the castaway, crowned with
genius, smutched with slander, illumined by fame--was Lord Byron
himself! This is the romance of his loves--the strange marriage and
still stranger separation, the riotous passions, the final ennobling
affection--from the day when he awoke to find himself the most famous
man in England, till, a self-exiled castaway, he played out his splendid
death-scene in the struggle for Greek freedom.

"Suffused with the rosy light of romance."--_New York Times._

HEARTS COURAGEOUS. With illustrations by A. B. Wenzell.

"Hearts Courageous" is made of new material, a picturesque yet delicate
style, good plot and very dramatic situations. The best in the book are
the defense of George Washington by the Marquis; the duel between the
English officer and the Marquis; and Patrick Henry flinging the brand of
war into the assembly of the burgesses of Virginia. Williamsburgh,
Virginia, the country round about, and the life led in that locality
just before the Revolution, form an attractive setting for the action of
the story.

THE RECKONING. By Robert W. Chambers. With illustrations by Henry Hutt.

Mr. Chambers has surpassed himself in telling the tale of the love of
Carus Renault and Lady Elsin Grey in this historical novel of the last
days of the Revolutionary War. Never was there daintier heroine or more
daring hero. Never did the honor of a great-hearted gentleman triumph to
such an extent over the man. Never were there daintier love passages in
the midst of war. It is a book to make the pulses throb and the heart
beat high.

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