Houghton, Mifflin and Company's NEW BOOKS OF FICTION. MISS PHELPS. A SINGULAR LIFE. By ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS, author of "The Gates Ajar," etc. 16m0, $1.25. MISS JEWETT. A story of remarkable power and significance, depicting the heroic career of a singularly conscientious minister among fishermen, and the sublime success he achieved. THE LIFE OF NANCY. BY SARAH ORNE JEWETT, author of "Deephaven," "A Native of Winby," etc. 16m0, $1.25. A book of short stories as good as Miss Jewett has ever written, and who has written better? MRS. WIGGIN. THE VILLAGE WATCH-TOWER. By Mrs. WIGGIN, author of "The Birds' Christmas Carol," etc. 16m0, $1.00. MRS. BURNHAM. HOPKINSON Several short stories containing admirable studies of New England village life - bright, witty, extremely readable. THE WISE WOMAN. By Mrs. BURNHAM, author of "Sweet The aim of this charming story is to promote a more sincere social life. A GENTLEMAN VAGABOND, AND SOME OTHERS. By F. HOPKINSON SMITH, author of "Colonel Carter of Cartersville," "A Day at Laguerre's," etc. 16m0, $1.25. A book of short stories by a man who always has exceptionally interesting stories to tell, and who tells them wonderfully well. MISS WHITE. THE COMING OF THEODORA. BY ELIZA ORNE WHITE, author of "Winterborough,' When Molly was Six." 16mo, $1.25. 99 66 The scene is a semi-rural neighborhood, the characters true to life, the incidents natural, and the narrative fresh and attractive. BRET HARTE. CLARENCE. BY BRET HARTE. 16m0, $1.25. CHARLES EGBERT CRADDOCK. MRS. FOOTE. MISS DOUGALL. JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS. IN A HOLLOW OF THE HILLS. BY BRET HARTE. 16m0, $1.25. By THE MYSTERY OF WITCH-FACE MOUNTAIN. THE CUP OF TREMBLING, AND OTHER STORIES. By A collection of short stories admirable in plot, characters, narrative, tone, and purpose. A QUESTION OF FAITH. By LILY DOUGALL, author of An English story, which a religious speculation makes very interesting. Books for Young Folks. MR. RABBIT AT HOME. A sequel to "Little Mr. Thim- MRS. THAXTER. STORIES AND POEMS FOR CHILDREN. Square 8vo, By CELIA THAXTER, author of "An Island Garden,” etc. Edited by 12m0, $1.50. I vol. MISS BROWN. LITTLE MISS PHOEBE GAY. By HELEN DAWES BROWN, MISS THOMAS. MR. THOMPSON. author of "The Petrie Estate," etc. With colored cover design and other illustrations. 16m0, $1.00. A charming companion book to Miss White's "When Molly was Six." IN THE YOUNG WORLD. Delightful Poems for Young People. By EDITH M. THOMAS, author of "The Round Year," In Sunshine Land." I vol. crown 8vo, $1.50. 66 THE NIMBLE DOLLAR, WITH OTHER STORIES. Capital stories for boys. By CHARLES MINER THOMPSON. frontispiece illustration. 16m0, $1.00. Sold by all booksellers. Sent, postpaid, by With a HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO., Boston; 11 East 17th Street, New York. The Atlantic Monthly FOR DECEMBER Will contain another of John Fiske's historical studies, The Starving Time in Virginia. Three short stories: WITCHCRAFT, by L. Dougall; THE END OF THE TERROR, by Robert Wilson; and DOROTHY, by Harriet Lewis Bradley. The New England Wood-Pile, an out-door sketch, by Rowland Robinson; Being a Typewriter, a discussion of the relation of the machine to literature, by Lucy C. Bull; Reminiscences of Eastern Europe, by Harriet Waters Preston; and To a Friend in Politics, by Franklin Jameson. FOR 1896 The Atlantic will present to its readers varied contents of surpassing interest. There will be no long serial story, but in its place will appear several short stories running through three or more issues, as well as single-number stories, by Henry James, Mrs. Wiggin, Mrs. Catherwood, and others. AMONG OTHER FEATURES WILL BE : Delightful Sketches of Travel in out-of-the-way places in England, France, and Spain. Three further papers in the "New Figures in Art and Literature" series, treating in turn a rising Musician, a Painter, and a Writer. Important Papers on Literary History, comprising Letters and Journals of Famous Authors. Articles by writers of acknowledged authority will treat of Education and the Enrichment of Town Life. Race Elements in American Nationality. A Series of Papers of absorbing interest upon the elements represented in American Nationality by the Scotch-Irish, Irish, English, German, Scandinavian, and Negro. Aside from the above there will be the best of Essays and Poetry, exhaustive Book-Reviews, and the usual departments. 35 cents a copy. $4.00 a year. HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY, 4 PARK STREET, BOSTON, MASS. T In HE Cambridge Edition of Browning's Works is a marvel of convenience, compactness, and comprehensiveness. addition to the Poetic and Dramatic Works, it contains, in an Appendix, the Essay on Shelley, which is almost the sole writing by Browning in prose; it has Notes and Indexes, and is prefaced with a fine portrait which is pronounced about the most satisfactory likeness yet made of him. It would have seemed incredible that the entire voluminous product of Browning's genius should be brought within the compass of a single volume which should be at once convenient and legible; but it has been done with signal success. The clear type, the thin but opaque paper, the flexible but firm binding, and the vigilant editorial care of all details needed to equip the book for students of Browning, all these make a well-nigh perfect book. Mr. Percival Lowell on Mars. Few papers have within the past six months attracted so marked attention as those by Mr. Percival Lowell on the planet Mars. They contained. so much and so interesting information about our next-door neighbor in the planetary system, that they were read with great eagerness. They gained additional zest from the fact that they embodied the results of Mr. Lowell's very careful observations made at his observatory at Flagstaff in Arizona. They treated the atmosphere of Mars, the water problem, the possible canals, oases, etc., with the acuteness and vivacity which have characterized Mr. Lowell's several volumes on Japan. Mr. Lowell has in preparation for early publication a book comprising all his observations of Mars, with illustrations. which lend them emphasis and very positive additional interest. This book is certainly "important if true," and Mr. Lowell comes very near indeed to making his reader believe it true, and who can disprove it? |