Important New Books. 



Three Thrilling Novels in the Style of the Modern French 

 Sensational School. 



MR. AND MRS- MORTON. A Novel, gth thousand. i2mo. Cloth. 

 $1.25. 

 A powerfully told story of domestic misunderstanding which turns upon an 

 event of so startling a nature that the reader's attention is at once arrested and 

 held to the end. Without revealing the plot of the book, we can say that it 

 concerns the marvellous effects of atavism and the influence of heredity, and is 

 totally unexpected, yet probable withal. Lucidly and concisely written, with- 

 out unriecessary verbiage. 



SILKEN THREADS: A DETECTIVE STORY. By the Author 



of " Mr. and Mrs. Morton." i6mo. Cloth. ^1.25. 



One of the best stories of its kind that has appeared of late, and worthy, in 

 its construction and elaboration of detail, to be placed beside Gaborian and Du 

 Boisgobey, while it has not that tediousness which sometimes renders these 

 authors distasteful to American readers. Wilkie Collins never invented a more 

 ingeniously constructed plot, or told it in a more iii.eresting way. 



" Construction of work is admirable, the denouement very cleverly developed. 

 . . . Neither more nor less than 'that bright consummate flower,' genius, re- 

 appearing in the department of detection — the latest Vidocq." — Boston Globe. 



THE DISK: A TALE OF TWO PASSIONS. By E. A.Robinson 

 and George A. W.\Lr,. i2mo. Cloth. $1.00. 

 This powerful and stirring novel, the plot of which is entirely original, 

 resembles nothing hitherto published, and the demand for it continues unabated. 

 It approaches more nearly the wonderful romances of Jules V'erne in intricacy 

 of plot, in wealth of scientific detail and vivid imagination, than any book now 

 before the public; even surpassing him in the marvellous developments of science 

 suggested by the ingenious pen of its authors. It is, as its name denotes, >. 

 narrative of the supreme power of the two passions of love and science upon 

 different organizations, and is equally good in the charm of its love scenes and 

 ill ths weirdness and power of its description of occult investigations. 



20RAH : A LOVE STORY OF MODERN EGYPT. By Elizabetm 

 Balch. Cr. 8vo. Cloth elegant. $1.25. 



It is an excellent study of the political and social atmosphere surrounding 

 official life in Cairo and Alexandria at the present day, with its underlying 

 stratum of Oriental romanticism, and the constantly varying stream of Western 

 influences which are slowly but surely shaping the destinies of the country. 



" Depicted with artistic power, and, as a love story, it is of absorbing interest. 

 . . . Told with all the rich coloring of the East." — Boston Home Journal. 



" Cleverly conceived and written." — Boston Globe. 



" Well worth reading." — Julian Hawthorne. 



"Shows a very keen observation and a marked descriptive faculty." — 

 Churchman. 



"Its very incongruities make it readable." — Philadelphia Times. 



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