A Hero of the Forecastle. A new volume in the YOUNG HEROES OF OUR NAVY SERIES. Illustrated by George Gibbs and Others. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00. “A lively and spirited narrative.”--_Boston Herald._ “Mr. Brady has made a stirring tale out of the material before him, one of those brilliant and forceful descriptions of the glories of the old wooden-walled navy, which stir the blood like a trumpet call.”--_Brooklyn Eagle._ RECENT FICTION. =Kate Bonnet.= The Romance of a Pirate’s Daughter. By FRANK R. STOCKTON, author of “Rudder Grange,” “The Lady or Tiger,” etc. Illustrated, 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. “A cleverly conceived and neatly developed story into which Stockton has injected a goodly portion of his peculiarly fantastic genius.... It has not a dull page.”--_Boston Advertiser._ =Love in Its Tenderness.= By J. R. AITKEN. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00; paper, 50 cents. “It reminds us of Ian Maclaren, yet Mr. Aitken has traits peculiarly his own.”--_London Echo._ “An unstudied pathos and charm and radiant simplicity pervade the book.”--_London Daily News._ =Scarlet and Hyssop.= By E. F. BENSON, author of “Dodo,” “Mammon & Co.,” “The Luck of the Vails,” etc. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. Mr. Benson has returned to the field which he developed with such signal success in “Dodo,” and his new novel reveals a brilliancy, social knowledge and worldly wisdom that show how much the author has grown in force and pungency since the appearance of his first book. =The Strength of the Weak.= By CHAUNCEY C. HOTCHKISS, author of “Betsy Ross,” “In Defiance of the King,” etc. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. “Mr. Hotchkiss firmly sustains the excitement of his story at a pitch that holds the attention of the reader strongly in eager anticipation without wearying him from excessive vigor.”--_Baltimore Herald._ =A Fool’s Year.= By E. H. COOPER. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00; paper, 50 cents. “A well-written book with obvious marks of unusual culture.”--_New York Commercial Advertiser._ A PICTURESQUE BOOK OF THE SEA. =A Sailor’s Log.= _Recollections of Forty Tears of Naval Life._ By Rear-Admiral ROBLEY D. EVANS, U. S. N. Illustrated. Large 12mo. Cloth, $2.00. “It is essentially a book for men, young and old; and the man who does not enjoy it is lacking in healthy red blood.”--_Chicago Bookseller._ “A profoundly interesting book. There is not a line of bravado in its chapters, nor a carping criticism. It is a book which will increase the esteem and high honor which the American feels and willingly awards our naval heroes.”--_Chicago Inter-Ocean._