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e love and happiness for which she so ardently longs and so well deserves. The plot is well thought out, the interest is wonderfully well sustained, and the charm of the story is irresistible. [_Third edition ready_ There are several laughs on every page.--_N. Y. Times Saturday Review._ Her Majesty the King _A ROMANCE OF THE HAREM BY JAMES JEFFREY ROCHE_ With 16 full page pictures, and an elaborate cover design in many colors. 12mo. $1.25. As Mr. Roche modestly says in his _Forewarning_, "This volume, containing the surprising adventures of the good Kayenna and the marvellous wisdom of Shacabac, the wayfarer, needeth no apology. Its merits are as many as its words." And the reviewers have heartily agreed that "there are several laughs on every page." Published over two years ago, _Her Majesty the King_ is more popular to-day than at any time since its publication. It is plainly not only a book to read but to recommend to your friends. "The wittiest book of the year."--_Boston Journal._ [_Fifth edition ready_ Irish Mist and Sunshine _A BOOK OF BALLADS BY REV. JAMES B. DOLLARD_ (Sliav-na-mon) With an introduction by William O'Brien, M. P. Small quarto. $1.50 This is a book of ringing Irish ballads that will stir the heart of every lover of true poetry. "Here and there a verse may be as frankly unadorned as the peasant cabins themselves in their homely cloaks of thatch, but every line rings true to life and home and with the tone, as heartmoving as the Angelus which holds Millet's peasants in its spell," from Mr. O'Brien's introduction. "Father Dollard's ballads have all the fire and dash of Kipling's, with a firmer poetic grasp," says Mr. Nathan Haskell Dole. [_Ready in May_ Four Days of God _BY HARRIET PRESCOTT SPOFFORD_ With about 90 illustrations. Bound in white and gold and purple Small 4 to $1.00 It is quite impossible to describe adequately the surpassing charm of this book. We can say simply that it will appeal to every lover of nature who sees in her manifold beauties the living glories of the work of God. No one can write more beautiful or sparkling prose than Mrs. Spofford and never has she been so absolutely charming as in _Four Days of God_. The book has about 90 illustrations by Miss A. C. Tomlinson which catch the spirit of the text to
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