of every reader.

There is really but little pure romance in this story, for the
author has taken care to imagine love passages only between
those whom history has credited with having entertained the
tender passion one for another, and he succeeds in making such
lovers as all the world must love.

=CAPTAIN BRAND, OF THE SCHOONER CENTIPEDE.= By Lieut. Henry A. Wise,
U. S. N. (Harry Gringo). Cloth, 12mo. with four illustrations by J.
Watson Davis. Price, $1.00.

The re-publication of this story will please those lovers of
sea yarns who delight in so much of the salty flavor of the
ocean as can come through the medium of a printed page, for
never has a story of the sea and those "who go down in ships"
been written by one more familiar with the scenes depicted.

The one book of this gifted author which is best remembered,
and which will be read with pleasure for many years to come, is
"Captain Brand," who, as the author states on his title page,
was a "pirate of eminence in the West Indies." As a sea story
pure and simple, "Captain Brand" has never been excelled, and
as a story of piratical life, told without the usual
embellishments of blood and thunder, it has no equal.

=NICK OF THE WOODS.= A story of the Early Settlers of Kentucky. By
Robert Montgomery Bird. Cloth, 12mo. with four illustrations by J.
Watson Davis. Price, $1.00.

This most popular novel and thrilling story of early frontier
life in Kentucky was originally published in the year 1837. The
novel, long out of print, had in its day a phenomenal sale, for
its realistic presentation of Indian and frontier life in the
early days of settlement in the South, narrated in the tale
with all the art of a practiced writer. A very charming love
romance runs through the story. This new and tasteful edition
of "Nick of the Woods" will be certain to make many new
admirers for this enchanting story from Dr. Bird's clever and
versatile pen.

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=GUY FAWKES.= A Romance of the Gunpowder Treason. By Wm. Harrison
Ainsworth. Cloth, 12mo. with four illustrations by George Cruikshank.
Price, $1.00.

The "Gunpowder Plot" was a modest attempt to blow up
Parliament, the King and his Counsellors. James of Scotland,
then King of England, was weak-minded and extravagant. He hit
upon