Miss Bell's little story is very charming.... Miss Bell has plenty to say, and says it, for the most part, in a fashion engaging and simple, with touches of eloquence and passages of real strength. She has gifts of a sort far from common, and an admirable spirit. Her observation of life is keen, shrewd, and clear; it is also sympathetic. She has a strong and easy hold on the best realities.--_N. Y. Times._ This is a tenderly beautiful story.... This book is Miss Bell's best effort, and most in the line of what we hope to see her proceed in, dainty and keen and bright, and always full of the fine warmth and tenderness of splendid womanhood.--_Interior, Chicago._ THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF AN OLD MAID. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, Uncut Edges and Gilt Top, $1 25. So much sense, sentiment, and humor are not often united in a single volume.--_Observer, N. Y._ One of the most charming books of its kind that has recently come under our notice. From its bright "Dedication" to its sweet and gracious close, its spirit is wholesome, full of happy light, and one lingers over its pages.--_Independent, N. Y._ NEW YORK AND LONDON: HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS => _The above works are for sale by all booksellers, or will be sent by mail by the publishers, postage prepaid, on receipt of the price._ End of Project Gutenberg's Phases of an Inferior Planet, by Ellen Glasgow