Summer Numbers of The Century The conductors of THE CENTURY MAGAZINE have prepared a summer program of exceptional interest. The July number contains the first of Mr. Frank J. Sprague's papers telling the story of the trolley-car. The development of the trolley is one of the most remarkable phenomena of our time, and no electrician has done more to bring abit this development than Mr. Sprague, who was the first to establish a successful trolley line in a large city, and whose electric system is now in use on the New York Elevated Road and in the Subway. This July number contains six short stories, including "The Earthquake-Child," by Eden Phillpotts, and an article "With Perry in Japan," personal recollections of a survivor of the expedition which opened Japan to the world. "The Method of Operation of the Associated Press," by the general manager, Melville E. Stone, appears in the July CENTURY, telling of quick reportorial work at the time of the assassination of President McKinley, the death of Pope Leo XIII, etc. In August will be printed Mr. Stone's article describing the Associated Press in war. "The Story of the Trolley-Car." The August CENTURY will be, as usual, a "Midsummer Holiday Number," rich in many attractive features-beautiful color-work, including a set of pictures by Mr. Howard Chandler Christy of "A Summer Girl" in her various interesting moods, first instalment of a two-part story by Rudyard Kipling, articles on Automobiling in the Alps, College Rowing in England and America, The Circus (with striking illustrations by A. B. Frost), etc. September is to be a taining ten short stories by In October begins the From The Circus." "Fiction Number," con- Order THE CENTURY for THE CENTURY Co., Union Square, New York. FICTION FOR SUMMER READING LOVE'S CROSS CURRENTS By ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE A novel by the greatest of living English poets-the only novel he has ever written. The tragi-comedy growing out of the love affairs of four interesting young people while they play at cross purposes, is an absorbing, delightful story. MISS BELLARD'S INSPIRATION Cloth, $1.50. By WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS A delightful story of a summer episode in New Hampshire, in which the "course of true love" takes a novel turn. A delicate veiled satire on certain modern ways of doing and thinking. THE TYRANNY OF THE DARK Cloth, $1.50. By HAMLIN GARLAND Hamlin Garland has pictured another delightful Western girl in his latest novel. The romance of her life while in New York is a moving story in a strange and wonderful setting. The book is a striking departure from current fiction. Illustrated. Cloth, $1.50. THE ACCOMPLICE By FREDERICK TREVOR HILL The story of a hotly contested murder-trial as told by the foreman of the jury. The story is a maze of mystery to the very end, worked out along lines entirely new in fiction. Cloth, $1.50. By Mrs. HUMPHRY WARD "This is the best of Mrs. Ward's stories-the most persistently and pervasively interesting. In recent fiction we have found nothing by which we have been more impressed and entertained.” THE MARRIAGE OF WILLIAM ASHE FOND ADVENTURES -New York Sun. Illustrated. Cloth, $1.50. By MAURICE HEWLETT Four glowing love-tales out of the heart of the Middle Ages. Since the publication of "The Forest Lovers" Mr. Hewlett has written nothing so palpitating with the full and splendid life of that virile day. Cloth, $1.50. THE SECOND WOOING OF SALINA SUE By RUTH MCENERY STUART A delightful succession of comedies and tragedies in quaint corners of the Southland. Mrs. Stuart holds a foremost place as a writer of successful short stories. THE VICISSITUDES OF EVANGELINE Cloth, $1.25 By ELINOR GLYN A lively, sparkling twin-sister volume to "The Visits of Elizabeth." 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