JUST PUBLISHED LETTERS TO MY SON This is a unique book of intense human interest Price, $1.00, net. Postpaid $1.19. HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY 4 Park Street, Boston 85 Fifth Avenue, New York Contributors to the July Atlantic F. S. Mead (" Gold Production and Investment ") is an economist with a practical turn of mind who contributed to the Atlantic in February, 1908, an article on "The Panic and the Banks." Harry James Smith (" Poor Old Todie ") is a novelist and man of letters who does much of his work in a Connecticut village. His new novel, "Enchanted Ground," will appear shortly. Gideon Welles ("A Diary of the Reconstruction Period") retained the naval portfolio throughout the administration of President 'Johnson. His revelations concerning the struggle between the President and Congress is doing much to revise American opinion concerning the most critical period in the history of this country. Eleanor P. Hammond (“ Shakespeare's Fools ") is an American scholar of distinction in the special field of the poetry of Chaucer and of his imitators in the fifteenth century. Miss Hammond is connected with the University of Chicago. Anna Fuller ("Ships in the Air "), the author of several novels, is perhaps most happily remembered by her volume of New England sketches long since gathered together under the title of " Pratt Portraits.” The present contribution is one of the series of stories written by way of sequel to the former volume. Charles M. Harvey (“The Story of the Salt Lake Trail ") is an editorial writer on the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, who has made an extensive study of the history of the west and southwest. The present paper is the third in a series on Famous American Trails which the Atlantic is publishing this year. Francis Thompson (" To Daisies ") was an English poet of fulfillment and unusual promise, who died a young man, after publishing one or two slender volumes of verse. Perhaps his best-known poem is the terrible “Hound of Heaven," which deserves a permanent place in imaginative literature. John Jay Chapman (" Learning ") is a man of letters who some ten years since was a frequent contributor to the Atlantic. Many of our readers will recall his papers on Emerson as well as on many political and social topics. Robert M. Gay ("Tympano ") is a teacher of English in Goucher College, Baltimore. Our readers will welcome the agreeable humor of this new contributor. "A rare artist in the unfailing perfection and vividness of his descriptions, a delightful friend, philosopher and guide among the Italians and their country."— New York Mail. The Works of "Mr. Howells is a finished artist, and never has the sureness of his touch shown to better advantage than in his comedies." - Brooklyn Eagle. William Dean Howells "The attractiveness of Mr. Howells's writings is in the ease and grace of diction, the picturesqueness as well as truthfulness of description, the quiet glow of portraiture, the flashes of wit and the touches of genial humor, - all united to a painstaking accuracy that does not allow fancy or imagination to neglect detail or such elaborate finish as the subjects respectively demand.”. Boston Transcript. NOVELS THE RISE OF SILAS LAPHAM. THE MINISTER'S CHARGE. INDIAN SUMMER. A FEARFUL RESPONSIBILITY. A MODERN INSTANCE. A FOREGONE CONCLUSION. A WOMAN'S REASON. DR. BREEN'S PRACTICE. THEIR WEDDING JOURNEY. Illustrated. A CHANCE ACQUAINTANCE. Illustrated. Each, 12m0, $1.50; THEIR WEDDING JOURNEY and A CHANCE ACQUAINTANCE, also 18mo, $1.00 each; the first named, also Holiday Edition, crown 8vo, $3.00. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES Edited, with Biographical Essays, by Mr. Howells. 8 vols. 18mo, each $1.00. 1, 2. MEMOIRS OF FREDERICA SOPHIA WILHELMINA, MARGRAVINE OF BAIREUTH. 3. LORD HERBERT OF CHERBURY, and THOMAS ELLWOOD. 4. VITTORIO ALFIERI. 5. CARLO GOLDONI. 6. EDWARD GIBBON. 7, 8. FRANÇOIS MARMONTEL. "His observation is close and accurate; his knowledge of women is simply marvelous; he is an artist in his description of scenery." — Boston Advertiser. "Mr. Howells deserves a place in Houghton Mifflin Boston and New York "The literary tone of these exquisite works is enchanting, and is due in large measure to Mr. Howells's felicitous habit of selection and scholarly appreciation of what is choice and beautiful." Hartford Post. Contributors to the July Atlantic F. S. Mead (" Gold Production and Investment ") is an economist with a practical turn of mind who contributed to the Atlantic in February, 1908, an article on The Panic and the Banks." Harry James Smith (" Poor Old Todie ") is a novelist and man of letters who does much of his work in a Connecticut village. His new novel, "Enchanted Ground," will appear shortly. Gideon Welles ("A Diary of the Reconstruction Period ") retained the naval portfolio throughout the administration of President Johnson. His revelations concerning the struggle between the President and Congress is doing much to revise American opinion concerning the most critical period in the history of this country. Eleanor P. Hammond (“ Shakespeare's Fools ") is an American scholar of distinction in the special field of the poetry of Chaucer and of his imitators in the fifteenth century. Miss Hammond is connected with the University of Chicago. Anna Fuller (“Ships in the Air"), the author of several novels, is perhaps most happily remembered by her volume of New England sketches long since gathered together under the title of " Pratt Portraits." The present contribution is one of the series of stories written by way of sequel to the former volume. Charles M. Harvey (“ The Story of the Salt Lake Trail ") is an editorial writer on the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, who has made an extensive study of the history of the west and southwest. The present paper is the third in a series on Famous American Trails which the Atlantic is publishing this year. Francis Thompson (“ To Daisies ") was an English poet of fulfillment and unusual promise, who died a young man, after publishing one or two slender volumes of verse. Perhaps his best-known poem is the terrible "Hound of Heaven," which deserves a permanent place in imaginative literature. John Jay Chapman (“ Learning ") is a man of letters who some ten years since was a frequent contributor to the Atlantic. Many of our readers will recall his papers on Emerson as well as on many political and social topics. Robert M. Gay (" Tympano ") is a teacher of English in Goucher College, Baltimore. Our readers will welcome the agreeable humor of this new contributor. Recently awarded the prize by the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stratford-on-Avon out of 315 plays submitted. It will be given at the Midsummer Festival at Stratford about the end of July. "It is the sort of book to own and to read over and over, when the soul is hungry for beauty and truth.'' Indianapolis News. Tout bien "We have no other American poet whose muse is capable of such a sustained and inspired flight in the atmosphere of poetic drama." New York Times. JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY'S THE PIPER "As the genius of Goethe recreated the 'Faust' legend and made it his own for all time, so Josephine Preston Peabody has set the seal of ownership upon the story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin.' The comparison is a daring one, but those who have read the tragedy of 'Marlowe' will have acquired the habit of regarding this writer as a dramatic genius. Her work is more than a prophecy, it is an instalment of the new drama, the basis of which is a courageous and non-apologetic idealism." 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