"Without doubt the most notable novel of the summer is this strong story of Italian life, so full of local color one can almost see the cool, shaded patios and the flame of the pomegranate blossom, and smell the perfume of the grapes growing on the hillsides. It is a story of deep and passionate heart interests, of fierce loves and fiercer hates, of undisciplined natures that work out their own bitter destiny of woe. There has hardly been a finer piece of portraiture than that of the child Arduina,--the child of a sickly and unloved mother and a cruel and vindictive father,--a morbid, queer, lonely little creature, who is left to grow up without love or training of any kind."--_New Orleans Picayune._ =Lally of the Brigade.= A Romance of the Irish Brigade in France during the Time of Louis the Fourteenth. By L. MCMANUS, author of "The Silk of the Kine," "The Red Star," etc. Illustrated. 1 vol., lib. 12mo, cloth, 250 pages =$1.25= The scene of this romance is partly at the siege of Crimona (held by the troops of Louis XIV.) by the Austrian forces under Prince Eugene. During the siege the famous Irish Brigade renders valiant service, and the hero--a dashing young Irishman--is in the thick of the fighting. He is also able to give efficient service in unravelling a political intrigue, in which the love affairs of the hero and the heroine are interwoven. =Sons of Adversity.= A Romance of Queen Elizabeth's Time. By L. COPE CORNFORD, author of "Captain Jacobus," etc. Illustrated by J. W. Kennedy. 1 vol., lib. 12mo, cloth =$1.25= "A tale of adventure on land and sea at the time when Protestant England and Catholic Spain were struggling for naval supremacy. Spanish conspiracies against the peace of good Queen Bess, a vivid description of the raise of the Spanish siege of Leyden by the combined Dutch and English forces, sea fights, the recovery of stolen treasure, are all skilfully woven elements in a plot of unusual strength."--_Pittsburg Bulletin._ =The Archbishop's Unguarded Moment.= By OSCAR FAY ADAMS. Illustrated. 1 vol., lib. 12mo, cloth decorative =$1.25= Mr. Adams is well known as a writer of short stories. As the title indicates, these stories deal with dignitaries of the Episcopal Church. The mingled pathos and humor, which Mr. Adams has handled so admirably in describing his characters, make a book of more than average interest for the reader of fiction. =Captain Fracasse.= Translated from the French of Gautier. By ELLEN MURRAY BEAM. Illustrated by Victor A. Searles. 1 vol., lib. 12mo, cloth =$1.25=