Conclusion.
One winter evening Ida and Bradley came out of their apartments on Capitol Hill and struck into one of the winding walks which led downward toward the city. It was the fourth week of the "short session" of Bradley's term of office, and the tenth week since their marriage. He still treated Ida with a certain timidity, and his adoration had been increased rather than diminished by his daily association with her. She seemed not to regret her compact with him, and though hardly more demonstrative than he, she let him know how deeply she trusted and loved him.
He was transformed by her influence. His life had regained direction and certainty. No rebuff of the Speaker, no insult of a member, angered him. He was always in his seat, ready, whenever opportunity offered, to do battle against wrong knowing that Ida was watchinghim. Between times he went with her about the city, and his quiet and dignified attentions were a source of the keenest pleasure to her, he was so unobtrusively serene and gentle in all things. They went often to the theatre. They walked a great deal, and they were already marked figures about the Hill, they were both so tall and strong and handsome.
They always passed through the Capitol grounds on their way down town, for it gave them a little thrill of delight to pass the clumps of trees. On this evening the grounds were specially beautiful. A heavy fall of damp snow covered every twig and grass-blade. They walked slowly down the winding path till they reached the open lawn just before the western gate.
"Wait a moment, Bradley," said Ida. They turned to look back. The untracked, unstained snow swept in undulating breadth to the deep shadow of the great building, which rose against the sky as cold, as seamless, as if it were cut from solid ice. The yellow flare of lamps about its base only added to its austere majesty. It was at its best, and Ida and Bradley looked up at it in silence, hearing the jingle of bells, the soft voices of the negro drivers, the laughter of children coasting on the mall, and the muffled roll of the "carettes."
"It is beautiful to-night," said Ida softly. "The building is like a cloud."
"Yes, but I can't think of it without its antithesis, the home of the workingman and the hut of the poor negro," Bradley replied.
They moved on again in silence. Darky newsboys, shivering with cold, met them at every corner, holding out to them in their stiffened little claws their "Styah papahs."
The avenue swarmed with sight-seers, mainly of the West and South. Every hotel door was like the vent to a hive—black with comers and goers. The old man with the cough medicine met them again. They could repeat his singsong cry now, and with a little impulse of fun-making Ida joined in with him: "Doc-ter Fergusson's double-ex selly-brated, Philadelphia cough drops, for coughs or colds, sore throat or hoarseness; five cents a package."
They soon struck into the gayer streams of people making their way towards the theatre; and when they took their seats in the crowded balcony, poverty was lost sight of.
"There! who says this is not a bright and gay world?" said Ida. "No poor, no aged, no infirm, no cold or hungry people here."
"This is the bright side of the moon," replied Bradley gravely. They looked around, andstudied the people with a mental comparison with other throngs they had seen on the far prairies of Kansas and Iowa. There were girls with eyes full of liquid light, with dainty bonnets nestling on their soft hair; their faces were like petals of flowers; the curves of their chins were more beautiful than chalices of lilies; their dresses, soft, shapely, of exquisite tones and texture, draped their perfect bodies. Their slender fingers held gold-and-pearl opera glasses. The young men who sat beside them wore the latest fashions in clothing cut from the finest fabrics. Heavy men of brutal bulk slouched beside their dainty daughters, the purple blotches on their bloated and lumpy faces showing how politics or business had debauched and undermined them. Everywhere was the rustle of drapery and soft, musical speech. All that was lacking in "the round up" at Chiquita was here—shining, fragrant, and rustling.
The curtain rose upon the fair in Nottinghamshire; and with the sweet imaginative music as solvent and setting, the gay lads and lassies of far romance sang and danced under the trees in garments upon which the rain had never fallen, and unflecked with dust. Knights in splendid dress of silver and green, with jewelled swordsand gay sashes, came and went, while the merry peasant youths circled and sang task-free and sin-free.
The scene changed to Sherwood Forest; and there, in the land of Robin Hood, where snow never falls, where rains never slant through the shuddering leaves, the jocund foresters met to sing and drink October ale. There came Little John and Will Scarlet and Alan-a-Dale in glittering garments, with smooth, fair brows and tuneful voices, to circle and sing. Fadeless and untarnished was each magnificent cloak and doublet, slashed with green or purple; straight and fair and supple was every back and limb. No marks of toil anywhere, no lines of care, no hopeless hunger, no threatening task; nothing to do but to sing and dance and drink after the hunt among the delightfully dry and commodious forest wilds—a glorious, free life! A beautiful, child-like, dream-like, pagan-like life!
As they looked, and while the music, tuneful, soft, and persuasive, called to them, a shadow fell upon Ida. That world of care-free, changeless youth, that world of love and comradeship, threw into painful relief the actual world from which she came. It brought up with terrible force the low cottage in the moaning pine forest ofWisconsin, or the equally lonely cabin on the Kansas plain.
When the curtain fell, they rose and went sombrely out. When they reached the street, Ida pressed Bradley's arm.
"Oh, it was beautiful,painfullybeautiful! Do you know what I mean?"
"Yes," replied Bradley simply.
"O Bradley! if we only could discover a land like that, to which all the poor could go at once and be happy—a land of song and plenty, with no greed and no grinding need!"
"Yes," Bradley sighed, "But I am afraid you and I will never again taste anything sweet. There will always be a dash of bitter in it."
"Yes, we were born to feel others' cares. The worst of it is, we could have that land in America if we only would. Our forefathers thought it was coming, but instead of it"—She did not finish, and they walked on in deep thought.
"Yes," said Bradley, "we could have it; but the way is long and weary, and thousands and millions of us must die on the road, I am afraid."
As they walked on, Bradley could hear the occasional deep-sighing breath of the heart-burdened woman beside him. Again they passed by the cold and stately palace of the Government, lifting its dome against the glittering sky.The moon had swung high into the air, giving a whiter tinge to the blue, and dimming the brilliancy of the stars, but the crusted snow sparkled like a cloth of diamonds, and each flake-burdened branch took on unearthly charm. It was very still and peaceful and remote, as if no city were near. They stood in silence until Ida shivered with cold; then without a word Bradley touched her arm, and they walked on.
When they entered their room, Ida sat down in a chair by the fire without removing her things; and when Bradley came in from the hall she still sat there, her eyes shaded by her hat, her chin resting on her palm, her gloves in her lap. He knew her too well to interrupt her, and took a seat near her, waiting for her to speak.
At last she turned abruptly, and said, "Bradley, I'm going home."
It made him catch his breath. "Oh, no, I can't let you do that, Ida."
"Yes, I must go; I can't stay here. That play to-night has wakened my sleeping conscience. I must go back to the West."
"But, Ida, you've only been here four weeks; I don't see why"—
"Because my work calls me. I am cursed. I can't enjoy this life any more, because I can'tforget those poor souls on the lonely farms grinding out their lives in gloomy toil; I must go back and help them. I feel like a thief, to be living in this beautiful room and hearing these plays and concerts, whentheyare shut out from them."
Bradley experienced a sudden impulse of rebellion. "But we have done our best, haven't we?"
"Yes, but we must continue to do our best right along; the battle is only half won yet, and I've enlisted to the end. Besides," she said, looking up at him with a faint smile, "I've got to go right into your district and pave the way for your re-election. If you expect to do your part here, I must do my part in electing you." She looked old and care-worn. "You know how much good it does the poor wives and mothers to meet me and to hear me. Now, we mustn't be selfish, dear. We must not forget that neither of us was born to idleness. I have been very happy here with you, but there is something of John the Baptist in me: I must go forth and utter the word—the word of the Lord."
They fell into silence again, and Bradley, facing the fire, felt a burning pain in his staring eyes. Her presence had been so inexpressibly sweet and helpful he could not bear to let hergo. And yet he understood her feeling. Slowly through years of thought he had grown, till now he was level with her altruistic conception of life. When he spoke again it was in his apparently passionless way.
"All right, Ida. We enlisted for the whole war." He was able to smile a little as he looked up at her. "My congressional career will soon end, anyhow."
She rose and came to him and put her arm about his neck. "As a matter of fact, you'll work better without me, Bradley, and your public career must not end for many years. You must keep your place for my sake as well as for the sake of the wronged—and also for the sake of—of our children, Bradley." Her voice grew tremulous toward the end, and a look of singular beauty came into her face.
Bradley looked up at her with a questioning, eager light in his eyes, then his long left arm encircled her like a shield and drew her to his knee.
"All that I am I owe to you.Now, nothing can defeat me!"
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"Gilbert Parker writes a strong novel, but thus far this is his masterpiece.… It is one of the great novels of the year."—Boston Advertiser.
THE TRANSLATION OF A SAVAGE.16mo. Flexible cloth, 75 cents.
"A book which no one will be satisfied to put down until the end has been matter of certainty and assurance."—The Nation.
"A story of remarkable interest, originality, and ingenuity of construction."—Boston Home Journal.
"The perusal of this romance will repay those who care for new and original types of character, and who are susceptible to the fascination of a fresh and vigorous style."—London Daily News.
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D. APPLETON AND COMPANY'S PUBLICATIONS.STEPHEN CRANE'S BOOKS.THE THIRD VIOLET.12mo. Cloth, $1.00.Mr. Crane's new novel is a fresh and delightful study of artist life in the city and the country. The theme is worked out with the author's characteristic originality and force, and with much natural humor. In subject the book is altogether different from any of its predecessors, and the author's marked success proves his breadth and the versatility of his great talent.THE LITTLE REGIMENT, and Other Episodes of the American Civil War.12mo. Cloth, $1.00."In 'The Little Regiment' we have again studies of the volunteers waiting impatiently to fight and fighting, and the impression of the contest as a private soldier hears, sees, and feels it, is really wonderful. The reader has no privileges. He must, it seems, take his place in the ranks, and stand in the mud, wade in the river, fight, yell, swear, and sweat with the men. He has some sort of feeling, when it is all over, that he has been doing just these things. This sort of writing needs no praise. It will make its way to the hearts of men without praise."—New York Times."Told with avervethat brings a whiff of burning powder to one's nostrils.… In some way he blazons the scene before our eyes, and makes us feel the very impetus of bloody war."—Chicago Evening Post.MAGGIE: A GIRL OF THE STREETS.12mo. Cloth, 75 cents."By writing 'Maggie' Mr. Crane has made for himself a permanent place in literature.… Zola himself scarcely has surpassed its tremendous portrayal of throbbing, breathing, moving life."—New York Mail and Express."Mr. Crane's story should be read for the fidelity with which it portrays a life that is potent on this island, along with the best of us. It is a powerful portrayal, and, if somber and repellent, none the less true, none the less freighted with appeal to those who are able to assist in righting wrongs."—New York Times.THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE. An Episode of the American Civil War.12mo. Cloth, $1.00."Never before have we had the seamy side of glorious war so well depicted.… The action of the story throughout is splendid, and all aglow with color, movement, and vim. The style is as keen and bright as a sword-blade, and a Kipling has done nothing better in this line."—Chicago Evening Post."There is nothing in American fiction to compare with it.… Mr. Crane has added to American literature something that has never been done before, and that is, in its own peculiar way, inimitable."—Boston Beacon."A truer and completer picture of war than either Tolstoy or Zola."—London New Review.New York: D. APPLETON AND COMPANY.
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STEPHEN CRANE'S BOOKS.
THE THIRD VIOLET.12mo. Cloth, $1.00.
Mr. Crane's new novel is a fresh and delightful study of artist life in the city and the country. The theme is worked out with the author's characteristic originality and force, and with much natural humor. In subject the book is altogether different from any of its predecessors, and the author's marked success proves his breadth and the versatility of his great talent.
THE LITTLE REGIMENT, and Other Episodes of the American Civil War.12mo. Cloth, $1.00.
"In 'The Little Regiment' we have again studies of the volunteers waiting impatiently to fight and fighting, and the impression of the contest as a private soldier hears, sees, and feels it, is really wonderful. The reader has no privileges. He must, it seems, take his place in the ranks, and stand in the mud, wade in the river, fight, yell, swear, and sweat with the men. He has some sort of feeling, when it is all over, that he has been doing just these things. This sort of writing needs no praise. It will make its way to the hearts of men without praise."—New York Times.
"Told with avervethat brings a whiff of burning powder to one's nostrils.… In some way he blazons the scene before our eyes, and makes us feel the very impetus of bloody war."—Chicago Evening Post.
MAGGIE: A GIRL OF THE STREETS.12mo. Cloth, 75 cents.
"By writing 'Maggie' Mr. Crane has made for himself a permanent place in literature.… Zola himself scarcely has surpassed its tremendous portrayal of throbbing, breathing, moving life."—New York Mail and Express.
"Mr. Crane's story should be read for the fidelity with which it portrays a life that is potent on this island, along with the best of us. It is a powerful portrayal, and, if somber and repellent, none the less true, none the less freighted with appeal to those who are able to assist in righting wrongs."—New York Times.
THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE. An Episode of the American Civil War.12mo. Cloth, $1.00.
"Never before have we had the seamy side of glorious war so well depicted.… The action of the story throughout is splendid, and all aglow with color, movement, and vim. The style is as keen and bright as a sword-blade, and a Kipling has done nothing better in this line."—Chicago Evening Post.
"There is nothing in American fiction to compare with it.… Mr. Crane has added to American literature something that has never been done before, and that is, in its own peculiar way, inimitable."—Boston Beacon.
"A truer and completer picture of war than either Tolstoy or Zola."—London New Review.
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D. APPLETON & CO.'S PUBLICATIONS.MissF. F. MONTRÉSOR'S BOOKS.FALSE COIN OR TRUE?12mo. Cloth, $1.25."One of the few true novels of the day.… It is powerful, and touched with a delicate insight and strong impressions of life and character.… The author's theme is original, her treatment artistic, and the book is remarkable for its unflagging interest."—Philadelphia Record."The tale never flags in interest, and once taken up will not be laid down until the last page is finished."—Boston Budget."A well-written novel, with well-depicted characters and well-chosen scenes."—Chicago News."A sweet, tender, pure, and lovely story."—Buffalo Commercial.THE ONE WHO LOOKED ON.12mo. Cloth, $1.25."A tale quite unusual, entirely unlike any other, full of a strange power and realism, and touched with a fine humor."—London World."One of the most remarkable and powerful of the year's contributions, worthy to stand with Ian Maclaren's."—British Weekly."One of the rare books which can be read with great pleasure and recommended without reservation. It is fresh, pure, sweet, and pathetic, with a pathos which is perfectly wholesome."—St. Paul Globe."The story is an intensely human one, and it is delightfully told.… The author shows a marvelous keenness in character analysis, and a marked ingenuity in the development of her story."—Boston Advertiser.INTO THE HIGHWAYS AND HEDGES.12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00."A touch of idealism, of nobility of thought and purpose, mingled with an air of reality and well-chosen expression, are the most notable features of a book that has not the ordinary defects of such qualities. With all its elevation of utterance and spirituality of outlook and insight it is wonderfully free from overstrained or exaggerated matter, and it has glimpses of humor. Most of the characters are vivid, yet there are restraint and sobriety in their treatment, and almost all are carefully and consistently evolved."—London Athenæum."'Into the Highways and Hedges' is a book not of promise only, but of high achievement. It is original, powerful, artistic, humorous. It places the author at a bound in the rank of those artists to whom we look for the skillful presentation of strong personal impressions of life and character."—London Daily News."The pure idealism of 'Into the Highways and Hedges' does much to redeem modern fiction from the reproach it has brought upon itself.… The story is original, and told with great refinement."—Philadelphia Public Ledger.New York: D. APPLETON AND COMPANY.
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FALSE COIN OR TRUE?12mo. Cloth, $1.25.
"One of the few true novels of the day.… It is powerful, and touched with a delicate insight and strong impressions of life and character.… The author's theme is original, her treatment artistic, and the book is remarkable for its unflagging interest."—Philadelphia Record.
"The tale never flags in interest, and once taken up will not be laid down until the last page is finished."—Boston Budget.
"A well-written novel, with well-depicted characters and well-chosen scenes."—Chicago News.
"A sweet, tender, pure, and lovely story."—Buffalo Commercial.
THE ONE WHO LOOKED ON.12mo. Cloth, $1.25.
"A tale quite unusual, entirely unlike any other, full of a strange power and realism, and touched with a fine humor."—London World.
"One of the most remarkable and powerful of the year's contributions, worthy to stand with Ian Maclaren's."—British Weekly.
"One of the rare books which can be read with great pleasure and recommended without reservation. It is fresh, pure, sweet, and pathetic, with a pathos which is perfectly wholesome."—St. Paul Globe.
"The story is an intensely human one, and it is delightfully told.… The author shows a marvelous keenness in character analysis, and a marked ingenuity in the development of her story."—Boston Advertiser.
INTO THE HIGHWAYS AND HEDGES.12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.
"A touch of idealism, of nobility of thought and purpose, mingled with an air of reality and well-chosen expression, are the most notable features of a book that has not the ordinary defects of such qualities. With all its elevation of utterance and spirituality of outlook and insight it is wonderfully free from overstrained or exaggerated matter, and it has glimpses of humor. Most of the characters are vivid, yet there are restraint and sobriety in their treatment, and almost all are carefully and consistently evolved."—London Athenæum.
"'Into the Highways and Hedges' is a book not of promise only, but of high achievement. It is original, powerful, artistic, humorous. It places the author at a bound in the rank of those artists to whom we look for the skillful presentation of strong personal impressions of life and character."—London Daily News.
"The pure idealism of 'Into the Highways and Hedges' does much to redeem modern fiction from the reproach it has brought upon itself.… The story is original, and told with great refinement."—Philadelphia Public Ledger.
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D. APPLETON & CO.'S PUBLICATIONS.SIR MARK.A Tale of the First Capital. ByAnna Robeson Brown, 16mo. Cloth, 75 cents."One could hardly imagine a more charming short historical tale.… It is almost classic in its simplicity and dignity."—Baltimore News.THE FOLLY OF EUSTACE.By R. S.Hichens, author of "An Imaginative Man," "The Green Carnation," etc. 16mo. Cloth, 75 cents."In each of these stories the author of 'The Green Carnation' shows his hand without intending to. There is the same cynicism, the same epigrammatic wit. Among the new English story writers there are none more brilliant than Mr. Hichens."—Chicago Tribune.SLEEPING FIRES.ByGeorge Gissing, author of "In the Year of Jubilee," "Eve's Ransom," etc. 16mo. Cloth, 75 cents."Intense, extremely well told, and full of discriminating study of life and character."—Buffalo Commercial.STONE PASTURES.ByEleanor Stuart, 16mo. Cloth, 75 cents."This is a strong bit of good literary workmanship."—Philadelphia Public Ledger.COURTSHIP BY COMMAND.ByM. M. Blake. 16mo. Cloth, 75 cents."A bright, moving study of an unusually interesting period in the life of Napoleon,… deliciously told; the characters are clearly, strongly, and very delicately modeled, and the touches of color most artistically done."—N.Y. Commercial Advertiser.THE WATTER'S MOU'.ByBram Stoker. 16mo. Cloth, 75 cents."Here is a tale to stir the most sluggish nature.… It is like standing on the deck of a wave-tossed ship; you feel the soul of the storm go into your blood."—New York Home Journal.MASTER AND MAN.By CountLeo Tolstoy.With an Introduction by W. D. Howells. 16mo. Cloth, 75 cts."Reveals a wonderful knowledge of the workings of the human mind, and it tells a tale that not only stirs the emotions, but gives us a better insight into our own hearts."—San Francisco Argonaut.THE ZEIT-GEIST.By L.Dougall, author of "The Mermaid," "Beggars All," etc. 16mo. Cloth, 75 cents."Powerful in conception, treatment, and influence."—Boston Globe.New York: D. APPLETON AND COMPANY.
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SIR MARK.A Tale of the First Capital. ByAnna Robeson Brown, 16mo. Cloth, 75 cents.
"One could hardly imagine a more charming short historical tale.… It is almost classic in its simplicity and dignity."—Baltimore News.
THE FOLLY OF EUSTACE.By R. S.Hichens, author of "An Imaginative Man," "The Green Carnation," etc. 16mo. Cloth, 75 cents.
"In each of these stories the author of 'The Green Carnation' shows his hand without intending to. There is the same cynicism, the same epigrammatic wit. Among the new English story writers there are none more brilliant than Mr. Hichens."—Chicago Tribune.
SLEEPING FIRES.ByGeorge Gissing, author of "In the Year of Jubilee," "Eve's Ransom," etc. 16mo. Cloth, 75 cents.
"Intense, extremely well told, and full of discriminating study of life and character."—Buffalo Commercial.
STONE PASTURES.ByEleanor Stuart, 16mo. Cloth, 75 cents.
"This is a strong bit of good literary workmanship."—Philadelphia Public Ledger.
COURTSHIP BY COMMAND.ByM. M. Blake. 16mo. Cloth, 75 cents.
"A bright, moving study of an unusually interesting period in the life of Napoleon,… deliciously told; the characters are clearly, strongly, and very delicately modeled, and the touches of color most artistically done."—N.Y. Commercial Advertiser.
THE WATTER'S MOU'.ByBram Stoker. 16mo. Cloth, 75 cents.
"Here is a tale to stir the most sluggish nature.… It is like standing on the deck of a wave-tossed ship; you feel the soul of the storm go into your blood."—New York Home Journal.
MASTER AND MAN.By CountLeo Tolstoy.With an Introduction by W. D. Howells. 16mo. Cloth, 75 cts.
"Reveals a wonderful knowledge of the workings of the human mind, and it tells a tale that not only stirs the emotions, but gives us a better insight into our own hearts."—San Francisco Argonaut.
THE ZEIT-GEIST.By L.Dougall, author of "The Mermaid," "Beggars All," etc. 16mo. Cloth, 75 cents.
"Powerful in conception, treatment, and influence."—Boston Globe.
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D. APPLETON & CO.'S PUBLICATIONS.YEKL.A Tale of the New York Ghetto.ByA. Cahan. Uniform with "The Red Badge of Courage." 12mo. Cloth, $1.00."A new and striking tale; the charm, the verity, the literary quality of the book depend upon its study of character, its 'local color,' its revelation to Americans of a social state at their very doors of which they have known nothing."—New York Times."The story is a revelation to us. It is written in a spirited, breezy way, with an originality in the telling of which is quite unexpected. The dialect is striking in its truth to Nature."—Boston Courier."Is in all probability the only true picture we have yet had of that most densely populated spot on the face of the earth—the ghetto of the metropolis, rather the metropolis of the ghettos of the world."—New York Journal."A series of vivid pictures of a strange people.… The people and their social life the author depicts with marvelous success."—Boston Transcript."The reader will become deeply interested in Mr. Cahan's graphic presentation of ghetto life in New York."—Minneapolis Journal."A strong, quaint story."—Detroit Tribune."Every feature of the book bears the stamp of truth.… Undoubtedly 'Yekl' has never been excelled as a picture of the distinctive life of the New York ghetto."—Boston Herald.THE SENTIMENTAL SEX.ByGertrude Warden. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00."The cleverest book by a woman that has been published for months.… Such books as 'The Sentimental Sex' are exemplars of a modern cult that will not be ignored."—New York Commercial Advertiser."There is a well-wrought mystery in the story and some surprises that preserve the reader's interest, and render it, when all is said, a story of considerable charm."—Boston Courier."An uncommonly knowing little book, which keeps a good grip on the reader up to the last page.… The author's method of handling the plot is adroit and original."—Rochester Herald."Miss Warden has worked out her contrasts very strikingly, and tells her story in a cleverly flippant way, which keeps the reader on the qui vive for the cynical but bright sayings she has interspersed."—Detroit Free Press."The story forms an admirable study. The style is graphic, the plot original and cleverly wrought out."—Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.New York: D. APPLETON AND COMPANY.
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YEKL.A Tale of the New York Ghetto.ByA. Cahan. Uniform with "The Red Badge of Courage." 12mo. Cloth, $1.00.
"A new and striking tale; the charm, the verity, the literary quality of the book depend upon its study of character, its 'local color,' its revelation to Americans of a social state at their very doors of which they have known nothing."—New York Times.
"The story is a revelation to us. It is written in a spirited, breezy way, with an originality in the telling of which is quite unexpected. The dialect is striking in its truth to Nature."—Boston Courier.
"Is in all probability the only true picture we have yet had of that most densely populated spot on the face of the earth—the ghetto of the metropolis, rather the metropolis of the ghettos of the world."—New York Journal.
"A series of vivid pictures of a strange people.… The people and their social life the author depicts with marvelous success."—Boston Transcript.
"The reader will become deeply interested in Mr. Cahan's graphic presentation of ghetto life in New York."—Minneapolis Journal.
"A strong, quaint story."—Detroit Tribune.
"Every feature of the book bears the stamp of truth.… Undoubtedly 'Yekl' has never been excelled as a picture of the distinctive life of the New York ghetto."—Boston Herald.
THE SENTIMENTAL SEX.ByGertrude Warden. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00.
"The cleverest book by a woman that has been published for months.… Such books as 'The Sentimental Sex' are exemplars of a modern cult that will not be ignored."—New York Commercial Advertiser.
"There is a well-wrought mystery in the story and some surprises that preserve the reader's interest, and render it, when all is said, a story of considerable charm."—Boston Courier.
"An uncommonly knowing little book, which keeps a good grip on the reader up to the last page.… The author's method of handling the plot is adroit and original."—Rochester Herald.
"Miss Warden has worked out her contrasts very strikingly, and tells her story in a cleverly flippant way, which keeps the reader on the qui vive for the cynical but bright sayings she has interspersed."—Detroit Free Press.
"The story forms an admirable study. The style is graphic, the plot original and cleverly wrought out."—Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
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D. APPLETON & CO.'S PUBLICATIONS.THE STORY OF THE WEST SERIES.Edited by Ripley Hitchcock."There is a vast extent of territory lying between the Missouri River and the Pacific coast which has barely been skimmed over so far. That the conditions of life therein are undergoing changes little short of marvelous will be understood when one recalls the fact that the first white male child born in Kansas is still living there; and Kansas is by no means one of the newer States. Revolutionary indeed has been the upturning of the old condition of affairs, and little remains thereof, and less will remain as each year goes by, until presently there will be only tradition of the Sioux and Comanches, the cowboy life, the wild horse, and the antelope. Histories, many of them, have been written about the Western country alluded to, but most if not practically all by outsiders who knew not personally that life of kaleidoscopic allurement. But ere it shall have vanished forever we are likely to have truthful, complete, and charming portrayals of it produced by men who actually knew the life and have the power to describe it."—Henry Edward Rood, in the Mail and Express.NOW READY.THE STORY OF THE INDIAN.ByGeorge Bird Grinnell, author of "Pawnee Hero Stories," "Black-foot Lodge Tales," etc. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50."In every way worthy of an author who, as an authority upon the Western Indians, is second to none. A book full of color, abounding in observation, and remarkable in sustained interest, it is at the same time characterized by a grace of style which is rarely to be looked for in such a work, and which adds not a little to the charm of it."—London Daily Chronicle."Only an author qualified by personal experience could offer us a profitable study of a race so alien from our own as is the Indian in thought, feeling, and culture. Only long association with Indians can enable a white man measurably to comprehend their thoughts and enter into their feelings. Such association has been Mr. Grinnell's."—New York Sun.THE STORY OF THE MINE.ByCharles Howard Shinn. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50."The author has written a book, not alone full of information, but replete with the true romance of the American mine."—New York Times."Few chapters of recent history are more fascinating than that which Mr. Shinn has told in 'The Story of the Mine.'"—The Outlook."Both a history and a romance.… Highly interesting, new, and thrilling."—Philadelphia Inquirer.IN PREPARATION.The Story of the Trapper. ByGilbert Parker.The Story of the Cowboy. By E.Hough.The Story of the Soldier. By Capt. J.McB. Stembel, U.S.A.The Story of the Explorer.The Story of the Railroad.New York: D. APPLETON & CO. 82 Fifth Avenue.
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THE STORY OF THE WEST SERIES.
Edited by Ripley Hitchcock.
"There is a vast extent of territory lying between the Missouri River and the Pacific coast which has barely been skimmed over so far. That the conditions of life therein are undergoing changes little short of marvelous will be understood when one recalls the fact that the first white male child born in Kansas is still living there; and Kansas is by no means one of the newer States. Revolutionary indeed has been the upturning of the old condition of affairs, and little remains thereof, and less will remain as each year goes by, until presently there will be only tradition of the Sioux and Comanches, the cowboy life, the wild horse, and the antelope. Histories, many of them, have been written about the Western country alluded to, but most if not practically all by outsiders who knew not personally that life of kaleidoscopic allurement. But ere it shall have vanished forever we are likely to have truthful, complete, and charming portrayals of it produced by men who actually knew the life and have the power to describe it."—Henry Edward Rood, in the Mail and Express.
NOW READY.
THE STORY OF THE INDIAN.ByGeorge Bird Grinnell, author of "Pawnee Hero Stories," "Black-foot Lodge Tales," etc. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.
"In every way worthy of an author who, as an authority upon the Western Indians, is second to none. A book full of color, abounding in observation, and remarkable in sustained interest, it is at the same time characterized by a grace of style which is rarely to be looked for in such a work, and which adds not a little to the charm of it."—London Daily Chronicle.
"Only an author qualified by personal experience could offer us a profitable study of a race so alien from our own as is the Indian in thought, feeling, and culture. Only long association with Indians can enable a white man measurably to comprehend their thoughts and enter into their feelings. Such association has been Mr. Grinnell's."—New York Sun.
THE STORY OF THE MINE.ByCharles Howard Shinn. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.
"The author has written a book, not alone full of information, but replete with the true romance of the American mine."—New York Times.
"Few chapters of recent history are more fascinating than that which Mr. Shinn has told in 'The Story of the Mine.'"—The Outlook.
"Both a history and a romance.… Highly interesting, new, and thrilling."—Philadelphia Inquirer.
IN PREPARATION.
The Story of the Trapper. ByGilbert Parker.The Story of the Cowboy. By E.Hough.The Story of the Soldier. By Capt. J.McB. Stembel, U.S.A.The Story of the Explorer.The Story of the Railroad.
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D. APPLETON AND COMPANY'S PUBLICATIONS.IN JOYFUL RUSSIA.ByJohn A. Logan,Jr. With 50 Illustrations in color and black and white. 12mo. Cloth, $3.50."Of extreme interest from beginning to end. Mr. Logan has animation of style, good spirits, a gift of agreeable and enlivening expression, and a certain charm which may be called companionableness. To travel, with him must have been a particular pleasure. He has sense of humor, a way of getting over rough places, and understanding of human nature. There is not a dull chapter in his book."—New York Times."Mr. Logan has written of the things which he saw with a fullness that leaves nothing to be desired for their comprehension; with an eye that was quick to perceive their novelty, their picturesqueness, their national significance, and with a mind not made up beforehand—frankly open to new impressions, alert in its perceptions, reasonable in its judgment, manly, independent, and, like its environments, filled with holiday enthusiasm."—New York Mail and Express."No more fresh, original, and convincing picture of the Russian people and Russian life has appeared.… The author has described picturesquely and in much detail whatever he has touched upon.… Few books of travel are at once so readable and so informing, and not many are so successfully illustrated; for the pictures tell a story of their own, while they also interpret to the eye a vivid narrative."—Boston Herald."A chronicle of impressions gathered during a brief and thoroughly enjoyed holiday by a man with eyes wide open and senses alert to see and hear new things. Thoroughly successful and well worth perusal.… There will be found within its pages plenty to instruct and entertain the reader."—Brooklyn Eagle."The book is a historical novelty; and nowadays a more valuable distinction can not be attached to a book.… No other book of travels of late years is so unalterably interesting."—Boston Journal."Mr. Logan's narrative is spirited in tone and color.… A volume that is entertaining and amusing, and not unworthy to be called instructive. The style is at all times lively and spirited, and full of good humor."—Philadelphia Press."Mr. Logan has a quick eye, a ready pen, a determination to make the most of opportunities, and his book is very interesting.… He has made a thoroughly readable book in which history and biography are brought in to give one a good general impression of affairs."—Hartford Post."Mr. Logan has presented in attractive language, reenforced by many beautiful photographs, a most entertaining narrative of his personal experiences, besides a dazzling panorama of the coronation ceremonies.… Read without prejudice on the subject of the Russian mode of government, the book is unusually able, instructive, and entertaining."—Boston Globe."Mr. Logan departs from the usual path, in telling in clear, simple, good style about the intimate life of the Russian people."—Baltimore Sun.D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, NEW YORK.
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IN JOYFUL RUSSIA.ByJohn A. Logan,Jr. With 50 Illustrations in color and black and white. 12mo. Cloth, $3.50.
"Of extreme interest from beginning to end. Mr. Logan has animation of style, good spirits, a gift of agreeable and enlivening expression, and a certain charm which may be called companionableness. To travel, with him must have been a particular pleasure. He has sense of humor, a way of getting over rough places, and understanding of human nature. There is not a dull chapter in his book."—New York Times.
"Mr. Logan has written of the things which he saw with a fullness that leaves nothing to be desired for their comprehension; with an eye that was quick to perceive their novelty, their picturesqueness, their national significance, and with a mind not made up beforehand—frankly open to new impressions, alert in its perceptions, reasonable in its judgment, manly, independent, and, like its environments, filled with holiday enthusiasm."—New York Mail and Express.
"No more fresh, original, and convincing picture of the Russian people and Russian life has appeared.… The author has described picturesquely and in much detail whatever he has touched upon.… Few books of travel are at once so readable and so informing, and not many are so successfully illustrated; for the pictures tell a story of their own, while they also interpret to the eye a vivid narrative."—Boston Herald.
"A chronicle of impressions gathered during a brief and thoroughly enjoyed holiday by a man with eyes wide open and senses alert to see and hear new things. Thoroughly successful and well worth perusal.… There will be found within its pages plenty to instruct and entertain the reader."—Brooklyn Eagle.
"The book is a historical novelty; and nowadays a more valuable distinction can not be attached to a book.… No other book of travels of late years is so unalterably interesting."—Boston Journal.
"Mr. Logan's narrative is spirited in tone and color.… A volume that is entertaining and amusing, and not unworthy to be called instructive. The style is at all times lively and spirited, and full of good humor."—Philadelphia Press.
"Mr. Logan has a quick eye, a ready pen, a determination to make the most of opportunities, and his book is very interesting.… He has made a thoroughly readable book in which history and biography are brought in to give one a good general impression of affairs."—Hartford Post.
"Mr. Logan has presented in attractive language, reenforced by many beautiful photographs, a most entertaining narrative of his personal experiences, besides a dazzling panorama of the coronation ceremonies.… Read without prejudice on the subject of the Russian mode of government, the book is unusually able, instructive, and entertaining."—Boston Globe.
"Mr. Logan departs from the usual path, in telling in clear, simple, good style about the intimate life of the Russian people."—Baltimore Sun.
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D. APPLETON AND CO.'S PUBLICATIONS.
THE BEGINNERS OF A NATION.A History of the Source and Rise of the Earliest English Settlements in America, with Special Reference to the Life and Character of the People. The first volume in A History of Life in the United States. ByEdward Eggleston. Small 8vo. Cloth, gilt top, uncut, with Maps, $1.50.
"Few works on the period which it covers can compare with this in point of mere literary attractiveness, and we fancy that many to whom its scholarly value will not appeal will read the volume with interest and delight."—New York Evening Post.
"Written with a firm grasp of the theme, inspired by ample knowledge, and made attractive by a vigorous and resonant style, the book will receive much attention. It is a great theme the author has taken up, and he grasps it with the confidence of a master."—New York Times.
"Mr. Eggleston's 'Beginners' is unique. No similar historical study has, to our knowledge, ever been done in the same way. Mr. Eggleston is a reliable reporter of facts; but he is also an exceedingly keen critic. He writes history without the effort to merge the critic in the historian. His sense of humor is never dormant. He renders some of the dullest passages in colonial annals actually amusing by his witty treatment of them. He finds a laugh for his readers where most of his predecessors have found yawns. And with all this he does not sacrifice the dignity of history for an instant."—Boston Saturday Evening Gazette.
"The delightful style, the clear flow of the narrative, the philosophical tone, and the able analysis of men and events will commend Mr. Eggleston's work to earnest students."—Philadelphia Public Ledger.
"The work is worthy of careful reading, not only because of the author's ability as a literary artist, but because of his conspicuous proficiency in interpreting the causes of and changes in American life and character."—Boston Journal.
"It is noticeable that Mr. Eggleston has followed no beaten track, but has drawn his own conclusions as to the early period, and they differ from the generally received version not a little. The book is stimulating and will prove of great value to the student of history."—Minneapolis Journal.
"A very interesting as well as a valuable book.… A distinct advance upon most that has been written, particularly of the settlement of New England."—Newark Advertiser.
"One of the most important books of the year. It is a work of art as well as of historical science, and its distinctive purpose is to give an insight into the real life and character of people.… The author's style is charming, and the history is fully as interesting as a novel."—Brooklyn Standard-Union.
"The value of Mr. Eggleston's work is in that it is really a history of 'life,' not merely a record of events.… The comprehensive purpose of his volume has been excellently performed. The book is eminently readable."--Philadelphia Times.
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