Mr. Davis has eyes to see, is not a bit afraid to tell what he sees, and is essentially good natured.... Mr. Davis's faculty of appreciation and enjoyment is fresh and strong: he makes vivid pictures.--_Outlook_, N. Y. Richard Harding Davis never writes a short story that he does not prove himself a master of the art.--_Chicago Times._ HARPER & BROTHERS, Publishers NEW YORK AND LONDON Any of the above works will be sent by mail, postage prepaid, to any part of the United States, Canada, or Mexico, on receipt of the price. By LILIAN BELL THE INSTINCT OF STEP-FATHERHOOD. Stories. The spirit of fun is found to a greater or less degree in all of the sketches, but at times the fun borders on the tragic so closely that the dividing line between laughter and tears almost fades out of sight.--_Brooklyn Eagle._ FROM A GIRL'S POINT OF VIEW. The author is so good-humored, quaint, and clever that she has not left a dull page in her book.--_Saturday Evening Gazette_, Boston. A LITTLE SISTER TO THE WILDERNESS. A Novel. New Edition. Written from the heart and with rare sympathy.... The writer has a natural and fluent style, and her dialect has the double excellence of being novel and scanty. The scenes are picturesque and diversified.--_Churchman_, N. Y. THE UNDER SIDE OF THINGS. A Novel. With a Portrait of the Author. This is a tenderly beautiful story.... This book is Miss Bell's best effort, and most in the line of what we hope to see her proceed in, dainty and keen and bright, and always full of the fine warmth and tenderness of splendid womanhood.--_Interior_, Chicago. THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF AN OLD MAID. So much sense, sentiment, and humor are not often united in a single volume.--_Observer_, N. Y. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, Uncut Edges and Gilt Tops, $1 25 per volume. HARPER & BROTHERS, Publishers NEW YORK AND LONDON Any of the above works will be sent by mail, postage prepaid, to any part of the United States, Canada, or Mexico, on receipt of the price. End of Project Gutenberg's The Associate Hermits, by Frank R. Stockton