"A charming little book, artistically made, is 'The Girl and the Kaiser'; one that can be recommended for pleasing entertainment without reserve." _St. Louis Globe-Democrat_ Here is a beautiful and delightfully seasonable volume that everybody will want. The story is a bubbling romance of the German imperial court with an American girl heroine. Decorated and illustrated in color by John Cecil Clay 12mo, cloth, $1.50 A STORY OF THE SIMPLE LIFE * * * * * THE HAPPY AVERAGE By BRAND WHITLOCK Author of The 13th District and Her Infinite Variety * * * * * Mr. Whitlock has done more than simply repeat his earlier success. He has achieved a new one. In The Happy Average he has voiced a deep-seated human sympathy for the unheroic. _Life_ A most delightful romance that is as fresh as the flowers of May. _Pittsburg Leader_ As an example of a good, healthy, entertaining and human story, The Happy Average must be given a place in the front rank. _Nashville American_ Not only the best book that has come from Mr. Whitlock's pen, but a really noteworthy achievement in fiction. _Chicago Tribune_ 12mo, cloth, price, $1.50 THE LIFE AND LOVES OF LORD BYRON * * * * * THE CASTAWAY "Three great men ruined in one year--a king, a cad and a castaway."--_Byron_. BY HALLIE ERMINIE RIVES Author of Hearts Courageous * * * * * Lord Byron's personal beauty, his brilliancy, his genius, his possession of a title, his love affairs, his death in a noble cause, all make him the most magnetic figure in English literature. In Miss Rives's novel the incidents of his career stand out in absorbing power and enthralling force. The most profoundly sympathetic, vivid and true portrait of Byron ever drawn. Calvin Dill Wilson, author of _Byron--Man and Poet_ Dramatic scenes, thrilling incidents, strenuous events follow one another; pathos, revenge and passion; a strong love; and through all these, under all these, is the poet, the man, George Gordon. _Grand Rapids Herald_ With eight illustrations in color by Howard Chandler Christy 12mo, cloth, price, $1.00 everywhere A BOOK TO MAKE THE SPHINX LAUGH * * * * * IN THE BISHOP'S CARRIAGE BY MIRIAM MICHELSON * * * * * From the moment when, in another girl's chinchilla coat, Nance Olden jumps into the unknown carriage, and, snuggling up to the solemn owner, calls him "Daddy," till she makes her final bow, a happy wife and a triumphant actress, she holds your fancy captive and your heart in thrall. If jaded novel readers want a new sensation, they will get it here. _Chicago Tribune_ For genuine, unaffected enjoyment, read the adventures of this dashing desperado in petticoats. _Philadelphia Item_