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AMERICAN TALES. Large 8vo., double columns, Illuminated cover, each issue complete! A series of original and choice ROMANCES oF THE WAR AND OF THE BORDER, prepared by the best authors and supplied at the very low price of FIFTEEN CENTS EACH, ——en, Gee : No. 16, READY TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7th, 1865. OLD HAL. WILLIAMS, THE SPY OF ATLANTA. A TALE OF SHERMAN’S GEORGIA CAMPAIGN. BY J.THOS. WARREN, ; AvutTHoR oF “ Oronoco CuieF,” “ TRaAITOR’s Doom,” ETC., EYC. A story 80 impressive in incident, so inimitable in its characterizations, #0 redolent of humor and the spirit of camp life, as to render it enticing in the extreme. It will prove a great favorite. > ee oo No. 1—ON THE PLAINS; or, The Race for Life. oe of adventure among the Black Hills, ‘This ro- mance reads likeatranscript from life. Itis exciting in ite incidents of hunters’ and trappers’ experience, ot Indian life and warfare, and of Lov, for there is a beautiful woman in the cage. .2—THE BORDER SPY; or, The Beantiful Cap- son bhine Rebel Camp. A Story ofthe War. By Lieu- tenant-Colonel Hazeltine, formerly Captain Co. A., Fremont’s Guard. The title of this book implies its character. It isastirring story of the war in the Osage country, in which the author has introduced the rebel General Price, and other Saupe es Ss _3—The HERMIT of the COLORADO : bate: of the Pampas. By Wm. H. Bushnell. A eculiar but atriking story-of the Texan Pampas, intro- Basin the wild life of the Plains, the great cattle droves ofthe herdsmen, the savage Comanche, There is also apa leading feature, the element of female interest. No. 4—FREE TRAPPERS’ PASS; or, The Gold. Seeker's Daughter. By Wm. R. Eyster. An exciting romance, full of the interest of Western adventure, and eo forcibly written that the reader’s interest can not flaga moment through all the incidents of capture, flight, pursuit and peril . §—BOB BRANT, PATRIOT AND SPY: A mao R Warin the West. By Edward Willett. This exciting tale of scouting life in the West is full ofaction, presenting scenes which will be recognized by many who have served in the glorious army of General Grant; some of the characters, also, are well known in connec- tion with the secret service of the Cumberland army, o, B—-THE GUERRILLAS OF THE OSAGE; or, om Price of Loyalty on the Border. By Steph. Holmes, Jr. Introducing us to the Missouri “jayhawkers,’ ‘* bushwhackers,”’ ‘‘ guerrillas,’ etc. The price of loy- aliy is illustrated in the fortunes of a Unionist and his lovely wife, whose portraiture produces a pow- erful impression on the reader’s mind. No, 7—OLD BILL WOODWORTH: Scout of the Cumberland. By the author of ‘Bob Brant.”? One of the most popular booka of the day is Mr. Willett’s ‘*Bob Brant, Patriot and Spy.” This second work from his pen, resuming the character of the Old Scout of the Cumberland, makes him the leading actor of a most exciting and exhilarating romance, 0, 8-THE ORONOOO CHIEF; or, the Fortunes ote Diamond Locket. A story of the times of Bolivar. By J, Thomas Warren. This fine production has in it enough of adventure, war, love, and side-drama to satiety ie most eager. seeker after novelties, Yet, it is so perfectly lifelike, that it is, after all, seemingly but a series of exciting adventures, in which Bolivar’s men play a creditable part. It is a charming story. No. 9-THE PRISONER OF THE MILL; or Captain Hayward’s ‘t Body Guard.”? By the author of **The Border Spy.’? The author has here given us a story of the Gasconade country, full of all that is novel in war, exciting in adventure and stirring in love. It revives several of the best characters first introduced in his ‘‘ Border Spy.” No. 10—THE SECRET SHOT; or, the Rivals of Misty Mount. A romance of the wild region of West- ern North Carolina, introducing the singular charac- ters of that section in a drama of fascinatinginterest, No. 11—THE VICKSBURG SPY, By Edward Wil- let, author of ‘‘Bob Brant,” etc. In this splendid story we have a most masterly picture of the siege and fall’of Vicksburg. Around the €py centers an interest almost painful in its intensity, ‘Olid Bill Woodworth” here reappears to act a part so full of novelty and pathos as to doubly endear the memory of that noble character. No, 12—CALTE ‘ORNIA JOE; or, The Angel of the Wilderness. The hero of this story is the celebrated scout and sharpshooter, whose career has become art.of the history of the war in- Virginia in 1862-43, he author here presents him rather as @ epy and an adventurer than as a soldier, The whole drama is closely inwoven with what is stirring and exciting, No. 18—CRAZY DAN: or, Fight Fire with Fire. By Edward Willett, The Gaal and pt) of loyal men in Tennessee inthe year 1861 is vividly portrayed in this impressive and thrilling story. The author hag wrought with even more than his usual power, and has given us a work well calculated to add to his fine re utation as one of the most successful writers of‘ war stories’ now catering for the public, No. 14—THE TRAITOR’S DOOM: or the Heiress of Bella Vista. By J. Thomas Warren. The excite per- turbed, and intensely personal state of affairs in Loui- siana in 1862, are graphically delineated in this highly dramatic romance. Its characters are those a8 only puch a society and social state could produce; and the fortunes incident to a life among such scenes are used with great effect, No. 15,—THE FREEBOOTERS: or, the Rivals of the Gulf. By Lieutenant-Colonel Hazeltine. A glow. ing, exciting, romantic story of sea and land, of the celebrated ‘Pirates of the Mississippi.” It is in no respects sensational ; but.is.as enticing as Marryatt’s best, and aa stirring as Kidd’s own adventures, Sold by all Newsdealers; or, sent, post-paid, on receipt of price, FIFTEEN CENTS. THE AMERICAN NEWS CO., Publishers’ Agents, i2it NASSAU STREET, N. Y.