"Well, then," said Dr. Lavendar, slowly, "you will make a promise to me in that way." He stood up and took her hand, his face very pale. "Promise me that never, so long as you live, will you tell any one--any one, Annie--that you made Harriet fall asleep by giving her the big bottle to smell. Now, make the promise, Annie." Miss Annie slowly crossed her breast. "I promise," she said, in a low voice; her eyes, widening with awe, were fixed on his face. "I promise: "Honest and true, Black and black and blue, Lay me down And cut me in two-- if I do." "_Amen!_" said Dr. Lavendar; and took off his hat, and stood looking up into the sky, his lip trembling. "Father," he said, "I don't even say 'forgive her!' She is Thy little child." And then they stood for a moment hand in hand in the sunny silence. THE END BY ONOTO WATANNA A JAPANESE NIGHTINGALE. A love story of Japan. Full-page Drawings in Color and unique Decorative Color Borders on every page, by the well-known Japanese artist GENJIRO YETO. Crown 8vo, Ornamented Cloth, Deckel Edges, Gilt Top (in a box), $2.00 net. There could not easily be a more charming volume to look at than this, nor a more delightfully appealing romance to read.--_New York World_. An idyl of the author's homeland, delicate in fancy and dainty in expression.--_Public Opinion_. The author and the artist together have produced a charming work of art, as thoroughly imbued with the Japanese spirit as a bit of old Satsuma.--_Buffalo Express_. "A Japanese Nightingale" is one of the daintiest and most exquisite of love stories; ... indeed, so exquisite is her art, and so delightful the humor of her pages, that more than one critic has spoken of the story as "A Japanese Kentucky Cardinal."--_New York Journal_. It is full of poetry and charm.--_Current Literature_. A delicious vein of humor runs through the story, especially in the love scenes, and the style is distinct with the lyrical delicacy of Japanese thought.--_Brooklyn Eagle_. HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON _The above work will be sent by mail to any part of the United States, Canada, or Mexico, on receipt of the price_. (_Postage 15 cents._) BY ROBERT W. CHAMBERS THE MAID-AT-ARMS. Illustrated by Howard Chandler Christy. Post 8vo, Ornamented Cloth, $1.50. Mr. Chambers has long since won a most enviable position among contemporary novelists. The great popular success of "Cardigan" makes this present novel of unusual interest to all readers of fiction. It is a stirring novel of American life in days just after the Revolution. It deals with the conspiracy of the great New York land-owners and the subjugation of New York Province to the British. It is a story with a fascinating love interest, and is alive with exciting incident and adventure. Some of the characters of "Cardigan" reappear in this new novel. HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON