12 mo. Cloth, ornamental, $1.50 The Bowen-Merrill Company, _Indianapolis_. "NOTHING BUT PRAISE" LAZARRE By MARY HARTWELL CATHERWOOD Glorified by a beautiful love story.--_Chicago Tribune._ We feel quite justified in predicting a wide-spread and prolonged popularity for this latest comer into the ranks of historical fiction.--_The N. Y. Commercial Advertiser._ After all the material for the story had been collected a year was required for the writing of it. It is an historical romance of the better sort, with stirring situations, good bits of character drawing and a satisfactory knowledge of the tone and atmosphere of the period involved.--_N. Y. Herald._ Lazarre, is no less a person than the Dauphin, Louis XVII. of France, and a right royal hero he makes. A prince who, for the sake of his lady, scorns perils in two hemispheres, facing the wrath of kings in Europe and the bullets of savages in America; who at the last spurns a kingdom that he may wed her freely--here is one to redeem the sins of even those who "never learn and never forget."--_Philadelphia North American._ With six Illustrations by André Castaigne 12 mo. Price, $1.50. The Bowen-Merrill Company, _Indianapolis_ A VIVACIOUS ROMANCE OF REVOLUTIONARY DAYS ALICE _of_ OLD VINCENNES By MAURICE THOMPSON _The Atlanta Constitution says_: "Mr. Thompson, whose delightful writings in prose and verse have made his reputation national, has achieved his master stroke of genius in this historical novel of revolutionary days in the West." _The Denver Daily News says_: "There are three great chapters of fiction: Scott's tournament on Ashby field, General Wallace's chariot race, and now Maurice Thompson's duel scene and the raising of Alice's flag over old Fort Vincennes." _The Chicago Times-Herald says_: "More original than 'Richard Carvel,' more cohesive than 'To Have and To Hold,' more vital than 'Janice Meredith,' such is Maurice Thompson's superb American romance, 'Alice of Old Vincennes.' It is, in addition, more artistic and spontaneous than any of its rivals." VIRGINIA HARNED EDITION 12 mo., with six illustrations drawn by F. C. Yohn and a frontispiece in color by Howard Chandler Christy Price, $1.50 The Bowen-Merrill Company, _Indianapolis_ A STORY BY THE "MARCH KING" THE FIFTH STRING By JOHN PHILIP SOUSA The "March King" has written much in a musical way, but "The Fifth String" is his first published story. In the choice of his subject, as the title indicates, Mr. Sousa has remained faithful to his art; and the great public, that has learned to love him for the marches he has made, will be as delighted with his pen as with his baton. "The Fifth String" has a strong and clearly defined plot which shows in its treatment the author's artistically sensitive temperament and his tremendous dramatic power. It is a story of a marvelous violin, of a wonderful love and of a strange temptation.