STANDARD MACMILLAN FICTION

[pg 451]STANDARD MACMILLAN FICTIONBy WILLIAM STEARNS DAVISA Friend ofCæsarA Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic“As a story ... there can be no question of its success.... While the beautiful love of Cornelia and Drusus lies at the sound sweet heart of the story, to say so is to give a most meagre idea of the large sustained interest of the whole.... There are many incidents so vivid, so brilliant, that they fix themselves in the memory.”—The Bookman.Cloth, 12mo, $1.50“God Wills It”A Tale of the First Crusade“Not since Sir Walter Scott cast his spell over us with‘Ivanhoe,’‘Count Robert of Paris,’and‘Quentin Durward’have we been so completely captivated by a story as by‘God Wills It,’by William Stearns Davis. It grips the attention of the reader in the first chapter and holds it till the last.... It is a story of strenuous life, the spirit of which might well be applied in some of our modern Crusades. While true to life in its local coloring, it is sweet and pure, and leaves no after-taste of bitterness. The author’s first book,‘A Friend of Cæsar,’revealed his power, and‘God Wills It’confirms and deepens the impression made.”—Christian Endeavor World.With Illustrations by Louis BettsCloth, 12mo, $1.50Falaise of the Blessed VoiceA Tale of the Youth of St. Louis, King of FranceThe story of how his enemies plotted to separate him from his fair Queen Margaret, and even from his throne itself; of how he grew from a pale lad to a most manly king, and of the part played in his life by the blind singer of Pontoise, the maid called“Falaise of the Blessed Voice.”Cloth, 12mo, $1.50The Saint of the Dragon’s Dale(In the series of“Little Novels by Favorite Authors”)Cloth, decorated cover, 16mo, 50 cents[pg 452]RECENT MACMILLAN NOVELSEach, cloth, $1.50The Long RoadBy JOHN OXENHAM“... It is a thrilling and an absorbing story. Through all the tragedy of life ... there is a rarely sweet accompaniment of tender tones, of love and heroism and intermittent, never quite lost hope. It is a touching and beautiful story.”—Buffalo Evening News.ConistonBy WINSTON CHURCHILL“Coniston has a lighter, gayer spirit, and a deeper, tenderer touch than Mr. Churchill has ever achieved before.... It is one of the finest and truest transcripts of modern American life thus far achieved in our fiction.”—Chicago Record-Herald.Cloth, illustrated, $1.50Lady BaltimoreBy OWEN WISTER“That the author of‘The Virginian’could deal deliciously with such a rich field ... might be assumed. But with what charm and delicacy, fine humor and insight, the work has been done, only a direct acquaintance with the finished volume can justly show. The Southerner will certainly find enchanting home touches in it, and every reader will feel the spell of the quiet old southern town and all the tender, dainty, and humorous southern life and atmosphere that hang about it.”—St. Louis Globe Democrat.Cloth, $1.50The Garden, You and IBy MABEL OSGOOD WRIGHT“Few books published in this country recently have been of a kind to make an author so proud. Hers are immensely fine and sweet.”—St. Louis Democrat.The new book by the author of“The Garden of a Commuter’s Wife”and“People of the Whirlpool,”is a story of new friends as charming in their own way as“Barbara”herself. Their highly original vacation is described from more than one point of view, each more deliciously funny than the next.Cloth, $1.50A Lady of RomeBy F. MARION CRAWFORD“His skill in making his portraits live before the reader’s eyes is unsurpassed; and in the production of story-value and prolonged suspense, Mr. Crawford has no peer.”—Boston Herald.Cloth, 12mo, $1.50[pg 453]White FangBy JACK LONDON“Jack London is the apostle of strength and courage. In‘White Fang’he has full play ... in his chosen field. He has done this work so well that he makes the interest as intense as if he were telling the story of a man.”—Globe Democrat.Illustrated in colors, cloth, $1.50When Love SpeaksBy WILL PAYNE“One of the most interesting novels ever written on the conflict between law and honesty on one side and the alliance of low politics and high finance on the other. Stirring love story woven in with the fight against an unscrupulous whiskey trust. A fine, clean American story, of interest alike to men and women.”—Chicago Record-Herald.$1.50If Youth But KnewBy AGNES and EGERTON CASTLE“They should be the most delightful of comrades, for their writing is so apt, so responsive, so saturated with the promptings and the glamour of spring. It is because‘If Youth But Knew’has all these adorable qualities that it is so fascinating.”—Cleveland Leader.Cloth, $1.50DisenchantedBy PIERRE LOTI“Our romantic son of Hercules wields in defence of Liberty a slender, aromatic sorcerer’s wand. And his magic has lost nothing of its might. We dare not begin quoting a book of which every page is a picture.”—The London Times.Cloth, 12mo, $1.50The Sin of George WarrenerBy Miss VAN VORST“For acute comprehension of human nature both masculine and feminine, and a keen apprehension of a phase of our social conditions, the book is a piece of rare artistry.”—Phila. Evening Tel.$1.50Her Majesty’s RebelsBy SIDNEY R. LYSAGHT“A story of Irish people that is neither prejudiced nor patronizing.... A rare and charming novel ... racy and convincing.”—World.Cloth, 12mo, $1.50[pg 454]Listener’s LureBy E. V. LUCAS“A Kensington Comedy”which proves that the delightful fellow-wanderer in Holland and in London has a keen sense of humor and a gift for semi-satirical portrait sketching.Cloth, 12mo, $1.50The AmuletBy CHARLES E. CRADDOCK“... A little old-fashioned, perhaps, according to modern sensational standards, but written with force and feeling, full of local color and character, wholesome and interesting from cover to cover, and so far as one can judge, a truthful picture of a most picturesque phase of pioneer history that has not been exploited to the point of tiresomeness.”—The New York Times.Cloth, $1.50The Romance of John BainbridgeBy HENRY GEORGE, Jr.“Belongs to the large class of present-day novels in which a young man of high ideals goes into politics in order to do battle with the dragons of bribery and corruption. The particular demon in this case is a perpetual street railway franchise. The love story betrays the apprentice hand, but the description of the fight in the aldermanic council is a capital piece of work.”—The Congregationalist.$1.50The Way of the GodsBy JOHN LUTHER LONGAs the readers of“Madam Butterfly”know, there is no one, since the death of Lafcadio Hearn, who can make Japanese life so charming as does Mr. Long. This story of the little samurai, hardly big enough to be a soldier, and of how the fair eta Hoshiko met his obligations for him, is very real and appealing.Cloth, $1.50The Vine of SibmahBy Dr. ANDREW MACPHAIL“The book is taut with action and breathless climaxes. Its principal character, a soldier, has for his friend a most engaging pirate. This combination alone makes interesting reading.”—Chicago Evening Post.Cloth, $1.50Footnotes1.A word conveying at once“welcome!”and“farewell!”2.The chief magistrate of an Attic commune.3.Attic law allowed a husband to will his wife to a friend.4.A kind of grasshopper peculiar to Greece.5.A kind of beetle common in Greece.6.“Give herself airs.”7.The police magistrates of Athens.8.A number, of course, grossly exaggerated.9.A pottage peculiar to Sparta, made of lumps of meat, salt, and much vinegar.10.Equivalent to crying“Hound!”in English.11.The serfs of the Spartans.12.The Phœnician Hercules.13.Nearly two hundred miles.14.Approximately September.15.A division in the Spartan army.16.Who in full force had joined the Persians.17.The rack.Transcriber’s noteThe author’s footnotes have been moved to the end of the volume.Blackletter has been rendered as bold face.The following typographical errors were corrected:page 6,“gridle”changed to“girdle”page 8,“seashore”changed to“sea-shore”page 23,“earthern”changed to“earthen”page 24,“Thacian”changed to“Thasian”page 29,“good humoredly”changed to“good-humouredly”page 31,“Mantineia”changed to“Mantinea”page 32,“honor”changed to“honour”page 63,“waterpots”changed to“water-pots”page 65,“humorous”changed to“humourous”page 90,“Nausicäa”changed to“Nausicaä”page 92,“pentaconters”changed to“penteconters”page 93, missing quote added before“We can say”page 95,“he”changed to“be”page 101, comma changed to period after“house was out”page 107,“fish-monger”changed to“fishmonger”page 117, added italics to“Ai!”page 133,“Baylonish”changed to“Babylonish”page 145,“Neverthless”changed to“Nevertheless”page 146,“haircloth”changed to“hair-cloth”page 157,“sailcloth”changed to“sail-cloth”page 173, semicolon added after“beautiful”page 176, single quote changed to double quote after“kings reign forever!”page 196,“intrust”changed to“entrust”page 229,“torchlight”changed to“torch-light”page 230,“goatskin”changed to“goat-skin”page 238, comma removed after“Themistocles”page 280,“Ameinas”changed to“Ameinias”page 283,“Ameinas’s”changed to“Ameinias’s”page 288,“renegadoes”changed to“renegades”page 301,“Phelgon's”changed to“Phlegon’s”page 324, removed italics from“Artemisia”page 325,“maelstrom”changed to“mælstrom”page 327,“Psytalleia”changed to“Psyttaleia”page 368,“fagots”changed to“faggots”page 377,“warships”changed to“war-ships”page 396,“lieutenant”changed to“lieutenants”page 404, missing period added after“are great gods”page 419,“bowstring”changed to“bow-string”page 424, single quote removed after“Such as what?”page 432,“Pinatate”changed to“Pitanate”page 445, comma added after“Zariaspes”,“Gobyras”changed to“Gobryas”page 451,“Caesar”changed to“Cæsar”Some variants in spelling, capitalization or hyphenation which cannot be regarded as simple typographical errors have been retained.

[pg 451]STANDARD MACMILLAN FICTIONBy WILLIAM STEARNS DAVISA Friend ofCæsarA Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic“As a story ... there can be no question of its success.... While the beautiful love of Cornelia and Drusus lies at the sound sweet heart of the story, to say so is to give a most meagre idea of the large sustained interest of the whole.... There are many incidents so vivid, so brilliant, that they fix themselves in the memory.”—The Bookman.Cloth, 12mo, $1.50“God Wills It”A Tale of the First Crusade“Not since Sir Walter Scott cast his spell over us with‘Ivanhoe,’‘Count Robert of Paris,’and‘Quentin Durward’have we been so completely captivated by a story as by‘God Wills It,’by William Stearns Davis. It grips the attention of the reader in the first chapter and holds it till the last.... It is a story of strenuous life, the spirit of which might well be applied in some of our modern Crusades. While true to life in its local coloring, it is sweet and pure, and leaves no after-taste of bitterness. The author’s first book,‘A Friend of Cæsar,’revealed his power, and‘God Wills It’confirms and deepens the impression made.”—Christian Endeavor World.With Illustrations by Louis BettsCloth, 12mo, $1.50Falaise of the Blessed VoiceA Tale of the Youth of St. Louis, King of FranceThe story of how his enemies plotted to separate him from his fair Queen Margaret, and even from his throne itself; of how he grew from a pale lad to a most manly king, and of the part played in his life by the blind singer of Pontoise, the maid called“Falaise of the Blessed Voice.”Cloth, 12mo, $1.50The Saint of the Dragon’s Dale(In the series of“Little Novels by Favorite Authors”)Cloth, decorated cover, 16mo, 50 cents[pg 452]RECENT MACMILLAN NOVELSEach, cloth, $1.50The Long RoadBy JOHN OXENHAM“... It is a thrilling and an absorbing story. Through all the tragedy of life ... there is a rarely sweet accompaniment of tender tones, of love and heroism and intermittent, never quite lost hope. It is a touching and beautiful story.”—Buffalo Evening News.ConistonBy WINSTON CHURCHILL“Coniston has a lighter, gayer spirit, and a deeper, tenderer touch than Mr. Churchill has ever achieved before.... It is one of the finest and truest transcripts of modern American life thus far achieved in our fiction.”—Chicago Record-Herald.Cloth, illustrated, $1.50Lady BaltimoreBy OWEN WISTER“That the author of‘The Virginian’could deal deliciously with such a rich field ... might be assumed. But with what charm and delicacy, fine humor and insight, the work has been done, only a direct acquaintance with the finished volume can justly show. The Southerner will certainly find enchanting home touches in it, and every reader will feel the spell of the quiet old southern town and all the tender, dainty, and humorous southern life and atmosphere that hang about it.”—St. Louis Globe Democrat.Cloth, $1.50The Garden, You and IBy MABEL OSGOOD WRIGHT“Few books published in this country recently have been of a kind to make an author so proud. Hers are immensely fine and sweet.”—St. Louis Democrat.The new book by the author of“The Garden of a Commuter’s Wife”and“People of the Whirlpool,”is a story of new friends as charming in their own way as“Barbara”herself. Their highly original vacation is described from more than one point of view, each more deliciously funny than the next.Cloth, $1.50A Lady of RomeBy F. MARION CRAWFORD“His skill in making his portraits live before the reader’s eyes is unsurpassed; and in the production of story-value and prolonged suspense, Mr. Crawford has no peer.”—Boston Herald.Cloth, 12mo, $1.50[pg 453]White FangBy JACK LONDON“Jack London is the apostle of strength and courage. In‘White Fang’he has full play ... in his chosen field. He has done this work so well that he makes the interest as intense as if he were telling the story of a man.”—Globe Democrat.Illustrated in colors, cloth, $1.50When Love SpeaksBy WILL PAYNE“One of the most interesting novels ever written on the conflict between law and honesty on one side and the alliance of low politics and high finance on the other. Stirring love story woven in with the fight against an unscrupulous whiskey trust. A fine, clean American story, of interest alike to men and women.”—Chicago Record-Herald.$1.50If Youth But KnewBy AGNES and EGERTON CASTLE“They should be the most delightful of comrades, for their writing is so apt, so responsive, so saturated with the promptings and the glamour of spring. It is because‘If Youth But Knew’has all these adorable qualities that it is so fascinating.”—Cleveland Leader.Cloth, $1.50DisenchantedBy PIERRE LOTI“Our romantic son of Hercules wields in defence of Liberty a slender, aromatic sorcerer’s wand. And his magic has lost nothing of its might. We dare not begin quoting a book of which every page is a picture.”—The London Times.Cloth, 12mo, $1.50The Sin of George WarrenerBy Miss VAN VORST“For acute comprehension of human nature both masculine and feminine, and a keen apprehension of a phase of our social conditions, the book is a piece of rare artistry.”—Phila. Evening Tel.$1.50Her Majesty’s RebelsBy SIDNEY R. LYSAGHT“A story of Irish people that is neither prejudiced nor patronizing.... A rare and charming novel ... racy and convincing.”—World.Cloth, 12mo, $1.50[pg 454]Listener’s LureBy E. V. LUCAS“A Kensington Comedy”which proves that the delightful fellow-wanderer in Holland and in London has a keen sense of humor and a gift for semi-satirical portrait sketching.Cloth, 12mo, $1.50The AmuletBy CHARLES E. CRADDOCK“... A little old-fashioned, perhaps, according to modern sensational standards, but written with force and feeling, full of local color and character, wholesome and interesting from cover to cover, and so far as one can judge, a truthful picture of a most picturesque phase of pioneer history that has not been exploited to the point of tiresomeness.”—The New York Times.Cloth, $1.50The Romance of John BainbridgeBy HENRY GEORGE, Jr.“Belongs to the large class of present-day novels in which a young man of high ideals goes into politics in order to do battle with the dragons of bribery and corruption. The particular demon in this case is a perpetual street railway franchise. The love story betrays the apprentice hand, but the description of the fight in the aldermanic council is a capital piece of work.”—The Congregationalist.$1.50The Way of the GodsBy JOHN LUTHER LONGAs the readers of“Madam Butterfly”know, there is no one, since the death of Lafcadio Hearn, who can make Japanese life so charming as does Mr. Long. This story of the little samurai, hardly big enough to be a soldier, and of how the fair eta Hoshiko met his obligations for him, is very real and appealing.Cloth, $1.50The Vine of SibmahBy Dr. ANDREW MACPHAIL“The book is taut with action and breathless climaxes. Its principal character, a soldier, has for his friend a most engaging pirate. This combination alone makes interesting reading.”—Chicago Evening Post.Cloth, $1.50Footnotes1.A word conveying at once“welcome!”and“farewell!”2.The chief magistrate of an Attic commune.3.Attic law allowed a husband to will his wife to a friend.4.A kind of grasshopper peculiar to Greece.5.A kind of beetle common in Greece.6.“Give herself airs.”7.The police magistrates of Athens.8.A number, of course, grossly exaggerated.9.A pottage peculiar to Sparta, made of lumps of meat, salt, and much vinegar.10.Equivalent to crying“Hound!”in English.11.The serfs of the Spartans.12.The Phœnician Hercules.13.Nearly two hundred miles.14.Approximately September.15.A division in the Spartan army.16.Who in full force had joined the Persians.17.The rack.Transcriber’s noteThe author’s footnotes have been moved to the end of the volume.Blackletter has been rendered as bold face.The following typographical errors were corrected:page 6,“gridle”changed to“girdle”page 8,“seashore”changed to“sea-shore”page 23,“earthern”changed to“earthen”page 24,“Thacian”changed to“Thasian”page 29,“good humoredly”changed to“good-humouredly”page 31,“Mantineia”changed to“Mantinea”page 32,“honor”changed to“honour”page 63,“waterpots”changed to“water-pots”page 65,“humorous”changed to“humourous”page 90,“Nausicäa”changed to“Nausicaä”page 92,“pentaconters”changed to“penteconters”page 93, missing quote added before“We can say”page 95,“he”changed to“be”page 101, comma changed to period after“house was out”page 107,“fish-monger”changed to“fishmonger”page 117, added italics to“Ai!”page 133,“Baylonish”changed to“Babylonish”page 145,“Neverthless”changed to“Nevertheless”page 146,“haircloth”changed to“hair-cloth”page 157,“sailcloth”changed to“sail-cloth”page 173, semicolon added after“beautiful”page 176, single quote changed to double quote after“kings reign forever!”page 196,“intrust”changed to“entrust”page 229,“torchlight”changed to“torch-light”page 230,“goatskin”changed to“goat-skin”page 238, comma removed after“Themistocles”page 280,“Ameinas”changed to“Ameinias”page 283,“Ameinas’s”changed to“Ameinias’s”page 288,“renegadoes”changed to“renegades”page 301,“Phelgon's”changed to“Phlegon’s”page 324, removed italics from“Artemisia”page 325,“maelstrom”changed to“mælstrom”page 327,“Psytalleia”changed to“Psyttaleia”page 368,“fagots”changed to“faggots”page 377,“warships”changed to“war-ships”page 396,“lieutenant”changed to“lieutenants”page 404, missing period added after“are great gods”page 419,“bowstring”changed to“bow-string”page 424, single quote removed after“Such as what?”page 432,“Pinatate”changed to“Pitanate”page 445, comma added after“Zariaspes”,“Gobyras”changed to“Gobryas”page 451,“Caesar”changed to“Cæsar”Some variants in spelling, capitalization or hyphenation which cannot be regarded as simple typographical errors have been retained.

[pg 451]STANDARD MACMILLAN FICTIONBy WILLIAM STEARNS DAVISA Friend ofCæsarA Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic“As a story ... there can be no question of its success.... While the beautiful love of Cornelia and Drusus lies at the sound sweet heart of the story, to say so is to give a most meagre idea of the large sustained interest of the whole.... There are many incidents so vivid, so brilliant, that they fix themselves in the memory.”—The Bookman.Cloth, 12mo, $1.50“God Wills It”A Tale of the First Crusade“Not since Sir Walter Scott cast his spell over us with‘Ivanhoe,’‘Count Robert of Paris,’and‘Quentin Durward’have we been so completely captivated by a story as by‘God Wills It,’by William Stearns Davis. It grips the attention of the reader in the first chapter and holds it till the last.... It is a story of strenuous life, the spirit of which might well be applied in some of our modern Crusades. While true to life in its local coloring, it is sweet and pure, and leaves no after-taste of bitterness. The author’s first book,‘A Friend of Cæsar,’revealed his power, and‘God Wills It’confirms and deepens the impression made.”—Christian Endeavor World.With Illustrations by Louis BettsCloth, 12mo, $1.50Falaise of the Blessed VoiceA Tale of the Youth of St. Louis, King of FranceThe story of how his enemies plotted to separate him from his fair Queen Margaret, and even from his throne itself; of how he grew from a pale lad to a most manly king, and of the part played in his life by the blind singer of Pontoise, the maid called“Falaise of the Blessed Voice.”Cloth, 12mo, $1.50The Saint of the Dragon’s Dale(In the series of“Little Novels by Favorite Authors”)Cloth, decorated cover, 16mo, 50 cents[pg 452]RECENT MACMILLAN NOVELSEach, cloth, $1.50The Long RoadBy JOHN OXENHAM“... It is a thrilling and an absorbing story. Through all the tragedy of life ... there is a rarely sweet accompaniment of tender tones, of love and heroism and intermittent, never quite lost hope. It is a touching and beautiful story.”—Buffalo Evening News.ConistonBy WINSTON CHURCHILL“Coniston has a lighter, gayer spirit, and a deeper, tenderer touch than Mr. Churchill has ever achieved before.... It is one of the finest and truest transcripts of modern American life thus far achieved in our fiction.”—Chicago Record-Herald.Cloth, illustrated, $1.50Lady BaltimoreBy OWEN WISTER“That the author of‘The Virginian’could deal deliciously with such a rich field ... might be assumed. But with what charm and delicacy, fine humor and insight, the work has been done, only a direct acquaintance with the finished volume can justly show. The Southerner will certainly find enchanting home touches in it, and every reader will feel the spell of the quiet old southern town and all the tender, dainty, and humorous southern life and atmosphere that hang about it.”—St. Louis Globe Democrat.Cloth, $1.50The Garden, You and IBy MABEL OSGOOD WRIGHT“Few books published in this country recently have been of a kind to make an author so proud. Hers are immensely fine and sweet.”—St. Louis Democrat.The new book by the author of“The Garden of a Commuter’s Wife”and“People of the Whirlpool,”is a story of new friends as charming in their own way as“Barbara”herself. Their highly original vacation is described from more than one point of view, each more deliciously funny than the next.Cloth, $1.50A Lady of RomeBy F. MARION CRAWFORD“His skill in making his portraits live before the reader’s eyes is unsurpassed; and in the production of story-value and prolonged suspense, Mr. Crawford has no peer.”—Boston Herald.Cloth, 12mo, $1.50[pg 453]White FangBy JACK LONDON“Jack London is the apostle of strength and courage. In‘White Fang’he has full play ... in his chosen field. He has done this work so well that he makes the interest as intense as if he were telling the story of a man.”—Globe Democrat.Illustrated in colors, cloth, $1.50When Love SpeaksBy WILL PAYNE“One of the most interesting novels ever written on the conflict between law and honesty on one side and the alliance of low politics and high finance on the other. Stirring love story woven in with the fight against an unscrupulous whiskey trust. A fine, clean American story, of interest alike to men and women.”—Chicago Record-Herald.$1.50If Youth But KnewBy AGNES and EGERTON CASTLE“They should be the most delightful of comrades, for their writing is so apt, so responsive, so saturated with the promptings and the glamour of spring. It is because‘If Youth But Knew’has all these adorable qualities that it is so fascinating.”—Cleveland Leader.Cloth, $1.50DisenchantedBy PIERRE LOTI“Our romantic son of Hercules wields in defence of Liberty a slender, aromatic sorcerer’s wand. And his magic has lost nothing of its might. We dare not begin quoting a book of which every page is a picture.”—The London Times.Cloth, 12mo, $1.50The Sin of George WarrenerBy Miss VAN VORST“For acute comprehension of human nature both masculine and feminine, and a keen apprehension of a phase of our social conditions, the book is a piece of rare artistry.”—Phila. Evening Tel.$1.50Her Majesty’s RebelsBy SIDNEY R. LYSAGHT“A story of Irish people that is neither prejudiced nor patronizing.... A rare and charming novel ... racy and convincing.”—World.Cloth, 12mo, $1.50[pg 454]Listener’s LureBy E. V. LUCAS“A Kensington Comedy”which proves that the delightful fellow-wanderer in Holland and in London has a keen sense of humor and a gift for semi-satirical portrait sketching.Cloth, 12mo, $1.50The AmuletBy CHARLES E. CRADDOCK“... A little old-fashioned, perhaps, according to modern sensational standards, but written with force and feeling, full of local color and character, wholesome and interesting from cover to cover, and so far as one can judge, a truthful picture of a most picturesque phase of pioneer history that has not been exploited to the point of tiresomeness.”—The New York Times.Cloth, $1.50The Romance of John BainbridgeBy HENRY GEORGE, Jr.“Belongs to the large class of present-day novels in which a young man of high ideals goes into politics in order to do battle with the dragons of bribery and corruption. The particular demon in this case is a perpetual street railway franchise. The love story betrays the apprentice hand, but the description of the fight in the aldermanic council is a capital piece of work.”—The Congregationalist.$1.50The Way of the GodsBy JOHN LUTHER LONGAs the readers of“Madam Butterfly”know, there is no one, since the death of Lafcadio Hearn, who can make Japanese life so charming as does Mr. Long. This story of the little samurai, hardly big enough to be a soldier, and of how the fair eta Hoshiko met his obligations for him, is very real and appealing.Cloth, $1.50The Vine of SibmahBy Dr. ANDREW MACPHAIL“The book is taut with action and breathless climaxes. Its principal character, a soldier, has for his friend a most engaging pirate. This combination alone makes interesting reading.”—Chicago Evening Post.Cloth, $1.50

[pg 451]STANDARD MACMILLAN FICTIONBy WILLIAM STEARNS DAVISA Friend ofCæsarA Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic“As a story ... there can be no question of its success.... While the beautiful love of Cornelia and Drusus lies at the sound sweet heart of the story, to say so is to give a most meagre idea of the large sustained interest of the whole.... There are many incidents so vivid, so brilliant, that they fix themselves in the memory.”—The Bookman.Cloth, 12mo, $1.50“God Wills It”A Tale of the First Crusade“Not since Sir Walter Scott cast his spell over us with‘Ivanhoe,’‘Count Robert of Paris,’and‘Quentin Durward’have we been so completely captivated by a story as by‘God Wills It,’by William Stearns Davis. It grips the attention of the reader in the first chapter and holds it till the last.... It is a story of strenuous life, the spirit of which might well be applied in some of our modern Crusades. While true to life in its local coloring, it is sweet and pure, and leaves no after-taste of bitterness. The author’s first book,‘A Friend of Cæsar,’revealed his power, and‘God Wills It’confirms and deepens the impression made.”—Christian Endeavor World.With Illustrations by Louis BettsCloth, 12mo, $1.50Falaise of the Blessed VoiceA Tale of the Youth of St. Louis, King of FranceThe story of how his enemies plotted to separate him from his fair Queen Margaret, and even from his throne itself; of how he grew from a pale lad to a most manly king, and of the part played in his life by the blind singer of Pontoise, the maid called“Falaise of the Blessed Voice.”Cloth, 12mo, $1.50The Saint of the Dragon’s Dale(In the series of“Little Novels by Favorite Authors”)Cloth, decorated cover, 16mo, 50 cents

By WILLIAM STEARNS DAVIS

A Friend ofCæsar

A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic

“As a story ... there can be no question of its success.... While the beautiful love of Cornelia and Drusus lies at the sound sweet heart of the story, to say so is to give a most meagre idea of the large sustained interest of the whole.... There are many incidents so vivid, so brilliant, that they fix themselves in the memory.”—The Bookman.

Cloth, 12mo, $1.50

“God Wills It”

A Tale of the First Crusade

“Not since Sir Walter Scott cast his spell over us with‘Ivanhoe,’‘Count Robert of Paris,’and‘Quentin Durward’have we been so completely captivated by a story as by‘God Wills It,’by William Stearns Davis. It grips the attention of the reader in the first chapter and holds it till the last.... It is a story of strenuous life, the spirit of which might well be applied in some of our modern Crusades. While true to life in its local coloring, it is sweet and pure, and leaves no after-taste of bitterness. The author’s first book,‘A Friend of Cæsar,’revealed his power, and‘God Wills It’confirms and deepens the impression made.”—Christian Endeavor World.

With Illustrations by Louis Betts

Cloth, 12mo, $1.50

Falaise of the Blessed Voice

A Tale of the Youth of St. Louis, King of France

The story of how his enemies plotted to separate him from his fair Queen Margaret, and even from his throne itself; of how he grew from a pale lad to a most manly king, and of the part played in his life by the blind singer of Pontoise, the maid called“Falaise of the Blessed Voice.”

Cloth, 12mo, $1.50

The Saint of the Dragon’s Dale

(In the series of“Little Novels by Favorite Authors”)

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The Long Road

By JOHN OXENHAM

“... It is a thrilling and an absorbing story. Through all the tragedy of life ... there is a rarely sweet accompaniment of tender tones, of love and heroism and intermittent, never quite lost hope. It is a touching and beautiful story.”—Buffalo Evening News.

Coniston

By WINSTON CHURCHILL

“Coniston has a lighter, gayer spirit, and a deeper, tenderer touch than Mr. Churchill has ever achieved before.... It is one of the finest and truest transcripts of modern American life thus far achieved in our fiction.”—Chicago Record-Herald.

Cloth, illustrated, $1.50

Lady Baltimore

By OWEN WISTER

“That the author of‘The Virginian’could deal deliciously with such a rich field ... might be assumed. But with what charm and delicacy, fine humor and insight, the work has been done, only a direct acquaintance with the finished volume can justly show. The Southerner will certainly find enchanting home touches in it, and every reader will feel the spell of the quiet old southern town and all the tender, dainty, and humorous southern life and atmosphere that hang about it.”—St. Louis Globe Democrat.

Cloth, $1.50

The Garden, You and I

By MABEL OSGOOD WRIGHT

“Few books published in this country recently have been of a kind to make an author so proud. Hers are immensely fine and sweet.”—St. Louis Democrat.

The new book by the author of“The Garden of a Commuter’s Wife”and“People of the Whirlpool,”is a story of new friends as charming in their own way as“Barbara”herself. Their highly original vacation is described from more than one point of view, each more deliciously funny than the next.

Cloth, $1.50

A Lady of Rome

By F. MARION CRAWFORD

“His skill in making his portraits live before the reader’s eyes is unsurpassed; and in the production of story-value and prolonged suspense, Mr. Crawford has no peer.”—Boston Herald.

Cloth, 12mo, $1.50

White Fang

By JACK LONDON

“Jack London is the apostle of strength and courage. In‘White Fang’he has full play ... in his chosen field. He has done this work so well that he makes the interest as intense as if he were telling the story of a man.”—Globe Democrat.

Illustrated in colors, cloth, $1.50

When Love Speaks

By WILL PAYNE

“One of the most interesting novels ever written on the conflict between law and honesty on one side and the alliance of low politics and high finance on the other. Stirring love story woven in with the fight against an unscrupulous whiskey trust. A fine, clean American story, of interest alike to men and women.”—Chicago Record-Herald.

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If Youth But Knew

By AGNES and EGERTON CASTLE

“They should be the most delightful of comrades, for their writing is so apt, so responsive, so saturated with the promptings and the glamour of spring. It is because‘If Youth But Knew’has all these adorable qualities that it is so fascinating.”—Cleveland Leader.

Cloth, $1.50

Disenchanted

By PIERRE LOTI

“Our romantic son of Hercules wields in defence of Liberty a slender, aromatic sorcerer’s wand. And his magic has lost nothing of its might. We dare not begin quoting a book of which every page is a picture.”—The London Times.

Cloth, 12mo, $1.50

The Sin of George Warrener

By Miss VAN VORST

“For acute comprehension of human nature both masculine and feminine, and a keen apprehension of a phase of our social conditions, the book is a piece of rare artistry.”—Phila. Evening Tel.

$1.50

Her Majesty’s Rebels

By SIDNEY R. LYSAGHT

“A story of Irish people that is neither prejudiced nor patronizing.... A rare and charming novel ... racy and convincing.”—World.

Cloth, 12mo, $1.50

Listener’s Lure

By E. V. LUCAS

“A Kensington Comedy”which proves that the delightful fellow-wanderer in Holland and in London has a keen sense of humor and a gift for semi-satirical portrait sketching.

Cloth, 12mo, $1.50

The Amulet

By CHARLES E. CRADDOCK

“... A little old-fashioned, perhaps, according to modern sensational standards, but written with force and feeling, full of local color and character, wholesome and interesting from cover to cover, and so far as one can judge, a truthful picture of a most picturesque phase of pioneer history that has not been exploited to the point of tiresomeness.”—The New York Times.

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The Romance of John Bainbridge

By HENRY GEORGE, Jr.

“Belongs to the large class of present-day novels in which a young man of high ideals goes into politics in order to do battle with the dragons of bribery and corruption. The particular demon in this case is a perpetual street railway franchise. The love story betrays the apprentice hand, but the description of the fight in the aldermanic council is a capital piece of work.”—The Congregationalist.

$1.50

The Way of the Gods

By JOHN LUTHER LONG

As the readers of“Madam Butterfly”know, there is no one, since the death of Lafcadio Hearn, who can make Japanese life so charming as does Mr. Long. This story of the little samurai, hardly big enough to be a soldier, and of how the fair eta Hoshiko met his obligations for him, is very real and appealing.

Cloth, $1.50

The Vine of Sibmah

By Dr. ANDREW MACPHAIL

“The book is taut with action and breathless climaxes. Its principal character, a soldier, has for his friend a most engaging pirate. This combination alone makes interesting reading.”—Chicago Evening Post.

Cloth, $1.50

Footnotes1.A word conveying at once“welcome!”and“farewell!”2.The chief magistrate of an Attic commune.3.Attic law allowed a husband to will his wife to a friend.4.A kind of grasshopper peculiar to Greece.5.A kind of beetle common in Greece.6.“Give herself airs.”7.The police magistrates of Athens.8.A number, of course, grossly exaggerated.9.A pottage peculiar to Sparta, made of lumps of meat, salt, and much vinegar.10.Equivalent to crying“Hound!”in English.11.The serfs of the Spartans.12.The Phœnician Hercules.13.Nearly two hundred miles.14.Approximately September.15.A division in the Spartan army.16.Who in full force had joined the Persians.17.The rack.

Footnotes1.A word conveying at once“welcome!”and“farewell!”2.The chief magistrate of an Attic commune.3.Attic law allowed a husband to will his wife to a friend.4.A kind of grasshopper peculiar to Greece.5.A kind of beetle common in Greece.6.“Give herself airs.”7.The police magistrates of Athens.8.A number, of course, grossly exaggerated.9.A pottage peculiar to Sparta, made of lumps of meat, salt, and much vinegar.10.Equivalent to crying“Hound!”in English.11.The serfs of the Spartans.12.The Phœnician Hercules.13.Nearly two hundred miles.14.Approximately September.15.A division in the Spartan army.16.Who in full force had joined the Persians.17.The rack.

Transcriber’s noteThe author’s footnotes have been moved to the end of the volume.Blackletter has been rendered as bold face.The following typographical errors were corrected:page 6,“gridle”changed to“girdle”page 8,“seashore”changed to“sea-shore”page 23,“earthern”changed to“earthen”page 24,“Thacian”changed to“Thasian”page 29,“good humoredly”changed to“good-humouredly”page 31,“Mantineia”changed to“Mantinea”page 32,“honor”changed to“honour”page 63,“waterpots”changed to“water-pots”page 65,“humorous”changed to“humourous”page 90,“Nausicäa”changed to“Nausicaä”page 92,“pentaconters”changed to“penteconters”page 93, missing quote added before“We can say”page 95,“he”changed to“be”page 101, comma changed to period after“house was out”page 107,“fish-monger”changed to“fishmonger”page 117, added italics to“Ai!”page 133,“Baylonish”changed to“Babylonish”page 145,“Neverthless”changed to“Nevertheless”page 146,“haircloth”changed to“hair-cloth”page 157,“sailcloth”changed to“sail-cloth”page 173, semicolon added after“beautiful”page 176, single quote changed to double quote after“kings reign forever!”page 196,“intrust”changed to“entrust”page 229,“torchlight”changed to“torch-light”page 230,“goatskin”changed to“goat-skin”page 238, comma removed after“Themistocles”page 280,“Ameinas”changed to“Ameinias”page 283,“Ameinas’s”changed to“Ameinias’s”page 288,“renegadoes”changed to“renegades”page 301,“Phelgon's”changed to“Phlegon’s”page 324, removed italics from“Artemisia”page 325,“maelstrom”changed to“mælstrom”page 327,“Psytalleia”changed to“Psyttaleia”page 368,“fagots”changed to“faggots”page 377,“warships”changed to“war-ships”page 396,“lieutenant”changed to“lieutenants”page 404, missing period added after“are great gods”page 419,“bowstring”changed to“bow-string”page 424, single quote removed after“Such as what?”page 432,“Pinatate”changed to“Pitanate”page 445, comma added after“Zariaspes”,“Gobyras”changed to“Gobryas”page 451,“Caesar”changed to“Cæsar”Some variants in spelling, capitalization or hyphenation which cannot be regarded as simple typographical errors have been retained.

The author’s footnotes have been moved to the end of the volume.

Blackletter has been rendered as bold face.

The following typographical errors were corrected:

Some variants in spelling, capitalization or hyphenation which cannot be regarded as simple typographical errors have been retained.

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