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  ECCENTRICITIES OF GENIUS

  By Major J. B. Pond.

  READ WHAT IS SAID OF IT.

  "It is distinctly one of the most interesting books of the year from anypoint of view."--_Rochester Sunday Herald._

  "It is many a day since I have read so fascinating a book ofreminiscences. Many a day--or perhaps I should have said a 'night'--forthis volume has given me delight during hours, when, according to thelaws of nature, I should have been asleep."--_Newell Dwight Hillis._

  "One of the most simple, naive and straightforward books ever written.It fairly reeks with personality.... No man living has had suchinteresting association with so many interesting people."--_HomeJournal._

  "Adorned by many pictures, never before published."--_Detroit Journal._

  "Possesses unparalleled attractions."--_Boston Journal._

  "Major Pond goes deep into his subject, furnishing pen-portraits thatare admirably clear and graphic."--_The Mail and Express._

  "The whole book, stuffed as it is with anecdotes and extracts frompersonal letters, is marvelously interesting."--_Boston Transcript._

  "All the world loves a teller of stories, and readers will surely takeapprovingly to the man who gives them so much of entertaining reading asis found in Major Pond's 600 pages of bright personal description."--_N.Y. Times._

  "Shining by reflected light, its pages literally teem with interestinganecdotes of many sorts."--_Chicago Evening Post._

  "Originality stamps the volume, copiously illustrated withportraits."--_The Boston Globe._

  "It has a thousand charms, and a thousand points of interest. It is fullof striking gems of thought, rare descriptions of men and places,biographical bits that delight one by their variety, and the distinctionof those alluded to. From a literary view it is as interesting asDisraeli's famous 'Curiosities of Literature.'"--_Philadelphia Item._

  "If any more charming and interesting book has appeared this season, ithas not come to our notice. The get-up is worthy of the matter of thebook."--_Philadelphia Evening Telegraph._

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  It is a handsome octavo volume, 53/4 x 83/4 inches, of 620 pages, withnearly 100 half-tone portrait illustrations. Beautifully bound inEnglish silk cloth, with gold stamp on side, gilt top. At allBookstores. $3.50.