Her attempts to disguise the true state of affairs from her out-of-town friends are laughable; but the fun becomes tinged with pathos when she borrows a furnished mansion for an evening, and a rich relative, invited to dine with her, uncloaks the pitiable fraud.
The promising boy and the fond patroness are the chief characters in another brilliant character study in "Queer People." 12mo., Cloth.
Price, $1.00.
STREET AND SMITH, _New York and London_ A PEEP BEHIND THE SCENES.
Among the Freaks By W.L.

ALDEN.
Here is a volume of unique interest, dealing as it does with the fortunes and misfortunes of the various "freaks" to be found in a Dime Museum.

It relates the woes of the original Wild Man of Borneo, tells how the Fat Woman tried to elope, of the marvelous mechanical tail the dwarf invented, of how the Mermaid boiled her tail, and of a thrilling plot hatched out by the Giant and others.

Full of telling illustrations.

Easily one of the best works this gifted writer has ever produced.
18mo., Cloth.
Price, 75 cents.
STREET AND SMITH, _New York and London_ A BOOK OF HEARTY LAUGHTER.
Things Generally By MAX ADELER.
Here is a volume which is simply bubbling over with dry wit and good-natured humor, told as only this Prince of American Humorists can tell it.