characters of interest, and the
somewhat unusual situations in which they are placed are handled
in a clever and novel manner."

_N. Y. Herald_: "She draws human nature, delights in the
opposition of character, and has, in fact, written a first-rate
modern novel."

_Buffalo Commercial Advertiser_: "A thoroughly good, strong, pure
story."

GODFREY'S POOR HUMAN NATURE

A musical novel. _2d Impression_, 12mo. $1.50.

The story of some Wagnerian singers at the Court Opera of Blankenstadt.
It has been said that this name thinly veils Dresden, and that the book
gives an intimate picture of musical life at the Saxon capital.

_Bookman_: "It is curiously convincing. The characters, too are
peculiarly real.... Each and every one stands out with vivid
distinction, and is not soon to be forgotten.... The portrayal of
local life, particularly that appertaining to operatic circles, is
full of freshness and interest.... It is well written, it is nobly
felt, it is altogether an admirable work."

_New York Tribune_: "One of the cleverest musical novels we know,
and it is particularly creditable in that it holds nothing of the
hysterical gush with which the feminine writer usually fills
fiction of this kind.... The study of the group of singers at the
Royal Opera in a minor German city is astonishingly well done, and
so is the portrait of the great tenor's peasant wife ... so
unmistakably true that she must have been drawn from life ... an
uncommonly attractive and interesting novel."

_Boston Transcript_: "We have nothing but praise to say of this
fine, strong tale, and can recommend it heartily and without
qualification."

_Literary World_: "There is a distinctly original touch in this
story.... Full of interest."

_21st Impression of a Remarkable Romance._

THE GADFLY.

By E. L. VOYNICH. 12mo, cloth. $1.25.

_New York Tribune_: "It is nothing more or less than one of the most
powerful novels of the decade.... He shows us the veritable conspirator
of history, who plotted like a human being: and not like an operatic
bandit.... It is a thrilling book and absolutely sober.... 'The Gadfly'
is an original and impressive being; ... a story to remember."

_New York Times_: "Paradox worked up with intense dramatic effect is the
salient feature of 'The Gadfly'; ... shows a wonderfully stron