rill Company, Indianapolis

THE STORY OF AN AMERICAN CRUCIFIXION.

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THE PENITENTES

By LOUIS HOW.

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To describe the customs of this band of intensely religious people
without laying on the color too thickly and without melodramatic
exaggeration, to retain all the color and picturesqueness of the
original scene without excess, was the difficult task which Mr. How had
to accomplish, and it is one which he has done well.--_Chicago Record_.

"The Penitentes" abounds in dramatic possibilities. It is full of
action, warm color, and variety. The denouement at the little church of
San Rafael, when the soldiers surprise the Penitentes at mass
in the early dawn of their fete day, appeals strongly to the
dramatizer.--_Chicago Tribune_.

Mr. How has done a truly remarkable piece of work . . . any hand,
however practiced, might well be proud of the marvelously good
descriptions, the dramatic, highly unusual story, the able
characterizations. If "The Penitentes" does not make its author notable
it will not be for lack of every "promising" condition.--_The Interior_.

12 mo. Cloth, ornamental Price $1.50 The Bowen-Merrill Company,
Indianapolis

A STORY OF THE MORGAN RAID, DURING THE WAR OF THE REBELLION.

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THE LEGIONARIES

By HENRY SCOTT CLARK.

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"The Legionaries" is pervaded with what seems to be the true spirit of
artistic impartiality. The hero, to be sure, is a secessionist, but the
author, at least in this book, is simply a narrator. He stands aside,
regarding with equal eye all the issues involved and the scales dip not
in his hands. To sum up, the first romance of the new day on the Ohio is
an eminently readable one--a good yarn well spun.--_Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune_.

The appearance of a new novel in the west marks an epoch in fiction
relating to the war between the sections for the preservation of the
Union. "The Legionaries," by an anonymous writer, said to be a prominent
lawyer of the Hoosier state, concerns the raid made by the intrepid
Morgan through the southeastern corner of Indiana, through lower Ohio
and to the borders of West Virginia, where his depleted command ran into
a trap set by the federal authorities. It is a remarkable book, and we
can scarcely credit the assurance that it is the work of a new
writer.--_Roche