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A novel which will add to the author's reputation as a clever writer of entertaining fiction... The interest is so well maintained that the book will probably be finished at a sitting.—San Francisco Chronicle. R. ABSALOM BILLINGSLEA, AND OTHER GEORGIA FOLK. By R. M. Jounsrox, author of ‘Old Mark Langston,” ‘‘Dukesborough Tales,” etc. Illus. _16mo,"Cloth, Extra, $1.25. These stories illustrate phases of rural life in Middle (Georgia in times long prev- ious to the war of the rebellion, and abound in quaint stuties of character, in humor, and pathox. The illustrations are capital.—N. Y. Sun. [HE ROSE OF PARADISE. Being a Detailed Account of certain Adventures that happened to Captain John Mackra, in Connec- tion with the famous Pirate, Edward England. By Howakrp Py.e, author of "The Wonder Clock,” ‘* Pepper and Salt,” etc. Illustrations by the author. Post 8vo, Cloth, extra, $1.25. We have read the book with the bo'ys enthusiastic absorption that takes you out of yourself and places you side by side with the hero on the blood-stained deck, or the yard: arm in a storm, and raises your pulse-beats ten a miuute.—Critic ¥; Published by HARPER & BROS., New York. be sent by Harrer & y pa pt of the price. ERS’ CATALOGUE sent on receipt of Ten Cents postage-stamps. By A Novel. By tten. Chicago Tribune. MAGNIFICENT PLEBEIAN. A Novel. By Jutta Ma- postpai Harver & Bro’ It ix winsome, full of delicate humor, | The cry will be for more from & rhe Qnty RED CHAMPAGNE HE three best after-dinner speeches of the Winter, no need to name the speakers, were made upon the sparkling foundation of Ruby Royal “Sec,” which foams on every hand at this festive season and seems to have taken New York by storm. This champagne, of a bright ruby color, was in. troduced to the connoisseurs of New York about four months ago. To-day it is kept by every first-class hotel and restaurant. So rapid a suc cess is the best evidence of the merits of the wine in America ABOUT THE MIDWINTER —FEBRUARY—CENTURY. Tue Cenrury’s articles on “ Ranch Life in the Far West,” which begin in this number, are not only written, but illustrated | also, by experts. ‘Theodore Roosevelt has experienced all he writes about in the “great grazing lands,” and Frederic Rem- ington, the artist, has led the life of a | cowboy for years on the Western plains. | Among Remington’s illustrations in the first number are a full-page picture of an attack upon a company of cowboys by the Indians, “A Row ina Cattle Town,” “Cow- boy Fun,” “ Pulling a Cow out of the Mud,” and another full-page picture of “ Bronco Busters Saddling.” James R “LL LOWELL writes a charm- ing chapter of reminiscences and criticism regarding the English prose master Lan- dor. With it are several letters of Landor and his portrait. “THE GRAND STRATEGY OF THE WAR or THE REBELLION ” is the title of General Sherman's review of the military conduct of the war. In an untechnical way he discusses the governing influences on both sides, and esti- mates the qualities of prominent leaders. “WHEN we get the best that Mr. Cable can write and Mr. Stockton and Dr. Eggleston, we get something better than the exercise of mere literary talent in the direction of story telling,” said the ai and Express recently. These three authors and Octave Thanet contribute fiction to the Mid- winter CENTURY. Two entertaining illustrated papers are “Pictorial Art on the Stage,” by E. W. and E. H. Blashfield, and “ Living in Parie " hy T TY Acharn Tue February installment of the Lincoln History contai a correspondence which took place one month after the in- auguration between Lincoln and Seward, which will bea surprise to all historical students. In Seward’s letter to Lin coln a remarkable line of public policy is laid out, coupled | with a suggestion which, if accepted, would have been a virtual surrender of the Administration on the part of the President to the Secretary of State. The incident is a key to the subsequent relations between the two great statesmen. Dr. Buck ey, editor of Zhe Christian Advocate, has anothet | important article in his series, writing this time of “Astrology, | Divination and Coincidences.” A_New character poem, by James Whitcomb Riley, “At The Literary,” with illustrations by Kemble, is given. : GrorGE Kennan’s third Russian Prison paper appears in the February Century, and is a description of the life of the “Politicals” in the famous fortress of Petropavlovsk. ‘The interest of these papers is cumulative. In this one Kennan) describes “The First Night in the Fortress,” ‘Routine of Life in a Casemate,” “How Prisoners are Watched and Guarded,” ‘Interviews with Relatives,” “An Artificial Hiccough,” “Prisoners’ Methods of Intercommunication, etc. Copies of THE CENTURY now entering Russia have Mr. Keenan’s articles torn out of them by Government officials | on the frontier. The growing interest in the two great serials now appearing in Tut | Century, has led the publishers to make the following Special Offers | 1. New subscribers beginning with this January number can have November ati | December free, and thus begin the volume and the Russian Papers. 2. Or, new 5") | scribers beginning with November can also have the twelve numbers of the past yea! | (Nov.,'&, to Oct.,’S7, inclusive,) to begin the Lincoln Life, with a year’s subscription | for $6.00; the back numbers bound, with subscription, $7.50. All dealers and publishers fill orders for back numbers. rntenlgtacemtea as comicbooks.com