Author of "Captain Kettle" and "Thompson's Progress" Cloth 12mo $1.50 Mr. Cutcliffe Hyne's "McTodd" enriches literature with a new and fascinating figure. The author established himself with his "Captain Kettle" books, and he has made his popularity considerably more sure through his latest story, "Thompson's Progress." McTodd, the engineer, was quite as popular a hero in the last Captain Kettle book as that fiery little sailor, and Mr. Hyne now makes him the chief character in a better story. The author's invention never flags, and the new story is full of incidents and experiences of the liveliest and most fascinating kind. Besides drawing a better character, the author has made his experiences more like those of real people, and has constructed a story which is well knit, forceful, and absorbing. He has outgrown the crudities observable in his previous books, and it is expected that his new creation will give him a much better place in literature and will greatly strengthen his hold on the popular approval. THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 66 Fifth Avenue, New York Transcriber's note: A number of instances of 'Dic' being misspelt as 'Dick' have been corrected. Printer's errors have been corrected, all other inconsistencies are as in the original.