumphant against the prejudices of the hardened reviewer." — London Academv. 



"Those who keep abreast of current fiction know that T. Gallon, a young English writer, turns out 

 very interesting stories. " — Buffalo Express. 



No. 274. A Voyage at Anchor. 



By \V. Ci.ARK Russi'.i.i., author of "The Tragedy of Ida Noble," etc. 

 This new novel is characterized by those qualities which have won for its author his fame, and withal 

 has a flavor all its own. Mr. Clark Russell takes his reader to spend a two-months' holid.'\y in an old 

 hulk off the Kentish coast, on th<» stret h of water between Peal and Valmer on the one side and the 

 Goodwin Sand-; on the other, which is known as t'e Sou h Fowns. The novel experiences of the holi- 

 day party are related in the delightful style of which Clark I\us>ell is a past master. 



