Sylvia's Head Sylvia is the heroine of a new novel entitled Sylvia as imagined by Sylvia as imagined by Howard Chandler Christy The person whose choice comes nearest to the choice of the majority will receive A PRIZE OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS. The book itself is a charming and clever love story. Each volume contains full particulars about the voting and a slip on which the reader is to register his choice. SYLVIA: The Story of an AMERICAN COUNTESS, by EVALYN EMERSON. With pictures of the heroine by Albert D. Blashfield, Carle J. Blenner, J. Wells Champney, Howard Chandler Christy, Louise Cox, Joseph De Camp, John Elliott, C. Allan Gilbert, Albert Herter, Henry Hutt, Alice Barber Stephens, A. B. Wenzell. Order through the book-stores, or send $1.50 to the publishers. Both pictures copyrighted by SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY, Boston. A House Party An account of the stories that were told at a gathering PAUL LEICESTER FORD was not given? The questions were so interesting that it was determined to submit them to the reading public. Invitations to the "House Party" were extended to the following distinguished authors: THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH, HAMLIN GARLAND, JOHN KENDRICK BANGS, GEORGE W. CABLE, ROBERT GRANT, JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS, F. HOPKINSON SMITH, The Each author was to contribute one story, the stories to be published anonymously. public was then to be invited to guess the authorship, and to add zest to the contest it was decided to offer a prize of $1000.00 for the Right Guess Twelve of the authors above named accepted and have each told one story. These stories are all published together in our latest book entitled "A HOUSE PARTY," which will appeal not only to every person of literary taste, but to every lover of good stories. Conditions of the Contest are given in full in the book, together with a guessing coupon, which is to be detached and mailed to the publishers. 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