he
principal character is concealed with a great deal
of artistic skill. * * * Shows a spirit of patient
research that speaks well for the industry of the
writer, and an analytical faculty rarely seen in a
woman."--_Boston Courier._

=X. Y. Z.= A Detective Story. By ANNA KATHARINE GREEN. 16mo,
paper, 25 cents.

"Well written and extremely exciting and
captivating. * * * She is a perfect genius in the
construction of a plot."--_N. Y. Commercial
Advertiser._

"Will keep the sleepiest reader wide-awake from
title to finis."--_Boston Transcript._

"An extremely interesting story, * * * the
development of the plot is kept well in hand, and
the denouement is as dramatic as any that could be
desired."--_Albany Argus._

=THE DEFENCE OF THE BRIDE=, and Other Poems. By ANNA
KATHARINE GREEN. Sq. 16mo, flex. cloth, $1.00.

"Written with a spirit and force that are
impressive."--_Congregationalist._

PUBLICATIONS OF G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS.

BAYARD TAYLOR'S NOVELS.

I. =Hannah Thurston.= A STORY OF AMERICAN LIFE
12mo. Household edition, $1.50

"If Bayard Taylor has not placed himself, as we
are half inclined to suspect, in the front rank of
novelists, he has produced a very remarkable
book--a really original story, admirably told,
crowded with life-like characters full of delicate
and subtle sympathies, with ideas the most
opposite to his own, and lighted up throughout
with that playful humor which suggests always
wisdom rather than mere fun."--_London Spectator._

II. =John Godfrey's Fortunes.= RELATED BY HIMSELF
12mo. Household edition, $1.50

"'John Godfrey's Fortunes,' without being
melodramatic or morbid, is one of the most
fascinating novels which we have ever read. Its
portraiture of American social life, though not
flattering, is eminently truthful; its delineation
of character is delicate and natural; its English,
though sometimes careless, is singularly grateful
and pleasant."--_Cleveland Leader._

III. =The Story of Kennett.= 12mo. Household
edition,