By ISAAC HENDERSON. With covers richly adorned with emblematic designs by Elihu Vedder. $1.50. "A work of singular force and power."--_Albany Union._ "It recalls Nathaniel Hawthorne in his most vigorous time."--_Quebec Chronicle._ "Henderson is the most promising novelist who, for many a long day, has entered the field of fiction.... It is an unusually good novel."--_Detroit News._ "One of the most brilliant and fascinating romances that has been published in many a day. The story is dramatic, powerful, irresistible in its interest as a love story alone. The greatest work of the day in imaginative art."--_Boston Traveller._ "The Churchman" says: "We soon found that we had a very powerfully written and fascinating story to enjoy. 'The Prelate' is a novel of modern Italian life, involving the Old Catholic movement and the Jesuit intrigues to suppress the spread of reform in the papal communion. We think it _one_ of the best, if not _the_ best, novels we have met with upon such topics. It is thoroughly well written, not exaggerated, not melodramatic, and the characters admirably drawn and finely discriminated.... Apart from its great interest and exceptional cleverness as a novel, this book is well worth reading." The "Christian Union" says: "Here the insight into character, the delicacy and fineness of touch, the keenness of analysis, and the firmness of the literary method, remind one of Mr. Henry James, but are unaccompanied with prolixity." * * * * * The Northern Pacific Railway's Great Romance. THE GOLDEN SPIKE. By EDWARD KING. 12mo. $1.50. "One of the brightest and freshest works of fiction of the season. It is breezy and inspiring, and the author's vigorous and graceful style was never displayed to better advantage. It takes the reader from London to America, through the marvellous Northwest, and describes scenery and customs with a picturesqueness and truthfulness that will thoroughly absorb the attention of even the most _blase_ novel reader."--_Boston Budget._ "Whoever begins to read it will, under its charm, find it difficult to do anything else until it is finished. The author, in fact, takes us through wonderland at a pace something like that of the railway described. Minnesota, Dakota, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington Territory, and British Columbia are spread out before us in most graphic descriptions. In conclusion, we may state that Mr. King's book is exceedingly attractive."--_Galignani's Messenger_ (Paris). =TICKNOR AND COMPANY, Boston.= JAPANESE HOMES