"The anonymous author of these sketches of the reigning sovereigns of Europe appears to have gathered a good deal of curious information about their private lives, manners, and customs, and has certainly in several instances had access to unusual sources. The result is a volume which furnishes views of the kings and queens concerned, far fuller and more intimate than can be found elsewhere."--_New York Tribune._ The Life of his Royal Highness the Prince Consort. By Sir THEODORE MARTIN. In five volumes, each with Portrait. 12mo. Cloth, $10.00. "A full and impartial biography of a noble and enlightened prince.... Mr. Martin's work is not gossipy, not light, nor yet dull, guarded in its details of the domestic lives of Albert and Victoria, but sufficiently full and familiar to contribute much interesting information."--_Chicago Tribune._ THE STORY OF THE WEST SERIES. Edited by RIPLEY HITCHCOCK. Each, illustrated, 12mo, cloth, $1.50. The Story of the Soldier. By General G. A. FORSYTH, U. S. Army (retired). Illustrated by R. F. Zogbaum. "A very complete and vivid picture of the development of the West from a military point of view, with side lights on the civil war."--_The Churchman._ The Story of the Railroad. By CY WARMAN, author of "The Express Messenger," etc. With Maps and many Illustrations by B. West Clinedinst and from photographs. "In Mr. Warman's book we are kept constantly reminded of the fortitude, the suffering, the enterprise, and the endurance of the pioneers."--_The Railroad Gazette._ The Story of the Cowboy. By E. HOUGH, author of "The Singing Mouse Stories," etc. Illustrated by William L. Wells and C. M. Russell. "Mr. Hough is to be thanked for having written so excellent a book. The cowboy story, as this author has told it, will be the cowboy's fitting eulogy. This volume will be consulted in years to come as an authority on past conditions of the far West. For fine literary work the author is to be highly complimented. Here, certainly, we have a choice piece of writing."--_New York Times._ The Story of the Mine. As illustrated by the Great Comstock Lode of Nevada. By CHARLES HOWARD SHINN. "The author has written a book not alone full of information, but replete with the true romance of the American mine."--_New York Times._ The Story of the Indian. By GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL, author of "Pawnee Hero Stories," "Blackfoot Lodge Tales," etc.