ot thickens so gradually that a less competent novelist would be in
danger of letting the reader's attention slip. But the climax of
Benson's conspiracy to remove the captain, and carry off the wife, to
whom his lawless passion aspires, is invested with the keenest
excitement.

The Story of the Foss River Ranch.

By RIDGWELL CULLOM.

The scene of this story is laid in Canada, not in one of the great
cities, but in that undeveloped section of the great Northwest where
to-day scenes are being enacted similar to those enacted fifty years ago
during the settlement of the great American West. The story is intense,
with a sustained and well-developed plot, and will thus appeal to the
reading public.

The Interference of Patricia.

By LILIAN BELL, author of "Hope Loring," "Abroad with the Jimmies," etc.
With a frontispiece from drawing by Frank T. Merrill.

This story adds not a little to the author's reputation as a teller of
clever tales. It is of the social life of to-day in Denver--that city of
gold and ozone--and deals of that burg's peculiarities with a keen and
flashing satire. The character of the heroine, Patricia, will hold the
reader by its power and brilliancy. Impetuous, capricious, and wayward,
with a dominating personality and spirit, she is at first a careless
girl, then develops into a loyal and loving woman, whose interference
saves the honor of both her father and lover. The love theme is in the
author's best vein, the character sketches of the magnates of Denver are
amusing and trenchant, and the episodes of the plot are convincing,
sincere, and impressive.

A Book Of Girls.

By LILIAN BELL, author of "Hope Loring," "Abroad with the Jimmies," etc.
With a frontispiece.

It is quite universally recognized that Lilian Bell has done for the
American girl in fiction what Gibson has done for her in art--that
Lilian Bell has crystallized into a distinct type all the peculiar
qualities that have made the American girl unique among the women of the
world. Consequently, a book with a Bell heroine is sure of a hearty
welcome. What, therefore, can be said of this book, which contains no
less than four types of witching and buoyant femininity? There are four
stories of power and dash in this volume: "The Last Straw," "The
Surrender of Lapwing," "The Penance of Hedwig," and "Garret Owen's
Little Countess." Each one of these tells a tale full of verve and
thrill, each one has a heroine of fibre and