BRIEF LIST OF BOOKS OF FICTION PUBLISHED BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS, 743-745 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.

William Waldorf Astor.

VALENTINO: An Historical Romance. (12mo, $1.00)—SFORZA: A Story of Milan. (12mo, $1.50.)

"The story is full of clear-cut little tableaux of mediæval Italian manners, customs, and observances. The movement throughout is spirited, the reproduction of bygone times realistic. Mr. Astor has written a romance which will heighten the reputation he made by 'Valentino.'"—The New York Tribune.

Arlo Bates.

A WHEEL OF FIRE. (12mo, paper, 50 cts.; cloth, $1.00.)

"The novel deals with character rather than incident, and is evolved from one of the most terrible of moral problems with a subtlety not unlike that of Hawthorne. One cannot enumerate all the fine points of artistic skill which make this study so wonderful in its insight, so rare in its combination of dramatic power and tenderness."—The Critic.

Hjalmar H. Boyesen.

FALCONBERG. Illustrated (12mo, $1.50)—GUNNAR. (Sq. 12mo, paper, 50 cts.; cloth, $1.25)—TALES FROM TWO HEMISPHERES. (Sq. 12mo, $1.00)—ILKA ON THE HILL TOP, and Other Stories. (Sq. 12mo, $1.00)—QUEEN TITANIA (Sq. 12mo, $1.00).

"Mr. Boyesen's stories possess a sweetness, a tenderness, and a drollery that are fascinating, and yet they are no more attractive than they are strong."—The Home Journal.

H. C. Bunner.

THE STORY OF A NEW YORK HOUSE. Illustrated by A. B. Frost. (12mo, $1.25)—THE MIDGE. (12mo, paper, 50 cts.; cloth, $1.00)—ZADOC PINE, and Other Stories. (12mo, paper, 50 cts.; cloth, $1.00.)

"It is Mr. Bunner's delicacy of touch and appreciation of what is literary art that give his writings distinctive quality. Everything Mr. Bunner paints shows the happy appreciation of an author who has not alone mental discernment, but the artistic appreciation. The author and the artist both supplement one another in this excellent 'Story of a New York House.'"—The New York Times.

Frances Hodgson Burnett.

THAT LASS O' LOWRIE'S. Illustrated (paper, 50 cts.; cloth, $1.25)—HAWORTH'S. Illustrated (12mo, $1.25)—THROUGH ONE ADMINISTRATION. (12mo, $1.50)—LOUISIANA. (12mo, $1.25)—A FAIR BARBARIAN. (12mo, paper, 50 cts.; cloth, $1.25)—VAGABONDIA. A Love Story. (12mo, paper, 50 cts.; cloth, $1.25)—SURLY TIM, and Other Stories. (12mo, $1.25) EARLIER STORIES—First Series, EARLIER STORIES—Second Series (12mo, each, paper, 50 cts.; cloth, $1.25).

THE PRETTY SISTER OF JOSÉ. Illustrated by C. S. Rheinhart (12mo, $1.00).

LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY. (Sq. 8vo, $2.00)—SARA CREWE; or, What Happened at Miss Minchin's. (Sq. 8vo, $1.00)—LITTLE SAINT ELIZABETH, and Other Stories. (12mo, $1.50.) Illustrated by R. B. Birch.

"Mrs. Burnett discovers gracious secrets in rough and forbidding natures—the sweetness that often underlies their bitterness—the soul of goodness in things evil. She seems to have an intuitive perception of character. If we apprehend her personages, and I think we do clearly, it is not because she describes them to us, but because they reveal themselves in their actions. Mrs. Burnett's characters are as veritable as Thackeray's."—Richard Henry Stoddard.

William Allen Butler.

DOMESTICUS. A Tale of the Imperial City. (12mo, $1.25.)

"Under a veil made intentionally transparent, the author maintains a running fire of good-natured hits at contemporary social follies. There is a delicate love story running through the book. The author's style is highly finished. One might term it old-fashioned in its exquisite choiceness and precision."—The New York Journal of Commerce.

George W. Cable.

THE GRANDISSIMES. (12mo, paper, 50 cts.; cloth, $1.25)—OLD CREOLE DAYS. (12mo, cloth, $1.25; also in two parts, 16mo, cloth, each, 75 cts.; paper, each, 30 cts.)—DR. SEVIER. (12mo, paper, 50 cts.; cloth, $1.25)—BONAVENTURE. A Prose Pastoral of Arcadian Louisiana. (12mo, paper, 50 cts. $1.25.)

The set, 4 vols., $5.00.

"There are few living American writers who can reproduce for us more perfectly than Mr. Cable does, in his best moments, the speech, the manners, the whole social atmosphere of a remote time and a peculiar people. A delicious flavor of humor penetrates his stories."—The New York Tribune.

Richard Harding Davis.

GALLEGHER, and Other Stories. (12mo, paper, 50 cts.; cloth, $1.00.)

The ten stories comprising this volume attest the appearance of a new and strong individuality in the field of American fiction. They are of a wide range and deal with very varied types of metropolitan character and situation; but each proves that Mr. Davis knows his New York as well as Dickens did his London.

Edward Eggleston.

ROXY—THE CIRCUIT RIDER. Illustrated (each 12mo, $1.50).

"Dr. Eggleston's fresh and vivid portraiture of a phase of life and manners, hitherto almost unrepresented in literature; its boldly contrasted characters, and its unconventional, hearty, religious spirit, took hold of the public imagination."—The Christian Union.

Erckmann-Chatrian.

THE CONSCRIPT. Illustrated—WATERLOO. Illustrated. (Sequel to The Conscript.)—MADAME THÉRÉSE—THE BLOCKADE OF PHALSBURG. Illustrated—THE INVASION OF FRANCE IN 1814. Illustrated—A MILLER'S STORY OF THE WAR. Illustrated.

The National Novels, each, $1.25; the set 6 vols., $7.50.

FRIEND FRITZ. (12mo, paper, 50 cts.; cloth, $1.25.)

Eugene Field.

A LITTLE BOOK OF PROFITABLE TALES. (16mo, $1.25.)

"This pretty little volume promises to perpetuate examples of a wit, humor, and pathos quaint and rare in their kind. Genial and sympathetic, Mr. Field has already made a mark in the literature of the day, which will not quickly wear out."—New York Tribune.

Harold Frederic.

SETH'S BROTHER'S WIFE. (12mo, $1.25)—THE LAWTON GIRL. (12mo, $1.25; paper, 50 cts.)—IN THE VALLEY. Illustrated (12mo, $1.50).

"Mr. Frederic's new tale takes a wide range, includes many characters, and embraces a field of action full of dramatic climaxes. It is almost reasonable to assert that there has not been since Cooper's day a better American novel dealing with a purely historical theme than 'In the Valley.'"—Boston Beacon.

Octave Thanet.

EXPIATION. Illustrated by A. B. Frost. (12mo, paper, 50 cts.; cloth, $1.00.)

"This remarkable novel shows an extraordinary grasp of dramatic possibilities as well as an exquisite delicacy of character drawing. Miss French has with this work taken her place among the very foremost of American writers of fiction."—Boston Beacon.

James Anthony Froude.

THE TWO CHIEFS OF DUNBOY. An Irish Romance of the Last Century. (12mo, paper, 50 cts.; cloth, $1.50.)

"The narrative is full of vigor, spirit, and dramatic power. It will unquestionably be widely read, for it presents a vivid and life-like study of character with romantic color and adventurous incident for the background."—The New York Tribune.

Robert Grant.

FACE TO FACE. (12mo, paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.25)—THE REFLECTIONS OF A MARRIED MAN. (12mo, paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.)

A delicious vein of humor runs through this new book by the author of "The Confessions of a Frivolous Girl," who takes the reader into his confidence and gives a picture of married life that is as bright and entertaining as it is amusing.

Edward Everett Hale.

PHILIP NOLAN'S FRIENDS. Illustrated (12mo, Paper, 50 cents; Cloth, $1.75.)

"There is no question, we think, that this is Mr. Hale's completest and best novel. The characters are for the most part well drawn, and several of them are admirable."—The Atlantic Monthly.

Marion Harland.

JUDITH: A Chronicle of Old Virginia. (12mo, paper, 50 cts.; cloth, $1.00)—HANDICAPPED. (12mo, $1.50)—WITH THE BEST INTENTIONS. A Midsummer Episode. (12mo, Cloth, $1.25; Paper, 50 cents.)

"Fiction has afforded no more charming glimpses of old Virginia life than are found in this delightful story, with its quaint pictures, its admirably drawn characters, its wit, and its frankness."—The Brooklyn Daily Times.

Joel Chandler Harris.

FREE JOE, and Other Georgian Sketches. (12mo, paper, 50 cts., cloth, $1.00.)

"The author's skill as a story writer has never been more felicitously illustrated than in this volume. The title story is meagre almost to baldness in incident, but its quaint humor, its simple but broadly outlined characters, and, above all, its touching pathos, combine to make it a masterpiece of its kind."—The New York Sun.

Augustus Allen Hayes.

THE JESUIT'S RING. A Romance of Mount Desert (12mo, paper, 50 cts.; cloth, $1.00).

"The conception of the story is excellent."—The Boston Traveller.

George A. Hibbard.

THE GOVERNOR, and Other Stories. (12mo, cloth, $1.00; paper, 50 cents.)

Six of the best of Mr. Hibbard's magazine stories are included in this volume. Mr. Howells, in Harper's, refers to Mr. Hibbard's work as having a "certain felicity of execution and a certain ideal of performance which are not common. The wish to deal with poetic material in the region of physical conjecture is curiously blended with the desire of portraying the life of the society world."

E. T. W. Hoffmann.

WEIRD TALES. With Portrait. (12mo, 2 vols., $3.00.)

"All those who are in search of a genuine literary sensation, or who care for the marvelous and supernatural, will find these two volumes fascinating reading."—The Christian Union.

Dr. J. G. Holland.

SEVENOAKS—THE BAY PATH—ARTHUR BONNICASTLE—MISS GILBERT'S CAREER—NICHOLAS MINTURN.

Each, 12mo, $1.25; the set, $6.25; Sevenoaks, paper, 50 cents.

"Dr. Holland will always find a congenial audience in the homes of culture and refinement. He does not affect the play of the darker and fiercer passions, but delights in the sweet images that cluster around the domestic hearth. He cherishes a strong fellow-feeling with the pure and tranquil life in the modest social circles of the American people, and has thus won his way to the companionship of many friendly hearts."—The New York Tribune.

Thomas A. Janvier.

COLOR STUDIES, AND A MEXICAN CAMPAIGN. (12mo, paper, 50 cts.; cloth, $1.00.)

"Piquant, novel, and ingenious, these little stories, with all their simplicity, have excited a wide interest. The best of them, 'Jaune D'Antimoine,' is a little wonder in its dramatic effect, its ingenious construction."—The Critic.

Virginia W. Johnson.

THE FAINALLS OF TIPTON. (12mo, $1.25.)

"The plot is good, and in its working-out original. Character-drawing is Miss Johnson's recognized forte, and her pen-sketches are quite up to her best work."—The Boston Commonwealth.

Lieut. J. D. J. Kelley.

A DESPERATE CHANCE. (12mo, paper, 50 cts.; cloth. $1.00.)

The King's Men:

A TALE OF TO-MORROW. By Robert Grant, John Boyle O'Reilly, J. S. of Dale, and John T. Weelwright. (12mo, $1.25.)

Andrew Lang.

THE MARK OF CAIN. (12mo, paper, 25 cts.)

"No one can deny that it is crammed as full of incident as it will hold, or that the elaborate plot is worked out with most ingenious perspicuity."—The Saturday Review.

George P. Lathrop.

NEWPORT. (12mo, paper, 50 cts; cloth, $1.25)—AN ECHO OF PASSION. (12mo, paper, 50 cts.; cloth, $1.00)—IN THE DISTANCE. (12mo, paper, 50 cts; cloth, $1.00.)

"His novels have the refinement of motive which characterize the analytical school, but his manner is far more direct and dramatic."—The Christian Union.

Brander Matthews.

THE SECRET OF THE SEA and Other Stories. (12mo, paper, 50 cts.; cloth, $1.00)—THE LAST MEETING. (12mo, cloth, $1.00.)

"Mr. Matthews is a man of wide observation and of much familiarity with the world. His literary style is bright and crisp, with a peculiar sparkle about it—wit and humor judiciously mingled—which renders his pages more than ordinarily interesting."—The Rochester Post-Express.

George Moore.

VAIN FORTUNE. (12mo, $1.00.)

In this novel Mr. Moore has presented a subtle and powerful study of character and temperament. An English girl, impulsive, passionate, jealous, is the heroine of the story, which portrays very vividly and with extraordinary truth to human nature her emotions and experiences. No less masterly is the author's study of the young playwright and of the other personages in this drama in real life.

Fitz-James O'Brien.

THE DIAMOND LENS, with Other Stories. (12mo, paper, 50 cts.)

"These stories are the only things in literature to be compared with Poe's work, and if they do not equal it in workmanship, they certainly do not yield to it in originality."—The Philadelphia Record.

Duffield Osborne.

THE SPELL OF ASHTAROTH. (12mo, $1.00.)

Bliss Perry.

THE BROUGHTON HOUSE. (12mo, $1.25)

An artistic and vivid picture of New England village life.

Thomas Nelson Page.

IN OLE VIRGINIA—Marse Chan and Other Stories. (12mo, $1.25)—ON NEWFOUND RIVER. (12mo, $1.00)—ELSKET, and Other Stories. (12mo, $1.00.)

"In 'On Newfound River,' the rich promise of Mr. Page's rarely beautiful short stories has been fulfilled."—Richmond Despatch.

Saxe Holm's Stories.

FIRST SERIES.—Draxy Miller's Dowry—The Elder's Wife—Whose Wife Was She?—The One-Legged Dancers—How One Woman Kept Her Husband—Esther Wynn's Love Letters.

SECOND SERIES.—Four-Leaved Clover—Farmer Bassett's Romance—My Tourmalene—Joe Hale's Red Stocking—Susan Lawton's Escape.

Each, 12mo, paper, 50 cts.; cloth, $1.00.

"Saxe Holm's' characters are strongly drawn, and she goes right to the heart of human experience as one who knows the way. We heartily commend them as vigorous, wholesome, and sufficiently exciting stories."—The Advance.

Robert Louis Stevenson.

STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE. (12mo, paper, 25 cts.; cloth, $1.00)—KIDNAPPED. (12mo, paper, 50 cts.; cloth, $1.00, illustrated, $1.25)—THE MERRY MEN, and Other Tales and Fables. (12mo, paper, 35 cts.; cloth, $1.00)—NEW ARABIAN NIGHTS. (12mo, paper, 30 cts.; cloth, $1.00)—THE DYNAMITER. With Mrs. Stevenson (12mo, paper, 30 cts.; cloth, $1.00)—THE BLACK ARROW. Illustrated (12mo, paper, 50 cts.; cloth, $1.00)—THE WRONG BOX. With Lloyd Osbourne (12mo, paper, 50 cts.; cloth, $1.00)—THE MASTER OF BALLANTRAE. A Winter's Tale. (12mo, paper, 50 cts.; cloth, illustrated, $1.25)—THE WRECKER. With Lloyd Osbourne. (12mo, paper, 50 cts.; cloth, illustrated. In Press.)

"Stevenson belongs to the romantic school of fiction writers. He is original in style, charming, fascinating, and delicious, with a marvelous command of words, and with a manner ever delightful and magnetic."—Boston Transcript.

T. R. Sullivan.

DAY AND NIGHT STORIES. (12mo, cloth, $1.00; paper, 50 cts.)—ROSES OF SHADOW. (12mo, $1.00.)

"Mr. Sullivan's style is at once easy and refined, conveying most happily that atmosphere of good breeding and polite society which is indispensable to the novel of manners, but which so many of them lamentably fail of."—The Nation.

Frederick J. Stimson (J. S., of Dale.)

GUERNDALE. (12mo, paper, 50 cts.; cloth, $1.25)—THE CRIME OF HENRY VANE. (12mo, paper, 50 cts.; cloth, $1.00)—THE SENTIMENTAL CALENDAR. Head Pieces by F. G. Attwood (12mo, $2.00)—FIRST HARVESTS. An Episode in the Career of Mrs. Levison Gower, a Satire without a Moral (12mo, $1.25)—THE RESIDUARY LEGATEE; or, The Posthumous Jest of the Late John Austin. (12mo, paper, 35 cts.; cloth, $1.00.)

"No young novelist in this country seems better equipped than Mr. Stimson is. He shows unusual gifts in this and in his other stories."—The Philadelphia Bulletin.

Frank R. Stockton.

RUDDER GRANGE. (12mo, paper, 60 cts.; cloth, $1.25; illustrated by A. B. Frost, Sq. 12mo, $2.00)—THE LATE MRS. NULL. (12mo, paper, 50 cts.; cloth, $1.25)—THE LADY, OR THE TIGER? and Other Stories. (12mo, paper, 50 cts.; cloth, $1.25)—THE CHRISTMAS WRECK, and Other Stories. (12mo, paper, 50 cts.; cloth, $1.25)—THE BEE-MAN OF ORN, and Other Fanciful Tales. (12mo, cloth, $1.25)—AMOS KILBRIGHT, with Other Stories. (12mo, paper, 50 cts.; cloth, $1.25)—THE RUDDER GRANGERS ABROAD, and Other Stories. (12mo, paper, 50 cts.; cloth, $1.25.)

"Of Mr. Stockton's stories what is there to say, but that they are an unmixed blessing and delight? He is surely one of the most inventive of talents, discovering not only a new kind in humor and fancy, but accumulating an inexhaustible wealth of details in each fresh achievement, the least of which would be riches from another hand."—W. D. Howells, in Harper's Magazine.

Stories by American Authors.

Cloth, 16mo, 50c. each; set, 10 vols., $5.00; cabinet ed., in sets only, $7.50.

"The public ought to appreciate the value of this series, which is preserving permanently in American literature short stories that have contributed to its advancement. American writers lead all others in this form of fiction, and their best work appears in these volumes."—The Boston Globe.

John T. Wheelwright.

A CHILD OF THE CENTURY. (12mo, paper, 50 cts.; cloth, $1.00.)

"A typical story of political and social life, free from cynicism of morbid realism, and brimming over with good-natured fun, which is never vulgar."—The Christian at Work.