In the library of Mr. John Ford, near New York, there hangs in the place of honor a water-color sketch of an old yellow château. Beneath it, ranged by themselves, are all the works of that eloquent authoress and noble woman, Madame de Staël. "You admire her?" said a visitor recently, in some surprise. "To me she always seemed a--a little antique, you know." "She is antiquity itself! But she once lent me her house, and I am grateful. By-the-way, Katharine, I never told you, although I found it out afterwards: Benjamin Franklin understood English, after all." THE END * * * * * BY MARY E. WILKINS. PEMBROKE. A Novel. Illustrated. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1 50. JANE FIELD. A Novel. Illustrated. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1 25. YOUNG LUCRETIA, and Other Stories. Illustrated. Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1 25. A NEW ENGLAND NUN, and Other Stories. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1 25. A HUMBLE ROMANCE, and Other Stories. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1 25. GILES COREY, YEOMAN. Illustrated. 32mo, Cloth, Ornamental, 50 cents. We have long admired Miss Wilkins as one of the most powerful, original, and profound writers of America; but we are bound to say that "Pembroke" is entitled to a higher distinction than the critics have awarded to Miss Wilkins's earlier productions. As a picture of New England life and character, as a story of such surpassing interest that he who begins is compelled to finish it, as a work of art without a fault or a deficiency, we cannot see how it could possibly be improved.--_N. Y. Sun._ The simplicity, purity, and quaintness of these stories set them apart in a niche of distinction where they have no rivals.--_Literary World_, Boston. Nowhere are there to be found such faithful, delicately drawn, sympathetic, tenderly humorous pictures.--_N. Y. Tribune._ The charm of Miss Wilkins's stories is in her intimate acquaintance and comprehension of humble life, and the sweet human interest she feels and makes her readers partake of, in the simple, common, homely people she draws.--_Springfield Republican._ PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK. ==>_The above works are for sale by all booksellers, or will be sent by the publishers, postage prepaid, to any part of the United States, Canada, or Mexico, on receipt of the price._ BY A. CONAN DOYLE Mr. Doyle has the gift of description, and he knows how to make fiction seem reality.--_Independent_, N. Y. His descriptions are picturesque and vivid, and his narrative powers of a high order.--_N. Y. Mail and Express._ Dr. Doyle's characters, whether historical or imaginary, are so instinct with the breath of life that they compel our credence--they are never puppets, but always creations.--_Spectator_, London.