The Vision of Elijah Berl Part 38

THE WEIRD PICTURE

By JOHN R. CARLING

Author of "The Viking's Skull," "The Shadow of the Czar," etc.

When a man is summoned home to attend the marriage to another man of the woman he loves, and when the bridegroom is his own brother, the situation is certainly very striking. The wedding does not take place, for the bridegroom is murdered. The scene in which the victim appears to his brother, on the latter's arrival at Dover, is singularly impressive.

All this is disclosed in the opening chapter, and paves the way for a story which becomes more and more intense and interesting as its remarkable plot is developed.

MY LADY CLANCARTY

_A Gallant Romance of Love and Daring_

By MARY IMLAY TAYLOR

Author of "On the Red Staircase," etc.

In this gallant romance of love and daring, in which the action is swift, the characters are individual and interesting, and the atmosphere and setting are well adapted to the theme. Lady Elizabeth Spencer, daughter of Lord Sunderland, and through his sordid and ambitious motives married at the age of eleven to Lord Clancarty, makes the most charming of heroines, and her n.o.bility of character and faithful love are finely and tenderly portrayed.

A PRINCE OF LOVERS

_A Story of Adventure, Intrigue, and Love_

By SIR WILLIAM MAGNAY

Author of "The Red Chancellor," etc.

In this new novel by Sir William Magnay, the heroine, "Princess Ruperta," a princess of the blood royal, sick of the monotony and unreality of Court, goes out one night, incognito, with her maid. Danger unexpectedly threatens her, and when she is gallantly rescued from this danger by a young and handsome stranger, it is not unnatural that (betrothed compulsorily as she is for State reasons to a royal person whom she has never seen) love is born in the heart of the Princess as well as in that of her unknown rescuer. Then follows a series of adventures brilliantly imagined and enthrallingly told.

JUSTIN WINGATE, RANCHMAN

_A Story of Colorado Life_

By JOHN H. WHITSON

Author of "Barbara, a Woman of the West," "The Rainbow Chasers," etc.

Another strong Western story with spirited and graphic picturing of local conditions, the agricultural development of a Western ranch section, and the struggle between the ranchmen and the farmers. The story has three remarkably striking scenes of danger--a high-gra.s.s fire, a stampede of excited cattle, and a terrific storm and cloud-burst.

There is abundant love interest; also a strong political element, dealing with Colorado politics and the fight between cattlemen and irrigationists to control the legislature, in which the hero becomes the storm centre. The attempt of a beautiful, crafty, and unscrupulous woman, who is a wrecker of hearts and of men, to influence his vote for United States senator plays an important part.

CURLY

_A Tale of the Arizona Desert_

By ROGER POc.o.c.k

Author of "Following the Frontier," etc.

A remarkable story of cattle ranges of Arizona, the great desert, and the grand canon of the Colorado river. The author has written a romance of adventure, of conflict, and of love,--a story of breathless interest, remarkable situation, and great humor and pathos. Chalkeye, the cowboy who tells the story, Captain McCalmont, the robber-chief, Lord Babshannon, the owner of a Colorado ranch, his son "Jim," and "Curly,"

who gives the name to the story, are characters of great strength, finely portrayed and well contrasted.

ON THE FIRING LINE

_A Romance of South Africa_

By ANNA CHAPIN RAY _and_ HAMILTON BROCK FULLER

In this fine romance of love and war Miss Ray has a wider field than she has compa.s.sed before and strikes a deeper note of feeling. The events take place in South Africa during the Boer War, and in local details Mr.

Fuller has given valuable aid. As in the author's other books, the characters awaken interest because they are so human.

A KNOT OF BLUE

By WILLIAM R. A. WILSON

_By the Author of "A Rose of Normandy"_

In a new tale of absorbing interest the author of the successful "Rose of Normandy" has faithfully portrayed feminine tenderness and sweetness of character, and at the same time has shown that a work of fiction can have for its motif the gratification of personal revenge without offending the highest moral taste of the modern civilized world. "A Knot of Blue" abounds in intrigue, adventure, the joy of living and achieving, and it throbs with romantic tenderness. The scene is laid in Old Quebec.