ARTI ET VERITATI
“Some men borrow books; some men steal books; and others beg presentation copies from the author”—Her Majesty the King.
“Some men borrow books; some men steal books; and others beg presentation copies from the author”—Her Majesty the King.
IIThe New Literary ReviewIIIOutdoorsIVWellesley StoriesVThe Son of a ToryVIA Beautiful AlienVIIHer Majesty the KingVIIIIrish Mist and SunshineIXFour Days of GodXWhen Half-Gods GoXIThe AnvilXIIThe Wings of the MorningXIIIThe Lyric LibraryXIVAn Alphabetical List of Books
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The department of notes and comment under the title ofVarious Appraisementsthe Editor will endeavor to make particularly inclusive and entertaining.
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The object of the Editor and Publishers is to present a programme which without undue pretensions, will prove to be both well proportioned and of considerable entertainment.
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1.The Marshes in April17.Down the St. Joe River2.Plover Shooting18.Brook-trout Fishing3.The Melancholy Crane19.A Masque of the Seasons4.Fishing for Big-mouth20.Wood-chucksBass21.Frog-hunting5.Flight of Common Birds22.The Crow’s Wing6.Fishing for Crappie23.Prairie Chicken Shooting7.In the Haunts of the Loon24.A Fox in the Meramec8.Blue-bills and DecoysValley9.Walking as a Fine Art25.Fall Jack-snipe Shooting10.Fishing for Bull-heads26.In Dim October11.Along a Country Road27.Ruffed Grouse12.Wood-cock Shooting28.In Prairie Lands13.Under the Green-wood29.Hunting with FerretsTree30.The Bare, Brown Fields14.Pan-fishing31.Quail Shooting15.A Northern Nightingale32.In Winter Woods16.Squirrel Shooting
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ClorindaSubmergedPresident JeffersonA Lyrical InterludeThe Trial of ProfessorSir Toby’s CareerLamontInitiated Into Love
These Wellesley stories give a truthful picture of Wellesley student life that will appeal strongly to its alumnæ, greatly interest preparatory students, and should receive the hearty approval of its under-graduates; and also, as is sometimes not the case, they are worthy of a reading outside of college circles, for they meet the requirements of a good “short story” of whatever theme.
Wellesley traditions, customs, and spirit pervade the book, either described at some length or indicated by a masterly allusion. All kinds of girls are depicted, as all kinds of girls go to college—girls poor and rich, clever, dull, and commonplace, refined and unrefined, the unsubstantial and the dilettante, and those with genuine talent, and the life among them seems very real, for nothing is forced or strained in the stories. The trial scene in Professor Lamont is one of the cleverest bits of writing in any recent book of short stories, and it is a true picture of the way in which college girls embrace every opportunity for genuine fun. The last story in the book is one of the best college love stories ever written. The dialogue is spirited, the diction graceful, and a literary style is well sustained throughout.—The N. Y. Times Saturday Review.
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The Son of a Tory is one Wilton Aubrey by name, who narrates his exciting experiences during the summer of 1777....
The first glimpse given of this Wilton Aubrey, also gives the news of the planned invasion by Barry St. Leger and his army from the north, with the hope by all his followers that every Whig should be forced to become a loyal subject to the king.... At heart Aubrey was a true Whig but a promise to his mother and his father’s impaired health made it stern duty, not to oppose his father, and to join a small Tory company, which made a daring escape from their home, the Flatts, to Oswego to join St. Leger. From this point one is introduced to countless important personages and in a skillful way the characteristics of each is portrayed. The hero’s flight to the Whigs is most entertaining reading, and then we meet with Aubrey many more men, who have made glorious history for Americans. Is it all war? By no means; Margaret is a girl we love with Wilton Aubrey, and revel in the descriptions of his perilous trips to see his beloved, for who can help liking bravery in love as well as in war. In the closing pages episode follows episode in rapid succession, and the reader is carried to the end all too soon.... It is a book, which if all the qualities that make a good book are taken into consideration, ought to prove more of a success than some recent novels which have gained a world-wide reputation.—Clinton Advertiser.
“His Indians are the real thing and his hero is true blue.”—N. Y. Journal.
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This delightful novel is gradually winning its way into popular favor as the most interesting and attractive piece of work Miss Magruder has ever done. It certainly merits all its success and commendation for never has she drawn a more lovable heroine or a more manly hero, and with characters like these no story could be otherwise than thoroughly charming. It is the story of a young and beautiful “Alien” cruelly mislead by an unworthy father and a scoundrel of an American, who finally succeeds in securing the love and happiness for which she so ardently longs and so well deserves. The plot is well thought out, the interest is wonderfully well sustained, and the charm of the story is irresistible.
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There are several laughs on every page.—N. Y. Times Saturday Review.
With 16 full page pictures, and an elaborate cover design in many colors. 12mo. $1.25.
As Mr. Roche modestly says in hisForewarning, “This volume, containing the surprising adventures of the good Kayenna and the marvellous wisdom of Shacabac, the wayfarer, needeth no apology. Its merits are as many as its words.”
And the reviewers have heartily agreed that “there are several laughs on every page.”
Published over two years ago,Her Majesty the Kingis more popular to-day than at any time since its publication. It is plainly not only a book to read but to recommend to your friends.
“The wittiest book of the year.”—Boston Journal.
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This is a book of ringing Irish ballads that will stir the heart of every lover of true poetry. “Here and there a verse may be as frankly unadorned as the peasant cabins themselves in their homely cloaks of thatch, but every line rings true to life and home and with the tone, as heartmoving as the Angelus which holds Millet’s peasants in its spell,” from Mr. O’Brien’s introduction.
“Father Dollard’s ballads have all the fire and dash of Kipling’s, with a firmer poetic grasp,” says Mr. Nathan Haskell Dole.
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It is quite impossible to describe adequately the surpassing charm of this book. We can say simply that it will appeal to every lover of nature who sees in her manifold beauties the living glories of the work of God.
No one can write more beautiful or sparkling prose than Mrs. Spofford and never has she been so absolutely charming as inFour Days of God.
The book has about 90 illustrations by Miss A. C. Tomlinson which catch the spirit of the text to perfection and with the harmonious print and paper and binding make the book a little gem.
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A new novel by Miss Magruder is always sure of its welcome andWhen Half-Gods Gowill find for her even a wider audience than she has hitherto enjoyed. It is a fascinating story of social and musical life in New York, full of human interest and those happy touches Miss Magruder can do so well. The title is from Emerson’s lines “When half-gods go the gods arrive.” In addition to its charm as a story the publishers think this book will be presented in the handsomest dress ever bestowed upon a novel. The fascinating frontispiece is reproduced in photogravure, the book is printed throughout in two colors, the text being enclosed in remarkably well done decorations, and the cover design, in colors, is at once delicate and effective.
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InThe AnvilMr. Risley has produced a novel which for conception, dramatic power, and sheer strength of characterization will stand head and shoulders above the ordinarily well done novel of the day. In it for the first time Mr. Risley “finds himself” and strikes the strong, clear note he will sound, with ever increasing strength, in the literature that lives. It is a novel that will make peoplethink.
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This volume by a writer who has already achieved considerable distinction as a delineator of Kentucky life contains ten stories all of which are notable for their originality of conception and delicacy of treatment.
The stories are:The Wings of the Morning,The Sifting of John Witherspoon,The Piggins,Penelope’s Suitors,My Young Miss,A Pseudo Madonna,A Point of Honor,Mrs. Vail,The Pine Tree and the Palm,A Glooming Peace.
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A series of little books of verse in which it is the publishers’ aim to include the best work of the representative poets of America. The volumes are in size a small 16 mo., handsomely printed and bound in full flexible leather, stamped in gold. The price is $1.25 each.
POEMS OF THE TOWN by Ernest McGaffey.
“For terse English, for picturesque and appropriate imagery, for keen and faithful portraiture Mr. McGaffey has no superior. And there will be many to say that this book entitles him to recognition as the interpreter of his age.”—Chicago Inter-Ocean.
SONG SURF by Cale Young Rice.
“A volume of unusual proportion, artistic workmanship, lyric inspiration; an absence of so much as a trace of morbid feeling, a felicitous and poetic choice of subjects and intuitive good taste raise the writer at once above the ranks of the versifier.”—The Arrowhead.
ONE DAY AND ANOTHER by Madison Cawein.
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FOR THINKING HEARTS by John Vance Cheney.
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IN THE HARBOR OF HOPE by Mary E. Blake.
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