POPULAR BOOKS.

  _Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter._

  By LAWRENCE L. LYNCH, author of "Shadowed by Three," "Out of a Labyrinth," etc. Illustrated with 44 original engravings. Price, $1.50.

  "One of the most fascinating of modern novels. It combines the excitement that ever attends the intricate and hazardous schemes of a detective, together with the development of as carefully constructed and cunningly elaborated a plot as the best of Wilkie Collins' or Charles Reade's."

  _The Gold Hunters' Adventures in Australia._

  By WM. H. THOMES. Illustrated with 41 engravings. Price, $1.50.

  An exciting story of adventures in Australia, in the early days, when the discovery of gold drew thither a motley crowd of reckless, daring men.

  _Running the Blockade._

  By _Wm. H. Thomes_. Profusely illustrated. Price, $1.50.

  A tale of adventures on a Blockade Runner during the rebellion, by a Union officer acting in the Secret Service of the United States. The nature of this hazardous mission necessarily involves the narrator in constant peril.

  _The Bushrangers; or, Wild Life in Australia._

  By WM. H. THOMES. Illustrated. Price, $1.50.

  The record of a second voyage to that land of mystery and adventure--Australia--by the "Gold Hunters," and replete with exciting exploits among the most lawless class of men.

  _A Slaver's Adventures on Sea and Land._

  By WM. H. THOMES. Profusely illustrated. Price, $1.50.

  A thrilling story of an exciting life on board a slaver, chased by British gunboats, and equally interesting adventures in the wilds of Africa and on the Island of Cuba.

  _The Gold Hunters in Europe, or, The Dead Alive._

  By WM. H. THOMES. Profusely illustrated. Price, $1.50.

  The heroes of "The Gold Hunters' Adventures" and "The Bushrangers" seek excitement in a trip through Europe, and meet, in England, France and Ireland (among the Fenians), with a constant succession of perilous adventures.

  _A Whaleman's Adventures on Sea and Land._

  By WM. H. THOMES. Profusely illustrated. Price, $1.50.

  A vivid story of life on a whaler, in the Pacific Ocean, and of adventures in the Sandwich Islands, and in California in the early days, when the discovery of gold electrified the whole world and attracted bold men to wrest the mines of wealth from the possession of Mexicans and Indians.

  These most fascinating Tales of Adventure on Sea and Land are for saleon all Railroad Trains, by all Booksellers, or will be sent postpaid onreceipt of price by The Publishers.

  ALEX. T. LOYD & CO.,

  CHICAGO.