=THE CITY OF SPLENDID NIGHT= A novel. By JOHN W. HARDING, author of "Paid in Full," etc. 12mo, Cloth bound. Illustrated. $1.50. =TRUE DETECTIVE STORIES= By A. L. DRUMMOND. 12mo, Cloth. Illustrated. $1.50. =ARTEMUS WARD= Complete Comic Writings. 12mo, Cloth. $2.00. =JOSH BILLINGS= Complete Comic Writings. 12mo, Cloth. Illustrated. $2.00. =DEVOTA= By AUGUSTA EVANS WILSON. Illustrated. (Third large printing.) $1.50. Transcriber Notes: Passages in italics were indicated by _underscores_. Passages in bold were indicated by =equal signs=. Small caps were replaced with ALL CAPS. Throughout the document, the oe ligature was replaced with "oe". Throughout the dialogues, there were words used to mimic accents of the speakers. Those words were retained as-is. Errors in punctuation and inconsistent hyphenation were not corrected unless otherwise noted. On page 42, a quotation mark was added after "harmony and peace,". On page 96, a double quotation mark was added before the single quotation mark in "'Don't". On page 98, a single quotation mark after "go?" was replaced with a double quotation mark. On page 134, "could no nothing" was replaced with "could know nothing". End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Swords Reluctant, by Max Pemberton