The Arizona desert and the Painted Canyon country furnish the background for this exciting Western tale of outlaws, rustlers and mystery. ANGEL ESQUIRE. By Edgar Wallace. A superlatively good mystery story based on a puzzling cryptogram, which held the key to a fortune. THE BLACK JOKER. By Isabel Ostrander. The strange behavior of a pack of cards and a series of terrifying events feature this tale of a girl’s mysterious adventures. THE HOUSE OF SIN. By Allen Upward. Dr. Tarleton, the famous Home Office poison expert, unravels a complicated web of mystery and intrigue and traps a murderer. UP THE RITO. By Jarvis Hall. An invigorating novel of New Mexico and an old Indian legend that points the way to a lost gold mine. NICK OF THE WOODS. By Robert Montgomery Bird. A romantic tale of the early Kentucky settlers; of soldiers, renegades and Indian fighting on the Old Frontier. For sale by most booksellers at the popular price. Published by A. L. BURT COMPANY, 114-120 EAST 23d ST., NEW YORK TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES: Italicized text is surrounded by underscores: _italics_. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. Inconsistencies in hyphenation have been standardized. Archaic or variant spelling has been retained.