AMERICAN TALES. _Large 8vo._, _double columns_, _Illuminated cover_, _each issue complete!_ A series of original and choice ROMANCES OF THE WAR AND OF THE BORDER, prepared by the best authors and supplied at the very low price of FIFTEEN CENTS EACH. No. 9, READY JULY 12th. THE PRISONER OF THE MILL; OR, CAPTAIN HAYWARD'S "BODY GUARD." By the Author of "The Border Spy." The author has here given us a story of the Gasconade country, full of all that is novel in war, exciting in adventure and stirring in love. It revives several of the best characters first introduced in his "Border Spy." The work is very pleasing and thoroughly good as a transcript of the field in the West. +No. 1.--ON THE PLAINS: or, The Race for Life.+ A story of adventure among the Black Hills. This romance reads like a transcript from life. It is exciting in its incidents of hunters' and trappers' experience, of Indian life and warfare, and of LOVE, for there is a woman in the case, around whom centers a novel interest. It is one of the best border stories recently produced. +No. 2.--THE BORDER SPY; or, the Beautiful Captive of the Rebel Camp.+ A story of the War. By Lieutenant-Colonel Hazeltine, formerly Captain Co. A., Fremont's Guard. The title of this book implies its character. It is a stirring story of the war in the Osage country, in which the author has introduced the rebel General Price, and other celebrated characters, as well as a Delaware Indian, who plays a leading part. +No. 3.--THE HERMIT OF THE COLORADO HILLS: A Romance of the Pampas.+ By Wm. H. Bushnell. A peculiar but striking story of the Texan Pampas, introducing the wild life of the Plains, the great cattle droves of the herdsmen, the savage Comanche Indians, and the strange being, the Hermit of the Hills--a character not altogether fictitious. There is also in the story, as a leading feature, the element of female interest. The romance is one of its popular author's best productions. +No. 4.--FREE TRAPPERS' PASS; or, the Gold-Seeker's Daughter.+ By Wm. R. Eyster. An exciting romance, full of the interest of western adventure, and so forcibly written that the reader's interest can not flag a moment through all the incidents of capture, flight, pursuit and peril. +No. 5.--BOB BRANT, PATRIOT AND SPY: A Tale of the War in the West.+ By Edward Willett. This exciting tale of scouting life in the West is full of action, presenting scenes which will be recognized by many who have served in the glorious army of General Grant; some of the characters, also, are well known in connection with the secret service of the army of the Cumberland. The dangers and escapes of Bob Brant, during the exciting period previous to the fall of Forts Henry and Donelson, are thrilling, but natural and life-like.