A big and purposeful story interwoven about the responsibilities and problems in the medical profession of the present day. Dr. Weaver, a noted specialist, and head of a private hospital, had allowed himself to drift away from the standards of his youth in his desire for wealth and social and scientific prestige. When an exposé of the methods employed by him in furthering his schemes for the glorifying of the name of "Weaver" in the medical world is threatened, it is frustrated through the efforts of the famous doctor's younger brother, Dr. Jim. The story is powerful and compelling, even if it uncovers the problems and temptations of a physician's career. Perhaps the most important character, not even excepting Dr. Weaver and Dr. Jim, is "The Girl," who plays such an important part in the lives of both men. "The story becomes one of those absorbing tales of to-day which the reader literally devours in an evening, unwilling to leave the book until the last page is reached, and constantly alert, through the skill of the author, in following the characters through the twisted ways of their career."--_Boston Journal._ "The story is well-written, unique, quite out of the usual order, and is most captivating."--_Christian Intelligencer._ THE HILL OF VENUS _By Nathan Gallizier_ Author of "Castel del Monte," "The Sorceress of Rome," "The Court of Lucifer," etc. _12mo, cloth decorative, with four illustrations in color, net $1.35; postpaid $1.50_ This is a vivid and powerful romance of the thirteenth century in the times of the great Ghibelline wars, and deals with the fortunes of Francesco Villani, a monk, who has been coerced by his dying father to bind himself to the Church through a mistaken sense of duty, but who loves Ilaria, one of the famous beauties of the Court at Avellino. The excitement, splendor and stir of those days of activity in Rome are told with a vividness and daring, which give a singular fascination to the story. _The Press has commented as follows on the author's previous books_: "The author displays many of the talents that made Scott famous."--_The Index._ "The book is breathless reading, as much for the adventures, the pageants, the midnight excursions of the minor characters, as for the love story of the prince and Donna Lucrezia."--_Boston Transcript._ "Mr. Gallizier daringly and vividly paints in glowing word and phrases, in sparkling dialogue and colorful narrative, the splendor, glamor and stir in those days of excitement, intrigue, tragedy, suspicion and intellectual activity in Rome."--_Philadelphia Press._ "A splendid bit of old Roman mosaic, or a gorgeous piece of tapestry. Otto is a striking and pathetic figure. Description of the city, the gorgeous ceremonials of the court and the revels are a series of wonderful pictures."--_Cincinnati Enquirer._