------------------------------------------------------------------------ _Anthony Hope’s New Novel_ TRISTRAM OF BLENT It is always a question what Anthony Hope will do next. From a dashing romance of an imaginary kingdom to drawing-room repartee is a leap which this versatile writer performs with the greatest ease. In his “Tristram of Blent” he has made a new departure, demonstrating his ability to depict character by some exceedingly delicate and skillful delineation. The plot is unique, and is based upon the difference of time of the Russian and English calendars, by which a marriage, a birth, and the ownership of lands and name are in turn affected, producing complications which hurry the reader on in search of the satisfactory solution which awaits him. The Tristrams are characters of strong individualities, of eccentricities likewise. These, coloring all their acts, leave the reader in doubt as to the issue; yet it is a logical story through and through, events following events in carefully planned sequence. A work of undoubted originality based on modern conditions, “Tristram of Blent” proves that the author does not need an ideal kingdom to write a thrilling romance. (12mo, $1.50.) IRISH PASTORALS _By Shan F. Bullock_ “Irish Pastorals” is a collection of character sketches of the soil—of the Irish soil—by one who has lived long and closely among the laboring, farming peasantry of Ireland. It is not, however, a dreary recital of long days of toil with scanty food and no recreation, but it depicts within a life more strenuous than one can easily realize, abundant elements of keen native wit and irrepressible good nature. The book will give many American readers a new conception of Irish pastoral life, and a fuller appreciation of the conditions which go to form the strength and gentleness of the Irish character. (12mo, $1.50.) THE WESTERNERS _By Stewart Edward White_ When the Black Hills were discovered to be rich in valuable ores, there began that heterogeneous influx of human beings which always follows new-found wealth. In this land and in this period, Stewart Edward White has laid the setting of “The Westerners,” a story which is full of excitement, beauty, pathos and humor. A young girl, growing to womanhood in a rough mining camp, is one of the central figures of the plot. The other is a half-breed, a capricious yet cool, resourceful rascal, ever occupied in schemes of revenge. Around these two are grouped the interesting characters which gave color to that rude life, and, back of them all, rough nature in her pristine beauty. The plot is strong, logical, and well sustained; the characters are keenly drawn; the details cleverly written. Taken all in all, “The Westerners” is a thoroughly good story of the far West in its most picturesque decade. (12mo, $1.50.)