. The Argonaut . an Company «6 Fifth Avenue, New York. (/ Grand National Prize of THE CONTINENT OF AMERICA By John Boyd Thacher,(Just issued) is an important historical work relating tothe discovery and naming of America. It contains manyfac-simile reproductions of heretofore inaccessible rarities,including a series of fourteen maps showing geographicalknowledge of America from 1478 to 1570. Only 250 copies elegantly printed on finestpaper. For full descriptive circular, address WILLIAM EVARTS BENJAMIN, Publisher, 10 West 22d Mreet, New York City. $ I 99 9 $9 $9 \ If9 { 9 $9 9 9 4 16,6


. The Argonaut . an Company «6 Fifth Avenue, New York. (/ Grand National Prize of THE CONTINENT OF AMERICA By John Boyd Thacher,(Just issued) is an important historical work relating tothe discovery and naming of America. It contains manyfac-simile reproductions of heretofore inaccessible rarities,including a series of fourteen maps showing geographicalknowledge of America from 1478 to 1570. Only 250 copies elegantly printed on finestpaper. For full descriptive circular, address WILLIAM EVARTS BENJAMIN, Publisher, 10 West 22d Mreet, New York City. $ I 99 9 $9 $9 \ If9 { 9 $9 9 9 4 16,600 francs at Paris Qwnalafoche Possesses in the highest degree theentire active properties of PeruvianBark. Endorsed by the medicalfaculty as the best remedy for Feverand Ague, Malaria, Poornessof the Blood, General Debilityand Wasting Diseases ; Increasesthe Appetite, Strengthens theNerves and builds upthe entiresystem. Paris : 22 Rue Drouot New 26-30 io TH E ARGONAUT. July 6, ^MflWi r The gentleman swindler is not a new figure onthe stage. We have known him as a bona-fide bur-glar, like the Spider in The Silver King, and asthe successful head of a band of mysterious forgers,like Jim the Penman. In Captain Swift we madehis acquaintance as a high-souled gentleman of theroad. He has been commendable, and he has beencontemptible. He has been made what he is byforce of circumstances, and he has been madewhat he is by being just naturally bad. The newest version of him is Sir Philip Mar-chant. It would appear that Sir Philips creator—with a small c—intended Sir Philip to be con-sidered a pretty bad fellow. His record was de-plorable, and on the stage or in a book, when thevillain prosecutes his villainy under the cloak ofreligious hypocrisy, be assured the author intendedhim to be very low down in the moral scale. SirPhilip does the Good Samaritan act with the suaveimperturbability of the true - born rascal. Hislapses from the straight and narro


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