THE BEST SPRING NOVELS OF 1915 Mr. Winston Churchill's New Novel A FAR COUNTRY By WINSTON CHURCHILL Author of "The Inside of the Cup," "A Modern Chronicle,” “Richard Carvel," "The Crossing." "The Celebrity," "Coniston," etc. In "A Far Country," Mr. Winston Churchill has written a novel that will probably arouse greater interest than its immediate predecessor, "The Inside of the Cup," one of the most successful novels ever written. In this new novel Mr. Churchill turns to another of our social ills and with even greater daring lays bare the truth. Mr. Churchill has spread a big canvass and on it he has drawn a true picture of contemporary American manhood and womanhood. Cloth, 12mo. $1.50. Ready in May By ERNEST POOLE. A vivid story of New York harbor and of city life in which many of the social and industrial tendencies of the day are reflected. Cloth, 12mo, $1.40. Mr. Stringer's New Novel THE HAND OF PERIL By ARTHUR STRINGER. 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On Sale at All Bookstores Published by THE MACMILLAN COMPANY THE BOOKMAN Magazine of A Literature and Life CONTENTS FOR MARCH, 1915 CHRONICLE AND COMMENT Stevenson's Earnings-Miss Braddon and Her Time-Indirect Criticism-The Reverse of the Shield-Improbabilities-Kaiser and Czar (illustration)-Stephen Leacock (with portrait)-Poe and Dickens-The New Rôle-Marguerite Münsterberg (portrait) Philip Curtiss (portrait)-Stewart Edward White (portrait)-Prohibition and the Novel-James Hay, Jr. (with portrait)-A Tagore Biography (with portrait of Basanta Koomar Roy)-"The Literary Shop" (with portrait of James L. Ford)-The Makers of "Tipperary" (with portrait)-Stephen Graham (with portrait)-Father Brown and Others Chesterton on the War-Harry Leon Wilson (with portrait and illustration)Mrs. Ferris Greenslet-Gerald Stanley Lee (with portrait)-Books for the Blind. 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