“I rejoice to learn in what love and esteem thou art held by all who know thee. As for me, I am beset with fears and hostile ambitions. Never in my life have I inspired sincere affection, save only in thee, O my brother. By Allah, the image of your little town rises tempting now in my mind, though in the days I was condemned to sojourn there I deemed it Jehennûm. It is because of our love, O my brother, for the sake of our parting there at daybreak among the rocks, that the thought of it now allures me. I am old and thou art old, but if it is the will of Allah that I fall some day from use, as may well betide—should my life then be spared and exile satisfy the lust of my enemies—I shall choose for place of banishment thy little town beneath the hill of ruins, and count it bliss to end my days at peace in the house of my brother.” When Shems-ud-dìn looked up from the writing, he was blind with crowded visions of a bygone day. Out of the evening calm he looked and saw the vanity of man’s endeavor, from least to greatest, upon the earth, and how it floats on God’s mercy as a boat on the mighty deep. And he cried from his soul: “Allah is greatest!” THE END “A TALE OF OLD EGYPT AND LITTLE OLD NEW YORK.” The False Gods. By GEORGE HORACE LORIMER, author of “Letters from a Self-made Merchant to His Son.” Colored Inlay on cover, full-page drawings, head and tail pieces, and many decorations throughout, by J. C. Leyendecker. $1.25. The experiences of a “yellow” newspaper reporter who starts out to investigate the workings of a society of Egyptologists and discovers a baffling, bewildering mystery. “It has thrills. Every one will enjoy it.”—_Brooklyn Eagle._ “The book teems with delightful and subtle humor.”—_Oregon Journal._ “A very ingenious and original tale.”—_Chicago Record-Herald._ “A clever extravaganza, pleasantly satirical of romantic fiction and red-eyed journalism.”—_Springfield Republican._ “Mr. Lorimer is merrily satirical at the expense of the theosophy cult and ‘yellow journalism,’ especially the latter.”—_Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph._ “There is a remarkable weirdness and mystery in the tale of ‘The False Gods,’ and it is good for a number of delicious little shivers and thrills.”—_Chicago Daily News._ D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, NEW YORK. A GREAT FRENCH DETECTIVE’S ADVENTURES. The Triumphs of Eugene Valmont. By ROBERT BARR, author of “The Midst of Alarms,” etc. Illustrated. $1.50. “The most marvellous series of detective adventures written in many a day.”—_St. Louis Republic._ “Much more ingenious than the Sherlock Holmes tales.”—_New York Sun._ “Ingenious and amusing.”—_Outlook._ “Detective adventures and good ones, too, with the addition of an element usually lacking in such stories—humor.”—_Kansas City Star._