"A vivid and life-like transcript from several phases of society. Devoid of literary affectation and pretense, it is a wholesome American novel, well worthy of the popularity which it has won."--_Philadelphia Inquirer_. _AN UTTER FAILURE_. By MIRIAM COLES HARRIS, author of "Rutledge." 12mo. Cloth, $1.25. "A story with an elaborate plot, worked out with great cleverness and with the skill of an experienced artist in fiction. The interest is strong and at times very dramatic.... Those who were attracted by 'Rutledge' will give hearty welcome to this story, and find it fully as enjoyable as that once immensely popular novel."--_Boston Saturday Evening Gazette_. "The pathos of this tale is profound, the movement highly dramatic, the moral elevating."--_New York World_. "In this new story the author has done some of the best work that she has ever given to the public, and it will easily class among the most meritorious and most original novels of the year."--_Boston Home Journal_. "The author of 'Rutledge' does not often send out a new volume, but when she does it is always a literary event.... Her previous books were sketchy and slight when compared with the finished and trained power evidenced in 'An Utter Failure.'"--_New Haven Palladium_. _A PURITAN PAGAN_. By JULIEN GORDON, author of "A Diplomat's Diary," etc. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00. "Mrs. Van Rensselaer Cruger grows stronger as she writes.... The lines in her story are boldly and vigorously etched."--_New York Times_. "The author's recent books have made for her a secure place in current literature, where she can stand fast.... Her latest production, 'A Puritan Pagan,' is an eminently clever story, in the best sense of the word clever."--_Philadelphia Telegraph_. "Has already made its mark as a popular story, and will have an abundance of readers.... It contains some useful lessons that will repay the thoughtful study of persons of both sexes."--_New York Journal of Commerce_. "This brilliant novel will, without doubt, add to the repute of the writer who chooses to be known as Julien Gordon.... The ethical purpose of the author is kept fully in evidence through a series of intensely interesting situations."--_Boston Beacon_. "It is obvious that the author is thoroughly at home in illustrating the manner and the sentiment of the best society of both America and Europe."--_Chicago Times_. RECENT ISSUES IN APPLETONS' TOWN AND COUNTRY LIBRARY. _THE THREE MISS KINGS_. By ADA CAMBRIDGE, author of "My Guardian." 12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, 75 cents. "May unreservedly be recommended as one of the choice stories of the season, bright, refined, graceful, thoughtful, and interesting from the first to the final page."--_Boston Literary World_. _A MATTER OF SKILL_. By BEATRICE WHITBY, author of "The Awakening of Mary Fenwick" and "Part of the Property." 12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.