THE LAND OF THE SUN. Vistas Mexicanas. By CHRISTIAN REID, author of "The Land of the Sky," "A Comedy of Elopement," etc. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $1.75.

In this picturesque travel romance the author of "The Land of the Sky" takes her characters from New Orleans to fascinating Mexican cities like Guanajuato, Zacarecas, Aguas Calientes, Guadalajara, and of course the City of Mexico. What they see and what they do are described in a vivacious style which renders the book most valuable to those who wish an interesting Mexican travel-book unencumbered with details, while the story as a story sustains the high reputation of this talented author.

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BOOKS BY MRS. EVERARD COTES (SARA JEANNETTE DUNCAN).

VERNON'S AUNT. With many Illustrations. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25.

"Her characters, even when broadly absurd, are always consistent with themselves, and the stream of fun flows naturally on, hardly ever flagging or forced."—London Athenaeum.

A DAUGHTER OF TO-DAY. A Novel, 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.

"The book is well worth the attention it demands, and if the conviction at last slowly dawns upon the reader that it contains a purpose, it is one which has been produced by the inevitable law of reaction, and is cleverly manipulated."—London Athenaeum.

"This novel is a strong and serious piece of work; one of a kind that is getting too rare in these days of universal crankiness."—Boston Courier.

"A new and capital story, full of quiet, happy touches of humor."—Philadelphia Press.

A SOCIAL DEPARTURE: How Orthodocia and I Went Round the World by Ourselves. With 111 Illustrations by F. H. TOWNSEND. 12mo. Paper, 75 cents; cloth, $1.75.

"Widely read and praised on both sides of the Atlantic and Pacific, with scores of illustrations which fit the text exactly and show the mind of artist and writer in unison."—New York Evening Post.

"It is to be doubted whether another book can be found so thoroughly amusing from beginning to end."—Boston Daily Advertiser.

"A brighter, merrier, more entirely charming book would be, indeed, difficult to find."—St. Louis Republic.

AN AMERICAN GIRL IN LONDON. With 80 Illustrations by F. H. TOWNSEND. 12mo. Paper, 75 cents; cloth, $1.50.

"One of the most naive and entertaining books of the season."—New York Observer.

"So sprightly a book as this, on life in London as observed by an American, has never before been written."—Philadelphia Bulletin.

"Overrunning with cleverness and good-will."—New York Commercial Advertiser.

THE SIMPLE ADVENTURES OF A MEM-SAHIB. With 37 Illustrations by F. H. TOWNSEND. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.

"It is like traveling without leaving one's armchair to read it. Miss Duncan has the descriptive and narrative gift in large measure, and she brings vividly before us the street scenes, the interiors, the bewilderingly queer natives, the gayeties of the English colony."—Philadelphia Telegraph.

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ADA CAMBRIDGE'S NOVELS.

MY GUARDIAN. 12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.

"A story which will, from first to last, enlist the sympathies of the reader by its simplicity of style and fresh, genuine feeling.... The author is au fait at the delineation of character."—Boston Transcript.

"The denouement is all that the most ardent romance-reader could desire."—Chicago Evening Journal.

THE THREE MISS KINGS. 12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.

"An exceedingly strong novel. It is an Australian story, teeming with a certain calmness of emotional power that finds expression in a continual outflow of living thought and feeling."—Boston Times.

"The story is told with great brilliancy, the character and society sketching is very charming, while delightful incidents and happy surprises abound. It is a triple love-story, pure in tone, and of very high literary merit."—Chicago Herald.

NOT ALL IN VAIN. 12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.

"A worthy companion to the best of the author's former efforts, and in some respects superior to any of them."—Detroit Free Press.

"Its surprises are as unexpected as Frank Stockton's, but they are the surprises that are met with so commonly in human experience.... A better story has not been published in many moons."—Philadelphia Inquirer.

A MARRIAGE CEREMONY. 12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.

"'A Marriage Ceremony' is highly original in conception, its action graceful though rapid, and its characters speaking with that life and sprightliness that have made their author rank as a peer of delineators."—Baltimore American.

"This story by Ada Cambridge is one of her best, and to say that is to at once award it high praise."—Boston Advertiser.

"It is a pleasure to read this novel."—London Athenaeum.

A LITTLE MINX. 12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.

"A thoroughly charming new novel, which is just the finest bit of work its author has yet accomplished."—Baltimore American.

"The character of the heroine is especially cleverly drawn."—New York Commercial Advertiser.

The Press on Ada Cambridge's Books.

"Many of the types of character introduced would not have disgraced George Eliot."—Vanity Fair.

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