Sun._

A pathetic little tale, simple but deeply touching, and told with the
beauty of phrasing and the deep and subtle sympathy of the
poet.--_Chicago Times._

There is no page--no paragraph even--but holds more of vital quality
than would suffice to set up an ordinary volume.--_The Epoch_, N.Y.

... A wonderfully sustained effort in imaginative prose, full of the
glamour and opulent color of the tropics and yet strong with the salt
breath of the sea.--_San Francisco Chronicle._

Mr. Hearn is a poet, and in "Chita" he has produced a prose poem of much
beauty.... His style is tropical, full of glow and swift movement and
vivid impressions, reflecting strong love and keen sympathetic
observation of nature, picturesque and flexible, luxuriant in imagery,
and marked by a delicate perception of effective values.--_N.Y.
Tribune._

In the too few pages of this wonderful little book tropical Nature finds
a living voice and a speech by which she can make herself known. All the
splendor of her skies and the terrors of her seas make to themselves a
language. So living a book has scarcely been given to our
generation.--_Boston Transcript._

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THE ODD NUMBER.

Thirteen Tales by GUY DE MAUPASSANT. The Translation by JONATHAN
STURGES. An Introduction by HENRY JAMES. pp. xviii., 226. 16mo, Cloth,
Ornamental, $1 00.

The tales included in "The Odd Number" are little masterpieces, and done
into very clear, sweet, simple English.--WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS.

There is a charming individuality in each of these fascinating little
tales; something elusive and subtle in every one, something quaint or
surprising, which catches the fancy and gives a sense of satisfaction
like that felt when one discovers a rare flower in an unexpected place.
I predict that "The Odd Number" will soon be found lying in the corner
of the sofa or on the table in the drawing-rooms of cultivated women
everywhere.--MARGARET E. SANGSTER.

Masterpieces.... Nothing can exceed the masculine firmness, the quiet
force, of his own style, in which every phrase is a close sequence,
every epithet a paying piece, and the ground is completely cleared of
the vague, the ready-made, and the second-best. Less than any one to-day
does he beat the air, more