A CALIFORNIA MYSTERY.

By JULES VERNE.

With numerous illustrations. One volume. 12mo $2.00

Jules Verne's cyclopedic fancy this time finds scope for its vagaries in
the Californian Eldorado, among the millionaires of absolutely limitless
resources, who, the French romancer would have us believe, form a large
class of the population around the Golden Gate. Nevertheless, the story
is of the Crusoe order, and is concerned with the adventures of the
restless young Californian, Godfrey Morgan, and his companion, the
dancing-master, Tartlet, upon a strange island where they have been
wrecked. The story is one of the most amazing efforts of Verne's genius,
and certainly lacks neither interest nor amusement. The illustrations are
very numerous and equal the text in force and character.

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PHAETON ROGERS.

By Rossiter Johnson.

One volume. 12mo. With illustrations $1.50.

"As for 'Phaeton Rogers,' the adventures of that remarkable boy and
his colleagues who investigate the mysteries of the art preservative,
are full of delightful humor, in which the oldest member of the
family can sympathize."--_Minneapolis Journal._

"One of the funniest, liveliest juvenile stories of the year is
'Phaeton Rogers,' by Rossiter Johnson. The writer shows as much
ingenuity in inventing comical adventures and situations as Phaeton
does with his kite-teams, fire-ladders, and comets."--_Holyoke
Transcript._

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_A NEW EDITION AT REDUCED PRICE._

ABOUT OLD STORY-TELLERS.

OF HOW AND WHEN THEY LIVED, AND WHAT STORIES THEY TOLD.

By Donald G. Mitchell. Author of "The Reveries of a Bachelor," etc., etc.
With numerous illustrations. One volume, 12mo $1.25.

"Mr. Mitchell's literary style, so chaste, simple and pure, is
admirably adapted for this kind of writing, and he employs his facile
and congenial pen, in the present instance, with entire success.
'About Old Story-Tellers' is made up of the best of the old stories,
gathered from all sources, re-told in Mr. Mitchell's inimitable
manner, and interwoven with lively sketches of the original writers
and the times in which they flourished."--_N