"The Puppet Crown" is a profusion of cleverness.--_Baltimore American._ Challenges comparison with authors whose names have become immortal.--_Chicago American._ Latest entry in the list of winners.--_Cleveland World._ With illustrations by R. Martine Reay 12mo. Price, $1.50 The Bowen-Merrill Company, _Indianapolis_ "AN ADMIRABLE SOCIAL STUDY" THE FALL OF THE CURTAIN By HAROLD BEGBIE The purpose of this brilliant story of modern English life is to show that a human being, well brought-up, carefully trained in the outward appearances of religion, with a keen intellectual perception of the difference between right and wrong, may still not have goodness, and that ambition may easily become the dominating force in such a character. So the book may be called a purpose novel, but in reading it, one no more thinks of applying so discredited an epithet to it than one would think of applying it to "Vanity Fair." The author possesses an admirable style, clear, unaffected, strong. To the discriminating public, the book is certain to give far more pleasure than that public usually gets from a new novel. With a Frontispiece by C. Allan Gilbert Cloth, 12 mo. Ornamental, $1.25 Net. Postage, 12 Cents The Bowen-Merrill Company, _Indianapolis_ FULL _of_ INCIDENT, ACTION & COLOR LIKE ANOTHER HELEN By GEORGE HORTON Mr. Horton's powerful romance stands in a new field and brings an almost unknown world in reality before the reader--the world of conflict between Greek and Turk. The island of Crete seems real and genuine after reading this book; not a mere spot on the map. The tragic and pathetic troubles of this people are told with sympathetic force. Mr. Horton employs a vivid style that keeps the interest alive and many passages are filled with delicate poetic feeling. Things happen and the story moves. The characters are well conceived and are human and convincing. Beyond question Mr. Horton's fine story is destined to take high rank among the books of the day. With illustrations by C. M. Relyea 12mo. Cloth bound Price, $1.50 _The Chicago Times-Herald says_: "Here are chapters that are Stephen Crane plus sympathy; chapters of illuminated description fragrant with the atmosphere of art." The Bowen-Merrill Company, _Indianapolis_ "A CHRONICLE OF MARVELS" THE FIRST MEN IN THE MOON By H. G. WELLS Author of "The War of the Worlds" and "Tales of Time and Space."