A New Novel by the Author of "The Nightingale: a Life of Chopin" THE COUNTERFEITS By MARJORIE STRACHEY A young English woman's romance with a Russian officer. It is a psychological study told through exciting action and in an unusual manner. Instead of the usual triangle there are five persons involved, and the story in Russia is told in retrospect while the heroine moves through a later experience in London that is parallel at certain points to her former one, and finally merges with it. MEXICAN ARCHITECTURE OF THE VICE-REGAL PERIOD By WALTER H. KILHAM So many of the unfamiliar and curiously beautiful architectural jewels of old Mexico have been found and recorded that this book, even to the architect, comes almost as the revelation of a newly discovered land. The vitality and personality of Renaissance Spain with the added vigor lent by the entrance of the native Indian as craftsman and artist are here portrayed in a manner that will interest every reader interested in architecture. THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE SEA By EDWARD KEBLE CHATTERTON The dramatic rescues of ships' crews at sea within the last year are included in this book which re-tells the most heroic episodes of sea history. The chief example of recent rescues described is that of the crew of the British steamship Antinoe by the American crew of the steamship Roosevelt. THE PROBLEM OF A WORLD COURT By DAVID JAYNE HILL Dr. Hill, well known as former Ambassador to Germany and an authority on diplomatic history, and practice, was associated in 1898 with the beginnings of the World Court idea. He tells the story of its growth, and explains why the United States has been unable as yet to join in a great international undertaking which she herself suggested to the world. Crown 8vo. $1.75 LONGMANS, GREEN & 55 Fifth Avenue New York TO BE PUBLISHED APRIL FIRST AND TO BE FOR SALE WHEREVER BOOKS ARE SOLD POETRY'S PLEA FOR ANIMALS An Anthology of Justice and Mercy for Our Kindred in Fur and Feathers Compiled and Edited by FRANCES E. CLARKE With Introduction by EDWIN MARKHAM. Author of "The Man with the Hoe" Frontispiece in Colors and Illustrated Half-Title for each of the Twenty-two Sections by W. F. STECHER. Cloth, 8vo, 460 pages. Price, $3.00 "Another Anthology Needed! Is Some One Making It?" were a prominent daily newspaper's recent headlines for an article on the nation's awakening compassion for animals. Miss Clarke had long been engaged in answering the question. The result is an anthology such as has never appeared in America, nor been excelled anywhere. The greatest British and American poets of literary history, chiefly the contemporary, proclaim their regard for bird and animal in poems delightfully readable as well as compelling in their appeal. Within this attractively bound, beautifully illustrated volume, the reader finds his favorite poets. He finds his favorite animals, too, whether they roam distant trails, or dwell in far-off jungles, or sleep peacefully by the hearthside. POETRY'S PLEA FOR ANIMALS adequately and permanently supplies what has been needed: a great reference book of humane poetry. THE YOUNGEST RIDER A Story of the Pony Express by FRED HARMAN. Price, $1.50 ANN AT STARR HOUSE Author of "Ann's Family" THE TUSK-HUNTERS By DR. FRANCIS ROLT-WHEELER Elephants and elephant ways have always held a thrill for adventure-loving and nature-loving readers, and in this book Dr. Rolt-Wheeler has kept strangeness and excitement throbbing on every page. Nor is the practical side omitted, for this book tells how wild elephants are caught, tamed, trained, and set to the service of man. Here may be found all the scientific accuracy for which Dr. Rolt-Wheeler's books so justly renowned, and a world of romance beside. 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