Chapter C: J. Peters & Son,

Finest Half-Tones a Specialty.

Photo Engravers
Electrotypers
Wax Engravers
Typographers

BOSTON, MASS.

_Special Designs and Drawings made to order.
References in all parts of the United States._

ANNOUNCEMENT.

The Black Cat

... FOR ...

NOVEMBER, 1895,

Will contain the following Original and Complete Stories:

A Calaveras Hold-Up. By Roberta Littlehale.

A vivid account of an actual California stage robbery, linked with a touching love-story, told in the writer's graphic and individual style.

From a Trolley Post. By Margaret Dodge.

A comedy-drama of the city streets, in which a pocket edition of a Texas cowboy and a hand-organ monkey are the chief actors.

An Andenken. By Julia Magruder.

An absorbing and unusual story of artist life, love, and adventure, whose scene is laid in the Tyrolean Alps.

The Man from Maine. By J. D. Ellsworth.

Some picturesque facts showing that prohibition doesn't always prohibit.

A Wedding Tombstone. By Clarice Irene Clinghan.

A curiously fascinating tale of New England village life, showing the same unconventional charm as the author's prize story, "Six Months in Hades," for which she received $1.000.

The Other One. By A. H. Gibson.

A gruesome but impressively interesting story of robbery, murder, and terrible retribution, whose startling ending cannot possibly be foreseen.

Stateroom Six. By William Albert Lewis.

A dramatic incident of Mississippi steamboat travel twenty years ago, told just as it happened.

Her Eyes, Your Honor! By M. D. Umbstaetter.

A famous criminal court trial, a mysterious woman whose life hinges on circumstantial evidence, and a legal trap resulting in an unparalleled climax are the features of this stirring tale.

THE BLACK CAT is issued monthly at five cents a copy. If your newsdealer hasn't it, and won't get it for you, send fifty cents to the undersigned, and it will be mailed to you, postpaid, for one year.

The Shortstory Publishing Company,
144 High Street, Boston, Mass.

T^{he} Hook That's Flat

The Hook that shows isn't so good as the Hook that doesn't. There's no
show to the Singer Hook and Eye. Sold everywhere.

Singer Safety Hook & Eye Co.,
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

The Ink
used in printing
The Black Cat
is manufactured by
Geo. H. Morrill & Co.,
Boston, Mass.

Williams' Shaving Soap

_"It's just like cream."_

_Williams' Shaving Soaps have been famous for fifty years._

Sold by dealers everywhere.

THE J. B. WILLIAMS CO.,
GLASTONBURY, CONN.
London, 64 Great Russel St., W. C.

The Atlantic Monthly.

=Important Announcements for the Fall of 1895.=

The publishers take pleasure in announcing an unusual amount of good fiction. Early issues of the Atlantic will contain =The Apparition of Gran'ther Hill=, by _Rowland E. Robinson_; =Pilgrim Station=, by _Mary Hallock Foote_; =Athenaise, a Creole Story=, by _Kate Chopin_; =The End of the Terror=, by _Robert Wilson_, a Southern writer. Aside from these, there will be stories by Mrs. _Wiggin, Henry James, L. Dougall, Ellen Mackubin_, and others.

Conspicuous in the Fall issues will be papers of Travel. _Lafcadio Hearn_ will contribute sketches and interpretations of the new Japan. There will be further papers in Mr. Peabody's =An Architect's Vacation= series, the forthcoming one being entitled =The Venetian Day=. A delightful paper of Spanish travel by Mrs. _Miriam Coles Harris_ can be promised, and _Alice Brown_ will write of a visit to the original Cranford. _Bradford Torrey_ will publish further sketches of life and nature in his Tennessee haunts. Other articles of special interest, which can perhaps be classed under this head, will be =Reminiscences of Eastern Travel= by Miss _Harriet Waters Preston_; and _Josiah Flynt_, who has become an authority on the vagrant, will contribute one of his entertaining studies of tramp life, =The Children of the Road=.

The subject of =Education= will, as usual, receive attention. The Atlantic was the first of the leading magazines to make the discussion of important educational questions one of the features of its pages. In early issues will be printed articles by President _Tucker_, of Dartmouth, and Professor _J. H. Wright_, of Harvard.

The usual departments and the exhaustive book-reviews will continue to be features of each issue.

35 cents a copy. $4.00 a year.

Houghton, Mifflin & Company,
4 Park St., Boston. 11 East 17th St., New York.

HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO.'S

RECENT STORIES.

=The Story of Christine Rochefort.=

By HELEN CHOATE PRINCE. _Third Edition._ $1.25.

"Mrs. Prince, granddaughter of Rufus Choate, has written a novel
particularly strong in its well-knit style.... The personal touches,
scenes, and conversations are delightful."—_Chicago Times-Herald._

"The story throughout exhibits a sweetness and elevation of tone which
is in charming contrast to the generality of novels."—_Literary World._

"I like everything about it."—HORACE HOWARD FURNESS, LL. D.

=Daughters of the Revolution.=

By CHARLES CARLETON COFFIN, author of "The Drum-Beat of the Nation,"
etc. With illustrations. _Second Edition._ Crown, 8vo, $1.50.

"Mr. Coffin's story is one of thrilling interest, and is at the same
time an historically accurate presentation of the scenes, events, and
the spirit of the people of the colonies at the fateful outbreak of
the Revolution."—_Boston Advertiser._

=A Soulless Singer.=

By MARY CATHERINE LEE, author of "A Quaker Girl of Nantucket," and "In
the Cheering-Up Business." 16mo, $1.25.

"The story's motive is the power of human passion to give to a voice
which is otherwise noble and well trained the quality of feeling, of
soul, which is essential to the really great singer.... The story is
well written."—_Springfield Republican._

"A daintier, prettier love-story than this it would be hard to
find."—_Chicago Interior._

=Under the Man-fig.=

By M. E. M. DAVIS. 16mo, $1.25.

"A story of the old South by a writer who knows well how to
use the rich material afforded by that picturesque time and
people."—_Nashville Banner._

"An exciting story and a strong study of character."—_Portland
Transcript._

=Stories of the Foot-hills.=

By MARGARET C. GRAHAM. 16mo, $1.25.

"The glimpses of manners and social usages of the Western foot-hills
are, in our opinion, more irresistible than the weather-worn
peculiarities of New England that have been dragged through so much of
the storm and sun of modern fiction."—_New York Times._

=Philip and His Wife.=

By MRS. DELAND, author of "John Ward, Preacher," "The Old Garden," etc.
_Eighth Thousand._ 16mo, $1.25.

"An interesting and absorbing romance, one of those rare creations
in our slip-shod era of a story as well written as it is
interesting."—_London Telegraph._

"A book of genuine originality and power."—_New York Tribune._

=The Story of Lawrence Garthe.=

By MRS. KIRK, author of "The Story of Margaret Kent," etc. 16mo, $1.25.

"I have had a delightful feast, charming and absorbing from beginning
to end.... It is all fascinating, and the plot is managed so admirably
throughout."—HORACE HOWARD FURNESS, LL. D.

=Sweet Clover.=

By CLARA LOUISE BURNHAM, author of "Dr. Latimer," "Miss Bagg's
Secretary," etc. _Ninth Thousand._ 16mo, $1.25.

"Mrs. Burnham has laid the scene of her pleasant, pure-toned romance
among the glories of the White City. It is delightful to have them
reanimated in such a vivid manner."—_Literary World._

=Cœur d'Alene.=

By MARY HALLOCK FOOTE, author of "John Bodewin's Testimony," "The Led
Horse Claim," "In Exile," etc. 16mo, $1.25.

"The movement of the story is rapid, the interest most intense, and
the event almost tragic; but the narrative is interspersed with many a
scene sparkling with humor and brilliant dialogue."—_Books, Denver._

_Sold by all booksellers. Sent postpaid, by_

HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO., Boston.
11 East 17th Street, New York.

Mason & Hamlin
Co.

_The Mason and Hamlin Pianos are the only pianos manufactured,
containing the patented Screw Stringer, by virtue of which they do
not require one quarter as much tuning as any other piano made: thus
reducing expense of keeping and inconvenience to a minimum._

_Full particulars and catalogues mailed free on application._

Mason & Hamlin Co.
BOSTON. NEW YORK. CHICAGO.

Lablache Face Powder

The Queen of Toilet Powders.

The purest and most perfect Face Powder that science and skill can
produce. Makes the skin soft and beautiful and removes Sun-burn, Tan,
Freckles, and all shiny appearance. Invisible on closest inspection.
Absolutely harmless. We invite chemical analysis and the closest
search for injurious ingredients. It is used and indorsed by the most
prominent society and professional ladies in Europe and America. Insist
upon having =Lablache Powder=, or risk the consequences produced by
cheap powders. =Flesh, White, Pink, and Cream Tints.=

Price, 50c. per box.

Of all druggists, or by mail.

BEN. LEVY & CO., French Perfumers,
34 WEST STREET, BOSTON, MASS., U. S. A.

BALZAC.

Translated by KATHARINE PRESCOTT WORMELEY.

=Duchesse De Langeais.= =Pere Goriot.= =The Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau.= =Cousin Bette.= =Eugenie Grandet.= =The Magic Skin.= =Bureaucracy.= =Fame and Sorrow.= =The Country Doctor.= =Louis Lambert.= =Cousin Pons.= =The Two Brothers.= =The Alkahest.= =Modeste Mignon.= =Seraphita.= =Ursula.= =A Start in Life.= =The Marriage Contract.= =Beatrix.= =The Daughter of Eve.= =Sons of the Soil.= =The Lily of the Valley.= =An Historical Mystery.= =Albert Savarus.= =Pierrette.= =The Chouans.= =Lost Illusions.= =A Great Man of the Provinces in Paris.= =The Brotherhood of Consolation.= =The Village Rector.= =Memoirs of Two Young Married Women.= =Catherine d'Medici.= =Lucien de Rubempre.= =Ferragus.=

Handsome 12mo volumes.
Uniform in size and style.
Half Russia, $1.50 each.

HONORE DE BALZAC. A Memoir.

Compiled and written by KATHARINE PRESCOTT WORMELEY, translator of
Balzac's Works. With Portrait taken one hour after death by Eugene
Giraud. 12mo, half Russia, price $1.50.

_Mailed, postage paid, on receipt of price by the Publishers._

ROBERTS BROTHERS, Boston, Mass.

"My Boy—

L^E PAGE'S
LIQUID GLUE

Will not mend broken
bones but I don't know
anything else it won't
mend—and mend it so
that 'twill stay mended
too."

Ten-cent bottles for household use.
CANS with patent cover for Mechanics.

USE IT
EVERYDAY
IN THE
WEEK
&
THEN
REST
ON
SUNDAY.

S MONDAY

A TUESDAY

P WEDNESDAY

O THURSDAY