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Zigzag Journeys in the Sunny outh, In which the Zigzag Club visit the Southern States, Florida, Havana, Nassau, and the Isthmus of Panama, with romantic stories. ’ Fully illustrated. x vol., quarto, illuminated covers, $1.75. The Boys of 61; Or, Four Years or FicuTiNc. A record of personal obser- vation with the Amy and Navy, from the Battle of Bull Run to the fall of Richmond, 'By CHARLES CARLETON Corrix. With many illustrations, x vol., 8vo, chromo- lithograph covers, $r.75. : For sale by all booksellers, or sent postpaid, on receipt of price by the publishers, ESTES & LAURIAT, BOSTON, MASS. THE BLESSED [)AMOZEL. BY DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY KENYON COX. Large Quarto, Cloth, $15.00. A limited edition, consisting of thirty-five copies, proofs on India paper, will be issued at $25.00. ‘The designs have been painted in oil and are reproduced by the Forbes process. “Tt is a rare pleasure to find among the scores of holiday books issued at this season one so superb in conception and execution as Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s poem, ‘ The Blessed Damozel,’ illustrated by Mr. Kenyon Cox. Nét since Mr. Vedder made his wonderful pictures for ‘Omar Khayydm’ has any series of illustrations appeared comparable with these by Mr. Cox. We are not forgetful of the beautiful drawings Mr. Will. H. Low furnished to Keats’ * Lamia last year. Mr. Cox’s work is not only strikingly original, but it is remarkable for the amount of thought expended upon it, and not less for its masterly execution and finish, in several instances approaching very nearly to the strength and purity of the ancient Greek modeling. 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The titles of Mr. Roe's other stories, which are pub- lished at the uniform price of $1.50, are BARRIERS BURNED AWAY.—WHAT CAN SHE DO ?— OPENING A CHESTNUT BURR.— NEAR TO NA- TURE’S HEART. — WITHOUT A HOME. — HIS SOMBRE RIVALS.—A YOUNG GIRL’S WOOING.— AN ORIGINAL BELLE.—DRIVEN BACK TO EDEN. —FROM JEST TO EARNEST.—A KNIGHT OF THE XIXTH CENTURY.—A FACE ILLUMINED.—A DAY OF FATE. Dovov, Meapv & Co., Publishers, New York. ma comicbooks.com