The appearance of a new novel in the west marks an epoch in fiction relating to the war between the sections for the preservation of the Union. "The Legionaries," by an anonymous writer, said to be a prominent lawyer of the Hoosier state, concerns the raid made by the intrepid Morgan through the southeastern corner of Indiana, through lower Ohio and to the borders of West Virginia, where his depleted command ran into a trap set by the federal authorities. It is a remarkable book, and we can scarcely credit the assurance that it is the work of a new writer.--_Rochester Herald_. The scene is laid in Kentucky and Indiana, and the backbone of the story is Morgan's great raid--one of the most romantic and reckless pieces of adventure ever attempted in the history of the world. Mr. Clark's description of the "Ride of the Three Thousand" is a piece of literature that deserves to live; and is as fine in its way as the chariot race from "Ben Hur."--_Memphis Commercial Appeal_. 12 mo. Illustrated Price $1.50 The Bowen-Merrill Company, Indianapolis ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL HISTORICAL NOVEL. * * * * * The Black Wolf's Breed BY HARRIS DICKSON. * * * * * A vigorous tale of France in the old and new world during the reign of Louis XIV.--_Boston Globe_. As delightfully seductive as certain mint-flavored beverages they make down South.--_Philadelphia Press_. The sword-play is great, even finer than the pictures in "Two Have and To Hold."--_Los Angeles Herald_. As fine a piece of sustained adventure as has appeared in recent fiction.--_San Francisco Chronicle_. There is action, vivid description and intensely dramatic situations.--_St. Louis Globe-Democrat_. So full of tender love-making, of gallant fighting that one regrets it's no longer.--_Indianapolis News_. 12 mo., Illustrated by C.M. Relyea, Price $1.50 The Bowen-Merrill Company, Indianapolis A FINE STORY of the COWBOY AT HIS BEST. * * * * * WITH HOOPS OF STEEL By FLORENCE FINCH KELLY. * * * * * "The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, grapple them to thy soul With Hoops of Steel." "With Hoops of Steel," is issued in handsome style, with several striking pictures in colors by Dan Smith, by The Bowen-Merrill Company of Indianapolis, a Western publishing house that has a long record of recent successes in fiction. This firm seems to tell by instinct what the public wants to read, and in Mrs. Kelly's case it is safe to say that no mistake has been made. Western men and women will read because it paints faithfully the life which they know so well, and because it gives us three big, manly fellows, fine types of the cowboy at his best. Eastern readers will be attracted by its splendid realism.--_San Francisco Chronicle_.