In the text: "I considered her to be a pink-and-white nonentity... " the word "nonenity" was corrected to "nonentity." In the text: " ... pressing invitation to to come down... " the word "to" is repeated and one instance was removed. Misspelt proper names were also corrected: "Thurshy" was corrected to "Thursby," "Alywnn" was corrected to "Alwynn," and "Eveyln" was corrected to "Evelyn." Some punctuation was also regularized. * * * * * BY LAFCADIO HEARN. TWO YEARS IN THE FRENCH WEST INDIES. By LAFCADIO HEARN. pp. 517. Copiously Illustrated. Post 8vo, Cloth. $2 00. THE CRIME OF SYLVESTRE BONNARD. By ANATOLE FRANCE. The Translation and Introduction by LAFCADIO HEARN. 8vo, Paper, 50 cents. CHITA: A Memory of Last Island. By LAFCADIO HEARN. pp. vi., 204. Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1 00. * * * * * To such as are unfamiliar with Mr. Hearn's writings, "Chita" will be a revelation of how near language can approach the realistic power of actual painting. His very words seem to have color--his pages glow--his book is a kaleidoscope.--_N.Y. Mail and Express._ A powerful story, rich in descriptive passages.... The tale is a tragic one, but it shows remarkable imaginative force, and is one that will not soon be forgotten by the reader.--_Saturday Evening Gazette_, Boston. Lafcadio Hearn's exquisite story.... A tale full of poetry and vivid description that nobody will want to miss.--_N.Y. Sun._ A pathetic little tale, simple but deeply touching, and told with the beauty of phrasing and the deep and subtle sympathy of the poet.--_Chicago Times._ There is no page--no paragraph even--but holds more of vital quality than would suffice to set up an ordinary volume.--_The Epoch_, N.Y. ... A wonderfully sustained effort in imaginative prose, full of the glamour and opulent color of the tropics and yet strong with the salt breath of the sea.--_San Francisco Chronicle._ Mr. Hearn is a poet, and in "Chita" he has produced a prose poem of much beauty.... His style is tropical, full of glow and swift movement and vivid impressions, reflecting strong love and keen sympathetic observation of nature, picturesque and flexible, luxuriant in imagery, and marked by a delicate perception of effective values.--_N.Y. Tribune._ In the too few pages of this wonderful little book tropical Nature finds a living voice and a speech by which she can make herself known. All the splendor of her skies and the terrors of her seas make to themselves a language. So living a book has scarcely been given to our generation.--_Boston Transcript._ PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK. _The above works sent by mail, postage prepaid, to any part of the United States, Canada, or Mexico, on receipt of the price._ * * * * * THE ODD NUMBER.