Mother of Pearl. Translated by Frederic Chapman, Containing: The Procurator of Judea Our Lady’s Juggler Amycus and Celestine Madam de Luzy, etc. The Garden of Epicurus. Translated by Alfred R. Allinson, Containing: In the Elysian Fields Card Houses Careers for Women The Priory, etc. The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard. Translated by Lafcadio Hearn. This novel was “crowned” by the French Academy in 1881, the author being received into membership in 1896. “The highest presentation of France’s many qualities and gifts is to be found in this exquisite book.” Joan of Arc. Translated by Winifred Stephens. 2 volumes. $8.00 net per set. Postage extra. “This is an epoch-making book.... Beneath the simplicity of the mediæval narrative there may still be discerned the delicious irony and the delicate subtle humor of the novels.” Stephens in “French Novelists of Today.” Transcriber’s Note: Missing or obscured punctuation was corrected. Unbalanced quotation marks were left as the author intended. Typographical errors were silently corrected. Inconsistent spelling was made consistent when a predominant form was found in this book; otherwise it was not changed.