THE CHRISTY-RILEY BOOK FOR ST. VALENTINE'S DAY THREE RECENT NOVELS Under tne Rose | The Master A JOVIAL STORY OF A JESTER'S LOVE By Frederic S. Isham Author of "THE STROLLERS" Illustrated by Howard Chandler Christy 12mo. Price, $1.50 "Under the Rose" is a romance of the jovial days of jesting. The title implies secrecy, and Mr. Isham has certainly lived up to the meaning of this very happy phrase. There are so many interesting secrets, so many delightful surprises, that even a hirt as to who is the heroine or who the hero would rob the rose of half its perfume. There is but one way to fearn the secret of "Under the Rose"- read it. of Appleby By Francis Lynde FRANCEZKA Molly Elliot Seawell's Longest Novel A ROMANCE OF THE CAROLINAS A ROMANCE OF YOUTH, SPLEN- Price, $1.50 "A story of valiant deeds - one of the few modern novels that the reader closes with regret. -Washington Star. 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THURSTON ILLUSTRATIONS BY $1.50 HIS is a powerful portrayal of the wide experiences that may be compassed TH within eight years of a woman's life, if that woman has genius and opportunity. In this story, Anna Solny possesses the genius and Mrs. Maxtead discovers its existence and furnishes the opportunity to develop it. From the neutral tints of obscurity in which Anna was born, she passes through the graduating shades that existence possesses for a woman. She experiences alternately hope, expectation, fulfilment; then from the zenith of a wonderful success and an ideal love, she is borne inevitably downward to shadow and darkness. The story is a remarkable one, and wonderfully well done. It holds the reader with a grip that constantly attests its power. DODD, MEAD & COMPANY Publishers 372 Fifth Avenue New York Please mention THE BOOKMAN in writing to advertisers. Putnam's New Publications Georg Joachim Goschen, By his grandson, VISCOUNT GOSCHEN. 2 vols.. 8°. The biography of the friend and publisher of Schiller, Goethe, Körner, Wieland, and Herder contains of necessity much of the intimate history of German literature at its Augustan period. Buddhist India By T. W. RHYS-DAVIDS, LL.D., Ph.D., Professor of Pali and Buddhist Literature. University College, London. No. 66 in "The Story of the Nations." 12mo. Fully illustrated. Net, $1.35. Half leather, net, $1.60. (Postage 15c.) Professor Davids has for some years been recognized as one of the leading authorities on Buddhism. His new book gives in a fascinating manner the history of the period when India was under Buddhist rule. Mediæval India under By STANLEY LANE-POOLE. No. 65 in "The Story of the Nations." 12°. Fully illustrated. Net, $1.35. Half leather, net, $1.60. (Postage 15c.) The history of Mohammedan conquest always reads like romance. After the Muslim tide was checked in the West, it turned upon India; and for six centuries the Hindus submitted to Mohammedan kings. 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WOODBRIDGE RILEY, Ph.D. (Yale) Of several thousand works on Mormonism, few have treated impartially, not one has examined scientifically, the laws which govern its apparent marvels. This book investigates the elusive mental conditions of a strangely complex character. From materials gathered at Salt Lake City and elsewhere during eight years, there is now presented both Smith's checkered career and his pedigree for five generations. Here certain suppressed sources disclose the transmission of erratic tendencies, while his environment and bodily conditions account for the young prophet's visions. The Book of Mormon, as a "Record of the American Indians," is traced to the boy's imaginative gifts and his life on the Western frontier. Again, unpublished manuscripts show that in his "Transcription of the Gold Plates," Joseph was an occult crystalgazer. Finally, the chance discovery of hypnotism explains Smith's abnormal influence over his followers as Exorcist, Faith Healer and Polygamist. Dr. F. F. Ellinwood says "It is a very thorough and successful piece of work. I have read many books on Mormonism, but none showing so much scholarly research. Even the larger volumes of Stonehouse, though extended greatly, do not equal Mr. Riley's research and authoritativeness. It is a very valuable contribution to the literature of Mormonism." Dr. Daniel Coit Gilman says "I have read with great interest the principal part of Mr. Riley's book. It is a very interesting psychological study, and considering the immense influence which Smith has exerted, it is an important contribution to the study of human nature and the origin of delusions." The Athenæum (London) says "Mr. Riley has produced an exhaustive study of Joseph Smith. The bibliography of the books which he has consulted contains upward of 200 items. His work, originally a thesis for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Yale University, has been written with great care, and deserves great credit." 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