and shaved his beard, and donned a velvet doublet, long since lain by in lavender. And he took the Damsel by the hand, and they gladly ran down the hill.

   And the zephyrs whispered, and the day dawned, and all the world smiled young—and gay.

   Remember the tangible now.

   "

    Sic transit gloria mundi!

   "

    LADY ROSE'S DAUGHTER. Illustrated by

     Howard Chandler Christy

    . Post 8vo, Ornamented Cloth, $1.50.

   This is Mrs. Humphry Ward's latest novel. It has been hailed as undoubtedly her best, while Julie Le Breton, the heroine, has been called "the most appealing type of heroine in English fiction."

   "A story that must be read."—

    New York Sun.

   "Vividly alive from the first line."—

    Chicago Record-Herald.

   "The most marvellous work of its wonderful author."—

    New York World.

   "Absolutely different from anything else that has ever appeared in fiction."—

    Brooklyn Eagle.

   "Love is not here the sentimental emotion of the ordinary novel or play, but the power that purges the weaknesses and vivifies the dormant nobilities of men and women."—

    The Academy

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