* * * * * The Life of Henry Labouchere By Algar Labouchere Thorold _Authorized Edition. 2 vols. With 6 Photogravure Illustrations_ The authorized edition has been prepared by the nephew of Mr. Labouchere, who for the last ten years has been a close neighbor of, and in intimate and personal relation with him. Mr. Labouchere frequently communicated to Mr. Thorold many details of his early life, and discussed with him his numerous activities with great freedom. Mr. Thorold has, furthermore, sole access to a voluminous correspondence, including letters from King Edward VII. when Prince of Wales, Mr. Gladstone, Lord Morley, Sir William Harcourt, Mr. Parnell, Lord Randolph Churchill, and Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, which shed a new and unexpected light upon his political and personal relations with the events and people of his time, in particular his connection with the Radical Party over a period of a considerable number of years. His life as a war correspondent during the siege of Paris and his action in connection with the Parnell Commission, culminating in the dramatic confession of Pigott, will be treated in full detail. As is well-known Mr. Labouchere was the founder and first editor of _Truth_, that unique production of modern journalism; and much new and interesting information concerning the foundation and early days of this remarkable journal will be brought before the public. New York G. P. Putnam's Sons London * * * * * A Woman's Defense My Own Story By Louisa of Tuscany Ex-Crown Princess of Saxony _With 19 Illustrations from Original Photographs 8º. $3.50 net. (By mail, $3.75)_ In this volume Princess Louisa gives for the first time the authentic inside history of the events that led to her sensational escape from the Court of Saxony and her meeting with Monsieur Giron, with whom the tongue of scandal had associated her name. It is a story of Court intrigue that reads like romance. "As the story of a woman's life, as a description of the private affairs of Royal houses, we have had nothing more intimate, more scandalous, or more readable than this very frank story." _Miss Jeannette L. Gilder in "The Reader."_ "Frank, free, amazingly intimate, refreshing.... She has spared nobody from kings and kaisers to valets and chambermaids." _London Morning Post._ "The Princess is a decidedly vivacious writer, and she does not mince words in describing the various royalties by whom she was surrounded. Some of her pictures of Court life will prove a decided revelation to most readers."--_N. Y. Times._ New York G. P. Putnam's Sons London * * * * * A STARTLING BOOK! My Past Reminiscences of the Courts of Austria and of Bavaria By the Countess Marie Larisch Née Baroness Von Wallersee Daughter of Duke Ludwig and Niece of the Late Empress Elizabeth of Austria