A spirited and fascinating New Work by this gifted and popular author. CHRISTINE'S FORTUNE. _Like a pearl on the sands of the sea-shore is the story of Christine among the average novels of the day. The incidents are few, and the charm of the story lies in the unfolding of a pure and noble character, and in the sketches of German life and scenery which form its harmonious background. The interest though quiet is sustained, and no one who begins the book will lay it down until he has finished reading it, and will rise from it with the feeling that he has been in excellent company. The style, the sentiments, and the teachings are faultless and ennobling._ DR. HOWELL'S FAMILY. "_Of the merits of this work it is difficult to speak too highly. It is written in a style as near perfection as it is possible to conceive. Better books a parent cannot put into the hands of a son or daughter._"--WATCHMAN. * * * * * [Illustration] Sly Ballades in Harvard China. By E. S. M. Dainty and unique in style, it will provide bright and amusing Summer reading, appealing to the taste of cultivated people of society. The papers are quite unconventional, and are treated with a rare sense of humor. The versification has the genuine ring. The volume will undoubtedly make a hit.--_Boston Saturday Evening Gazette._ Bright and full of fun.--_Boston Globe._ Graceful in fancy, and bright in wit and spirit. The author's drollery is irresistible, and we should think young ladies would enjoy the book as much as the beings of the opposite sex.--_Quebec Chronicle._ The author is anonymous--as usual, now-a-days--but he is known as one of the foremost of a band of clever young writers.--_Springfield Republican._ Writes always like a gentleman.--_N. Y. Mail._ The volume is of a high order.--_Boston Herald._ Suggests Hood at his best.--_Boston Journal._ One of the most charming of Summer books.--_St. Louis Globe-Democrat._ Written in the approved modern _Vers de Societie_ style, with a singular mixture of wit and deep feeling. Many of the verses would not be disowned by Praed, the master-genius of witty verse, or by Calverly, who wrote "Fly Leaves," a few years back.--_Boston Advertiser._ Bret Harte created quite a sensation in London society by reading these verses in manuscript.--_N. Y. Pub. Weekly._ The books contain some of the lightest and brightest bits of verse it has lately been our good fortune to lead.--_The Critic._ * * * * * _WHENCE, WHAT, WHERE?_ _A VIEW OF THE ORIGIN, NATURE, AND DESTINY OF MAN._ BY JAMES R. NICHOLS, M.D., A.M. EXTRACTS FROM NOTICES BY THE PRESS. _From Forney's Philadelphia Press._