This is something more than a mere detective story; it is a thrilling romance--a romance of mystery and crime where a shrewd detective helps to solve the mystery. The plot is a novel and intricate one, carefully worked out. There are constant accessions to the main mystery, so that the reader can not possibly imagine the conclusion. The story is clean-cut and wholesome, with a quality that might be called manly. The characters are depicted so as to make a living impression. Cora Tuttle is a fine creation, and the flash of love which she gives the hero is wonderfully well done. Unlike many mystery stories The Filigree Ball is not disappointing at the end. The characters most liked but longest suspected are proved not only guiltless, but above suspicion. It is a story to be read with a rush and at a sitting, for no one can put it down until the mystery is solved. Illustrated by C. M. Relyea. 12mo, Cloth, Price, $1.50 _It is fresh and spontaneous, having nothing of that wooden quality which is becoming associated with the term “historical novel.”_ HEARTS COURAGEOUS By HALLIE ERMINIE RIVES “Hearts Courageous” is made of new material, a picturesque yet delicate style, good plot and very dramatic situations. The best in the book are the defence of George Washington by the Marquis; the duel between the English officer and the Marquis; and Patrick Henry flinging the brand of war into the assembly of the burgesses of Virginia. Williamsburg, Virginia, the country round about, and the life led in that locality just before the Revolution, form an attractive setting for the action of the story. With six illustrations by A. B. Wenzell 12mo. Price, $1.50 THE GREAT NOVEL OF THE YEAR THE MISSISSIPPI BUBBLE _How the star of good fortune rose and set and rose again, by a woman’s grace, for one John Law, of Lauriston_ A novel by EMERSON HOUGH Emerson Hough has written one of the best novels that has come out of America in many a day. It is an exciting story, with the literary touch on every page.--JEANNETTE L. GILDER, of _The Critic_. In “The Mississippi Bubble” Emerson Hough has taken John Law and certain known events in his career, and about them he has woven a web of romance full of brilliant coloring and cunning work. It proves conclusively that Mr. Hough is a novelist of no ordinary quality.--_The Brooklyn Eagle._ As a novel embodying a wonderful period in the growth of America “The Mississippi Bubble” is of intense interest. As a love story it is rarely and beautifully told. John Law, as drawn in this novel, is a great character, cool, debonair, audacious, he is an Admirable Crichton in his personality, and a Napoleon in his far-reaching wisdom.--_The Chicago American._ The Illustrations by Henry Hutt 12mo, 452 pages, $1.50 A SPLENDIDLY VITAL NARRATION THE MASTER OF APPLEBY _A romance of the Carolinas_ By FRANCIS LYNDE