In this tale of merry England, of the time when Shakespeare jested and Ben Jonson blustered, Mr. Stephenson has painted for us a picture informing and above all entertaining. His is not a story of counts and crowns, but of ever interesting common people. Without seeming to do so the author shows us many interesting bits of the life of the day. We go to Paul's walk, we see Shakespeare at the Globe theatre and other such glimpses of old time London are deftly added to our experiences. Throughout the book is an evanescent charm, a spirit of wholesome gaiety. It is well worth while. With illustrations by C. M. Relyea Cloth, Ornamental, 12 mo. Price, $1.50 The Bowen-Merrill Company, _Indianapolis_ A FINE STORY OF THE COWBOY AT HIS BEST WITH HOOPS _of_ STEEL By FLORENCE FINCH KELLY "The friends though hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel" _From the San Francisco Chronicle_: "Western men and women will read it because it paints faithfully the life which they know so well, and because it gives us three big, manly fellows, fine types of the cowboy at his best. Eastern readers will be attracted by its splendid realism." _From Julian Hawthorne_: "For my own part, I finished it in one day, and dreamt it over again that night. And I am an old hand, heaven knows." _From the Denver Times_: "Mrs. Kelly's characters stand out from the background of the New Mexican plains, desert and mountain with all the distinctness of a Remington sketch." With 6 illustrations, in color, by Dan Smith Price, $1.50 The Bowen-Merrill Company, _Indianapolis_ VIGOROUS, ELEMENTAL, DRAMATIC A HEART OF FLAME The story of a Master Passion BY CHARLES FLEMING EMBREE Author of "A Dream of a Throne." The men and women in this story are children of the soil. Their strength is their nearness to nature. Their minds are vigorous, their bodies powerful, their passions elemental, their courage sublime. They are loyal in friendship, persistent in enmity, determined in purpose. The story is a story of great wrongs and of supreme love. It is done in black and white, with few strokes, but they are masterly. The shadows at the back are somber but the value of contrast is appreciated for the vivid high light in the foreground. It is a work of art--powerful, convincing and abiding. Powerful, because true to life; convincing, because it has the saving touch of humor; abiding because love, like "A Heart of Flame," prevails in the end. With illustrations by Dan Smith 12mo. Cloth. Price, $1.50. The Bowen-Merrill Company, _Indianapolis_ "DIFFICULT TO FORGET" A FEARSOME RIDDLE By MAX EHRMAN