ained interest and novel plot, it recalls Rider
Haggard's "King Solomon's Mines," and "She" but the reader will find an
added interest due to the apparent reality with which the author
succeeds in investing the sensational incidents of his plot.

The Spoilsmen.

By ELLIOTT FLOWER, author of "Policeman Flynn," etc.

This is a story of municipal politics, depicting conditions common to
practically all large cities. The political methods employed, however,
are in most instances taken from the actual experiences of men who have
served the public in some capacity or other, and the stories told of
some of the characters are literally true. The love interest centres
around a girl of high ideals, who inspires a wealthy young man to enter
the local campaign.

"The best one may hear of 'The Spoilsmen' will be none too good. As a
wide-awake, snappy, brilliant political story it has few equals, its
title-page being stamped with that elusive mark, 'success.' One should
not miss a word of a book like this at a time like this and in a world
of politics like this."--_Boston Transcript._

"...It ought to do good. The world of municipal politics is put before
the reader in a striking and truthful manner; and the sources of evil
that afflict the government of our cities are laid bare in a manner that
should arrest the attention of every honest man who wishes to purge and
cleanse our local governments. It illustrates, too, very forcibly, how
difficult a work it is to accomplish such municipal reform, and how
useless it is to attempt it without united and persistent effort on the
part of those who should be most interested."--_Grover Cleveland._

A Daughter of Thespis.

By JOHN D. BARRY, author of "The Intriguers," "Mademoiselle Blanche,"
etc.

The author's experiences as a dramatic critic have enabled him to write
with authority on the ever fascinating theme of stage life. From "the
front," in the wings, and on the boards--from all these varying points
of view, is told this latest story of player folk--an absorbing tale.

"This story of the experiences of Evelyn Johnson, actress, may be
praised just because it is so true and so wholly free from melodrama and
the claptrap which we have come to think inseparable from any narrative
which has to do with theatrical experiences."--_Professor Harry Thurston
Peck, of Columbia University._

Prince Hagen.

By UPTON SINCLAIR, author of "King Midas," etc.

In this book, Mr. Sincla