A refreshing and remarkable production. There is here no wearisome soul-searching, and no minute analysis of the trivial, but a straightforward romance, written almost in the great manner of Scott. As a story, it is absorbingly interesting from first page to last. As a resuscitation of history, it has the accuracy without the pedantry of the works of German and other moderns. As a presentation of the physical aspects of the Balkan peninsula, it is very striking, and shows close familiarity with the regions described. As a study of the life and manner of the remote epoch with which it deals, it exhibits, without ostentation, a careful and minute research; and as a literary composition, it has more merits and fewer faults than most of the books written in this age of hurried production.--_Dial_, Chicago. * * * * * Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, New York. Harper & Brothers _will send the above work by mail, postage prepaid, to any part of the United States, Canada, or Mexico, on receipt of the price_. BY LAFCADIO HEARN. Two Years in the French West Indies. By Lafcadio Hearn. pp.517. Copiously Illustrated. Post 8vo, Cloth, $2 00. The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard. By Anatole France. The Translation and Introduction by Lafcadio Hearn. 8vo, Paper, 50 cents. Chita: A Memory of Last Island. By Lafcadio Hearn. pp. vi., 204. Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1 00. To such as are unfamiliar with Mr. Hearn's writings,"Chita" will be a revelation of how near language can approach the realistic power of actual painting. His very words seem to have color--his pages glow--his book is a kaleidoscope.--_N. Y. Mail and Express._ A powerful story, rich in descriptive passages.... The tale is a tragic one, but it shows remarkable imaginative force, and is one that will not soon be forgotten by the reader.--_Saturday Evening Gazette_, Boston. Lafcadio Hearn's exquisite story.... A tale full of poetry and vivid description that nobody will want to miss.--_N. Y. Sun._ A pathetic little tale, simple but deeply touching, and told with the beauty of phrasing and the deep and subtle sympathy of the poet.--_Chicago Times._ There is no page--no paragraph even--but holds more of vital quality than would suffice to set up an ordinary volume.--_The Epoch_, N. Y. ... A wonderfully sustained effort in imaginative prose, full of the glamour and opulent color of the tropics and yet strong with the salt breath of the sea.--_San Francisco Chronicle._