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BEATRIX OF CLARE, By John Reed Scott

With ill.u.s.trations by Clarence F. Underwood.

A spirited and irresistibly attractive historical romance of the fifteenth century, boldly conceived and skilfully carried out. In the hero and heroine Mr. Scott has created a pair whose mingled emotions and alternating hopes and fears will find a welcome in many lovers of the present hour. Beatrix is a fascinating daughter of Eve.

A LITTLE BROTHER OF THE RICH,

By Joseph Medill Patterson

Frontispiece by Hazel Martyn Trudeau, and ill.u.s.trations by Walter Dean Goldbeck.

Tells the story of the idle rich, and is a vivid and truthful picture of society and stage life written by one who is himself a conspicuous member of the Western millionaire cla.s.s. Full of grim satire, caustic wit and flas.h.i.+ng epigrams. ”Is sensational to a degree in its theme, daring in its treatment, las.h.i.+ng society as it was never scourged before.”--New York Sun.

GROSSET & DUNLAP, Publishers, NEW YORK

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THE FAIR G.o.d; OR, THE LAST OF THE TZINS. By Lew Wallace. With ill.u.s.trations by Eric Pape.

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THE CAPTAIN OF THE KANSAS. By Louis Tracy.

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A MIDNIGHT GUEST. A Detective Story. By Fred M. White. With a frontispiece.

The scene of the story centers in London and Italy. The book is skilfully written and makes one of the most baffling, mystifying, exciting detective stories ever written--cleverly keeping the suspense and mystery intact until the surprising discoveries which precede the end.

THE HONOUR OF SAVELLI. A Romance. By S. Levett Yeats. With cover and wrapper in four colors.

Those who enjoyed Stanley Weyman's _A Gentleman of France_ will be engrossed and captivated by this delightful romance of Italian history.

It is replete with exciting episodes, hair-breath escapes, magnificent sword-play, and deals with the agitating times in Italian history when Alexander II was Pope and the famous and infamous Borgias were tottering to their fall.