Chapter 17

“Ah, life’s fairest festivalEnds the May of life anon;With the girdle, with the veil,Is the fond illusion gone!”

“Ah, life’s fairest festivalEnds the May of life anon;With the girdle, with the veil,Is the fond illusion gone!”

“Ah, life’s fairest festivalEnds the May of life anon;With the girdle, with the veil,Is the fond illusion gone!”

“Ah, life’s fairest festival

Ends the May of life anon;

With the girdle, with the veil,

Is the fond illusion gone!”

THE END.

FOOTNOTES:[1]“Schiller’s Relations to his Parents and the Walzogen Family,” pp. 62–68.[2]Fragment of a dialogue between the King and the Marquis, last Scene, Act III., of “Don Carlos:”“King.And now leave me.“Marquis.If I can do so with an accomplished hope, this will be the most glorious day of my life.“Marquis.It is no lost one in mine!”[3]Schiller’s own words.—See “Schiller’s Relations to Parents,” etc., p. 450.[4]Schiller’s own words.—See “Relations to Parents,” etc., p. 451.[5]Ibid., p. 416.[6]Schiller’s own words.—See “Relations to Parents,” etc. p. 452.[7]Schiller’s own words to Henrietta von Wolzogen.—See “Relations,” etc., p. 452.[8]This scene is historically exact.[9]Schiller’s own words.—See “Relations,” etc., p. 448.[10]See Charlotte.—“For the friends of the deceased,” printed as MS., p. 86.[11]A provincialism. It should be, “ist nicht aus Stuttgart,” and means is not from Stuttgart.[12]In Germany, the word “thou” is frequently used instead of “you” in families and among children, and intimate and dear friends.[13]Schiller’s own words.—See “Schiller’s Flight from Stuttgart,” etc., p. 216.[14]Zimmermann.—“Frederick the Great’s Last Days,” p. 163.[15]Frederick’s words a short time before his death.[16]The king’s own words.[17]“Will you have the goodness to give me your arm, my prince?”[18]“Sire and my king, you confer a great honor on me, and I am very grateful.”[19]The Fox and the Crow.[20]Frederick’s own words.—See “Frederick William III.,” von Eylert, vol. i., p. 455.[21]To this habit of Frederick William may be attributed the fact that he was not able to express himself fluently in his own language in later years. When the king spoke French his conversation was vivacious and forcible; when he spoke German, however, he was stiff and embarrassed.[22]The king’s own words, uttered beside Frederick’s corpse.[23]This drawing, which the prince royal had made of the body of Frederick the Great, was afterward framed, and hung for many years in his study, with this inscription, in his own handwriting: “I sketched this on the 17th of August, 1786, between the hours of 9 and 10P.M.”[24]See Preuss.—“Frederick the Great, a Biography,” vol. iv.[25]This scene is accurate.—See “Mémoires de la Comtesse de Lichtenau.”[26]“Unter den Linden,” a street in Berlin.[27]Historical.[28]A nickname given the princess at court.[29]Frederick von Trenck suffered long years of imprisonment on Princess Amelia’s account.—See “Frederick the Great and his Family,” by L. Mühlbach.[30]This article appeared in the August number of 1788, and created a great sensation in all classes of society.[31]“I will repay thee in a holier land—Give thou to me thy youth;All I can grant thee lies in this command.I heard, and, trusting in a holier land,Gave my young joys to Truth.Give me thy Laura—Give me her whom loveTo thy heart’s core endears;The usurer bliss pays every grief—above!I tore the fond shape from the bleeding loveAnd gave—albeit with tears.”Sir E. B. Lytton’s Schiller.[32]Marie von Arnim married Count von Kunheim, and retired with him to his estates in Prussia. She never saw Schiller again, nor did she ever forget him. A fine portrait of Schiller hung over her bed until her death. After the death of her husband, in the year 1814, Countess Kunheim returned to Dresden, and lived there in retirement until her death, in the year 1847. But she died without issue, and could not fulfil Schiller’s prophecy, and speak to weeping children and grandchildren assembled around her death-bed.[33]Schiller’s own words.—See his correspondence with Körner.[34]Schiller and his Times, by Johannes Scherr.—Vol. ii., p. 89.[35]“Trip to Italy.”—Goethe’s Works.[36]Goethe’s own words.—See “Trip to Italy,” Goethe’s works, vol. xxiii., p. 159.[37]This cat story Goethe relates precisely as above, in his “Italian Trip.”—See Goethe’s Works, vol. xxiii., p. 181.[38]Goethe’s own words.—See “Italian Trip,” vol. xxiv., p. 146.[39]When marriage is spoken of, my child, I feel like leaving at once.[40]Let us only marry, the rest will take care of itself.[41]Leonora’s own words.—See Goethe’s Works, vol. xxiv., p. 135.[42]Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, canto v.—Translated by H. W. Longfellow.[43]See Goethe’s Works, vol. xxiv., p. 37.—“Trip to Italy.”[44]Goethe’s own words.—See correspondence of Duke Charles August with Goethe, vol. ii.[45]Von Stein, the name of Goethe’s sweetheart—anglicized:Stone.[46]Goethe’s correspondence with Madame von Stein, vol. ii., pp. 170, 171. Literal translation.[47]Schiller’s Life, by Caroline von Wollzogen, p. 115.[48]Schiller’s own words.—See “Schiller’s Correspondence with Körner,” vol. ii., p. 21.[49]Ibid.[50]Goethe’s words.—See “Goethe’s Works,” vol. xxiii.[51]Goethe’s words.[52]In the latter part of the year 1787.[53]See “Private Letters,” vol. iii.[54]He who has not the spirit of his ageHas nothing but the unhappiness of his age.[55]Goethe’s own words.—See “Goethe’s Correspondence with Madame von Stein,” vol. ii., p. 326.[56]Goethe’s own words.[57]Goethe’s own words.—See “Goethe’s Correspondence with Madame von Stein,” vol. iii., p. 327.[58]Goethe’s own words—See “Correspondence with Madame von Stein,” vol iii., p. 328.[59]Ibid.[60]Goethe’s own words.—See “Correspondence with Madame von Stein,” vol. iii., p. 330.[61]Christiane Vulpius really rejected Goethe’s offer of marriage.—See Lewes’s Life of Goethe, vol. ii. p. 121.[62]“Often have I erred, and always found the path again, but never found myself happier; now in this maiden lies my happiness. If this, too, is an error, oh spare me the knowledge, ye gods, and let me only discover it beyond the grave!”[63]Schiller’s own words.—See “Schiller’s Correspondence with Körner,” vol. ii.[64]Charlotte’s own words.—See “Schiller’s Life of Caroline von Wollzogen.”[65]Charlotte’s own words.—See “Charlotte: A Life Picture,” p. 80.[66]Schiller’s own words.—See “Schiller’s Life of Caroline von Wollzogen.”[67]Lottie’s own words.—Ibid.

FOOTNOTES:

[1]“Schiller’s Relations to his Parents and the Walzogen Family,” pp. 62–68.

[1]“Schiller’s Relations to his Parents and the Walzogen Family,” pp. 62–68.

[2]Fragment of a dialogue between the King and the Marquis, last Scene, Act III., of “Don Carlos:”“King.And now leave me.“Marquis.If I can do so with an accomplished hope, this will be the most glorious day of my life.“Marquis.It is no lost one in mine!”

[2]Fragment of a dialogue between the King and the Marquis, last Scene, Act III., of “Don Carlos:”

“King.And now leave me.

“Marquis.If I can do so with an accomplished hope, this will be the most glorious day of my life.

“Marquis.It is no lost one in mine!”

[3]Schiller’s own words.—See “Schiller’s Relations to Parents,” etc., p. 450.

[3]Schiller’s own words.—See “Schiller’s Relations to Parents,” etc., p. 450.

[4]Schiller’s own words.—See “Relations to Parents,” etc., p. 451.

[4]Schiller’s own words.—See “Relations to Parents,” etc., p. 451.

[5]Ibid., p. 416.

[5]Ibid., p. 416.

[6]Schiller’s own words.—See “Relations to Parents,” etc. p. 452.

[6]Schiller’s own words.—See “Relations to Parents,” etc. p. 452.

[7]Schiller’s own words to Henrietta von Wolzogen.—See “Relations,” etc., p. 452.

[7]Schiller’s own words to Henrietta von Wolzogen.—See “Relations,” etc., p. 452.

[8]This scene is historically exact.

[8]This scene is historically exact.

[9]Schiller’s own words.—See “Relations,” etc., p. 448.

[9]Schiller’s own words.—See “Relations,” etc., p. 448.

[10]See Charlotte.—“For the friends of the deceased,” printed as MS., p. 86.

[10]See Charlotte.—“For the friends of the deceased,” printed as MS., p. 86.

[11]A provincialism. It should be, “ist nicht aus Stuttgart,” and means is not from Stuttgart.

[11]A provincialism. It should be, “ist nicht aus Stuttgart,” and means is not from Stuttgart.

[12]In Germany, the word “thou” is frequently used instead of “you” in families and among children, and intimate and dear friends.

[12]In Germany, the word “thou” is frequently used instead of “you” in families and among children, and intimate and dear friends.

[13]Schiller’s own words.—See “Schiller’s Flight from Stuttgart,” etc., p. 216.

[13]Schiller’s own words.—See “Schiller’s Flight from Stuttgart,” etc., p. 216.

[14]Zimmermann.—“Frederick the Great’s Last Days,” p. 163.

[14]Zimmermann.—“Frederick the Great’s Last Days,” p. 163.

[15]Frederick’s words a short time before his death.

[15]Frederick’s words a short time before his death.

[16]The king’s own words.

[16]The king’s own words.

[17]“Will you have the goodness to give me your arm, my prince?”

[17]“Will you have the goodness to give me your arm, my prince?”

[18]“Sire and my king, you confer a great honor on me, and I am very grateful.”

[18]“Sire and my king, you confer a great honor on me, and I am very grateful.”

[19]The Fox and the Crow.

[19]The Fox and the Crow.

[20]Frederick’s own words.—See “Frederick William III.,” von Eylert, vol. i., p. 455.

[20]Frederick’s own words.—See “Frederick William III.,” von Eylert, vol. i., p. 455.

[21]To this habit of Frederick William may be attributed the fact that he was not able to express himself fluently in his own language in later years. When the king spoke French his conversation was vivacious and forcible; when he spoke German, however, he was stiff and embarrassed.

[21]To this habit of Frederick William may be attributed the fact that he was not able to express himself fluently in his own language in later years. When the king spoke French his conversation was vivacious and forcible; when he spoke German, however, he was stiff and embarrassed.

[22]The king’s own words, uttered beside Frederick’s corpse.

[22]The king’s own words, uttered beside Frederick’s corpse.

[23]This drawing, which the prince royal had made of the body of Frederick the Great, was afterward framed, and hung for many years in his study, with this inscription, in his own handwriting: “I sketched this on the 17th of August, 1786, between the hours of 9 and 10P.M.”

[23]This drawing, which the prince royal had made of the body of Frederick the Great, was afterward framed, and hung for many years in his study, with this inscription, in his own handwriting: “I sketched this on the 17th of August, 1786, between the hours of 9 and 10P.M.”

[24]See Preuss.—“Frederick the Great, a Biography,” vol. iv.

[24]See Preuss.—“Frederick the Great, a Biography,” vol. iv.

[25]This scene is accurate.—See “Mémoires de la Comtesse de Lichtenau.”

[25]This scene is accurate.—See “Mémoires de la Comtesse de Lichtenau.”

[26]“Unter den Linden,” a street in Berlin.

[26]“Unter den Linden,” a street in Berlin.

[27]Historical.

[27]Historical.

[28]A nickname given the princess at court.

[28]A nickname given the princess at court.

[29]Frederick von Trenck suffered long years of imprisonment on Princess Amelia’s account.—See “Frederick the Great and his Family,” by L. Mühlbach.

[29]Frederick von Trenck suffered long years of imprisonment on Princess Amelia’s account.—See “Frederick the Great and his Family,” by L. Mühlbach.

[30]This article appeared in the August number of 1788, and created a great sensation in all classes of society.

[30]This article appeared in the August number of 1788, and created a great sensation in all classes of society.

[31]“I will repay thee in a holier land—Give thou to me thy youth;All I can grant thee lies in this command.I heard, and, trusting in a holier land,Gave my young joys to Truth.Give me thy Laura—Give me her whom loveTo thy heart’s core endears;The usurer bliss pays every grief—above!I tore the fond shape from the bleeding loveAnd gave—albeit with tears.”Sir E. B. Lytton’s Schiller.

[31]

“I will repay thee in a holier land—Give thou to me thy youth;All I can grant thee lies in this command.I heard, and, trusting in a holier land,Gave my young joys to Truth.Give me thy Laura—Give me her whom loveTo thy heart’s core endears;The usurer bliss pays every grief—above!I tore the fond shape from the bleeding loveAnd gave—albeit with tears.”

“I will repay thee in a holier land—Give thou to me thy youth;All I can grant thee lies in this command.I heard, and, trusting in a holier land,Gave my young joys to Truth.Give me thy Laura—Give me her whom loveTo thy heart’s core endears;The usurer bliss pays every grief—above!I tore the fond shape from the bleeding loveAnd gave—albeit with tears.”

“I will repay thee in a holier land—Give thou to me thy youth;All I can grant thee lies in this command.I heard, and, trusting in a holier land,Gave my young joys to Truth.

“I will repay thee in a holier land—

Give thou to me thy youth;

All I can grant thee lies in this command.

I heard, and, trusting in a holier land,

Gave my young joys to Truth.

Give me thy Laura—Give me her whom loveTo thy heart’s core endears;The usurer bliss pays every grief—above!I tore the fond shape from the bleeding loveAnd gave—albeit with tears.”

Give me thy Laura—Give me her whom love

To thy heart’s core endears;

The usurer bliss pays every grief—above!

I tore the fond shape from the bleeding love

And gave—albeit with tears.”

Sir E. B. Lytton’s Schiller.

[32]Marie von Arnim married Count von Kunheim, and retired with him to his estates in Prussia. She never saw Schiller again, nor did she ever forget him. A fine portrait of Schiller hung over her bed until her death. After the death of her husband, in the year 1814, Countess Kunheim returned to Dresden, and lived there in retirement until her death, in the year 1847. But she died without issue, and could not fulfil Schiller’s prophecy, and speak to weeping children and grandchildren assembled around her death-bed.

[32]Marie von Arnim married Count von Kunheim, and retired with him to his estates in Prussia. She never saw Schiller again, nor did she ever forget him. A fine portrait of Schiller hung over her bed until her death. After the death of her husband, in the year 1814, Countess Kunheim returned to Dresden, and lived there in retirement until her death, in the year 1847. But she died without issue, and could not fulfil Schiller’s prophecy, and speak to weeping children and grandchildren assembled around her death-bed.

[33]Schiller’s own words.—See his correspondence with Körner.

[33]Schiller’s own words.—See his correspondence with Körner.

[34]Schiller and his Times, by Johannes Scherr.—Vol. ii., p. 89.

[34]Schiller and his Times, by Johannes Scherr.—Vol. ii., p. 89.

[35]“Trip to Italy.”—Goethe’s Works.

[35]“Trip to Italy.”—Goethe’s Works.

[36]Goethe’s own words.—See “Trip to Italy,” Goethe’s works, vol. xxiii., p. 159.

[36]Goethe’s own words.—See “Trip to Italy,” Goethe’s works, vol. xxiii., p. 159.

[37]This cat story Goethe relates precisely as above, in his “Italian Trip.”—See Goethe’s Works, vol. xxiii., p. 181.

[37]This cat story Goethe relates precisely as above, in his “Italian Trip.”—See Goethe’s Works, vol. xxiii., p. 181.

[38]Goethe’s own words.—See “Italian Trip,” vol. xxiv., p. 146.

[38]Goethe’s own words.—See “Italian Trip,” vol. xxiv., p. 146.

[39]When marriage is spoken of, my child, I feel like leaving at once.

[39]When marriage is spoken of, my child, I feel like leaving at once.

[40]Let us only marry, the rest will take care of itself.

[40]Let us only marry, the rest will take care of itself.

[41]Leonora’s own words.—See Goethe’s Works, vol. xxiv., p. 135.

[41]Leonora’s own words.—See Goethe’s Works, vol. xxiv., p. 135.

[42]Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, canto v.—Translated by H. W. Longfellow.

[42]Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, canto v.—Translated by H. W. Longfellow.

[43]See Goethe’s Works, vol. xxiv., p. 37.—“Trip to Italy.”

[43]See Goethe’s Works, vol. xxiv., p. 37.—“Trip to Italy.”

[44]Goethe’s own words.—See correspondence of Duke Charles August with Goethe, vol. ii.

[44]Goethe’s own words.—See correspondence of Duke Charles August with Goethe, vol. ii.

[45]Von Stein, the name of Goethe’s sweetheart—anglicized:Stone.

[45]Von Stein, the name of Goethe’s sweetheart—anglicized:Stone.

[46]Goethe’s correspondence with Madame von Stein, vol. ii., pp. 170, 171. Literal translation.

[46]Goethe’s correspondence with Madame von Stein, vol. ii., pp. 170, 171. Literal translation.

[47]Schiller’s Life, by Caroline von Wollzogen, p. 115.

[47]Schiller’s Life, by Caroline von Wollzogen, p. 115.

[48]Schiller’s own words.—See “Schiller’s Correspondence with Körner,” vol. ii., p. 21.

[48]Schiller’s own words.—See “Schiller’s Correspondence with Körner,” vol. ii., p. 21.

[49]Ibid.

[49]Ibid.

[50]Goethe’s words.—See “Goethe’s Works,” vol. xxiii.

[50]Goethe’s words.—See “Goethe’s Works,” vol. xxiii.

[51]Goethe’s words.

[51]Goethe’s words.

[52]In the latter part of the year 1787.

[52]In the latter part of the year 1787.

[53]See “Private Letters,” vol. iii.

[53]See “Private Letters,” vol. iii.

[54]He who has not the spirit of his ageHas nothing but the unhappiness of his age.

[54]

He who has not the spirit of his ageHas nothing but the unhappiness of his age.

He who has not the spirit of his ageHas nothing but the unhappiness of his age.

He who has not the spirit of his ageHas nothing but the unhappiness of his age.

He who has not the spirit of his age

Has nothing but the unhappiness of his age.

[55]Goethe’s own words.—See “Goethe’s Correspondence with Madame von Stein,” vol. ii., p. 326.

[55]Goethe’s own words.—See “Goethe’s Correspondence with Madame von Stein,” vol. ii., p. 326.

[56]Goethe’s own words.

[56]Goethe’s own words.

[57]Goethe’s own words.—See “Goethe’s Correspondence with Madame von Stein,” vol. iii., p. 327.

[57]Goethe’s own words.—See “Goethe’s Correspondence with Madame von Stein,” vol. iii., p. 327.

[58]Goethe’s own words—See “Correspondence with Madame von Stein,” vol iii., p. 328.

[58]Goethe’s own words—See “Correspondence with Madame von Stein,” vol iii., p. 328.

[59]Ibid.

[59]Ibid.

[60]Goethe’s own words.—See “Correspondence with Madame von Stein,” vol. iii., p. 330.

[60]Goethe’s own words.—See “Correspondence with Madame von Stein,” vol. iii., p. 330.

[61]Christiane Vulpius really rejected Goethe’s offer of marriage.—See Lewes’s Life of Goethe, vol. ii. p. 121.

[61]Christiane Vulpius really rejected Goethe’s offer of marriage.—See Lewes’s Life of Goethe, vol. ii. p. 121.

[62]“Often have I erred, and always found the path again, but never found myself happier; now in this maiden lies my happiness. If this, too, is an error, oh spare me the knowledge, ye gods, and let me only discover it beyond the grave!”

[62]“Often have I erred, and always found the path again, but never found myself happier; now in this maiden lies my happiness. If this, too, is an error, oh spare me the knowledge, ye gods, and let me only discover it beyond the grave!”

[63]Schiller’s own words.—See “Schiller’s Correspondence with Körner,” vol. ii.

[63]Schiller’s own words.—See “Schiller’s Correspondence with Körner,” vol. ii.

[64]Charlotte’s own words.—See “Schiller’s Life of Caroline von Wollzogen.”

[64]Charlotte’s own words.—See “Schiller’s Life of Caroline von Wollzogen.”

[65]Charlotte’s own words.—See “Charlotte: A Life Picture,” p. 80.

[65]Charlotte’s own words.—See “Charlotte: A Life Picture,” p. 80.

[66]Schiller’s own words.—See “Schiller’s Life of Caroline von Wollzogen.”

[66]Schiller’s own words.—See “Schiller’s Life of Caroline von Wollzogen.”

[67]Lottie’s own words.—Ibid.

[67]Lottie’s own words.—Ibid.

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BY ANTHONY HOPE.

THE CHRONICLES OF COUNT ANTONIO.With Photogravure Frontispiece by S. W. Van Schaick. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.

“No adventures were ever better worth recounting than are those of Antonio of Monte Velluto, a very Bayard among outlaws.... To all those whose pulses still stir at the recital of deeds of high courage, we may recommend this book.... The chronicle conveys the emotion of heroic adventure, and is picturesquely written.”—London Daily News.

“It has literary merits all its own, of a deliberate and rather deep order.... In point of execution ‘The Chronicles of Count Antonio’ is the best work that Mr. Hope has yet done. The design is clearer, the workmanship more elaborate, the style more colored.”—Westminster Gazette.

“A romance worthy of all the expectations raised by the brilliancy of his former books, and likely to be read with a keen enjoyment and a healthy exaltation of the spirits by every one who takes it up.”—The Scotsman.

“A gallant tale, written with unfailing freshness and spirit.”—London Daily Telegraph.

“One of the most fascinating romances written in English within many days. The quaint simplicity of its style is delightful, and the adventures recorded in these ‘Chronicles of Count Antonio’ are as stirring and ingenious as any conceived even by Weyman at his best.”—New York World.

“No adventures were ever better worth telling than those of Count Antonio.... The author knows full well how to make every pulse thrill, and how to hold his readers under the spell of his magic.”—Boston Herald.

THE GOD IN THE CAR.New edition. Uniform with “The Chronicles of Count Antonio.” 12mo. Cloth, $1.25.

“‘The God in the Car’ is just as clever, just as distinguished in style, just as full of wit, and of what nowadays some persons like better than wit—allusiveness—as any of his stories. It is saturated with the modern atmosphere; is not only a very clever but a very strong story; in some respects, we think, the strongest Mr. Hope has yet written.”—London Speaker.

“A very remarkable book, deserving of critical analysis impossible within our limit; brilliant, but not superficial; well considered, but not elaborated; constructed with the proverbial art that conceals, but yet allows itself to be enjoyed by readers to whom fine literary method is a keen pleasure.”—London World.

“The book is a brilliant one.... ‘The God in the Car’ is one of the most remarkable works in a year that has given us the handiwork of nearly all our best living novelists.”—London Standard.

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GILBERT PARKER’S BEST BOOKS.Uniform Edition.THE SEATS OF THE MIGHTY.Being the Memoirs of Captain ROBERTMORAY, sometime an Officer in the Virginia Regiment, and afterwards of Amherst’s Regiment Illustrated, $1.50.“Another historical romance of the vividness and intensity of ‘The Seats of the Mighty’ has never come from the pen of an American. Mr. Parker’s latest work may without hesitation be set down as the best he has done. From the first chapter to the last word interest in the book never wanes; one finds it difficult to interrupt the narrative with breathing space. It whirls with excitement and strange adventure.... All of the scenes do homage to the genius of Mr. Parker, and make ‘The Seats of the Mighty’ one of the books of the year.”—Chicago Record.“Mr. Gilbert Parker is to be congratulated on the excellence of his latest story, ‘The Seats of the Mighty,’ and his readers are to be congratulated on the direction which his talents have taken therein.... It is so good that we do not stop to think of its literature, and the personality of Doltaire is a masterpiece of creative art.”—New York Mail and Express.THE TRAIL OF THE SWORD.A Novel. $1.25.“Mr. Parker here adds to a reputation already wide, and anew demonstrates his power of pictorial portrayal and of strong dramatic situation and climax.”—Philadelphia Bulletin.“The tale holds the reader’s interest from first to last, for it is full of fire and spirit, abounding in incident, and marked by good character drawing.”—Pittsburg Times.THE TRESPASSER.$1.25.“Interest, pith, force, and charm—Mr. Parker’s new story possesses all these qualities.... Almost bare of synthetical decoration, his paragraphs are stirring because they are real. We read at times—as we have read the great masters of romance—breathlessly.”—The Critic.“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.$1.25.“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.MRS. FALCHION.$1.25.“A well-knit story, told in an exceedingly interesting way, and holding the reader’s attention to the end.”

GILBERT PARKER’S BEST BOOKS.

Uniform Edition.

THE SEATS OF THE MIGHTY.Being the Memoirs of Captain ROBERTMORAY, sometime an Officer in the Virginia Regiment, and afterwards of Amherst’s Regiment Illustrated, $1.50.

“Another historical romance of the vividness and intensity of ‘The Seats of the Mighty’ has never come from the pen of an American. Mr. Parker’s latest work may without hesitation be set down as the best he has done. From the first chapter to the last word interest in the book never wanes; one finds it difficult to interrupt the narrative with breathing space. It whirls with excitement and strange adventure.... All of the scenes do homage to the genius of Mr. Parker, and make ‘The Seats of the Mighty’ one of the books of the year.”—Chicago Record.

“Mr. Gilbert Parker is to be congratulated on the excellence of his latest story, ‘The Seats of the Mighty,’ and his readers are to be congratulated on the direction which his talents have taken therein.... It is so good that we do not stop to think of its literature, and the personality of Doltaire is a masterpiece of creative art.”—New York Mail and Express.

THE TRAIL OF THE SWORD.A Novel. $1.25.

“Mr. Parker here adds to a reputation already wide, and anew demonstrates his power of pictorial portrayal and of strong dramatic situation and climax.”—Philadelphia Bulletin.

“The tale holds the reader’s interest from first to last, for it is full of fire and spirit, abounding in incident, and marked by good character drawing.”—Pittsburg Times.

THE TRESPASSER.$1.25.

“Interest, pith, force, and charm—Mr. Parker’s new story possesses all these qualities.... Almost bare of synthetical decoration, his paragraphs are stirring because they are real. We read at times—as we have read the great masters of romance—breathlessly.”—The Critic.

“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.$1.25.

“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.

MRS. FALCHION.$1.25.

“A well-knit story, told in an exceedingly interesting way, and holding the reader’s attention to the end.”

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BYA. CONAN DOYLE,Uniform edition. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50 per volume.UNCLE BERNAC.A Romance of the Empire.Illustrated.“‘Uncle Bernac’ is for a truth Dr. Doyle’s Napoleon. Viewed as a picture of the little man in the gray coat, it must rank before anything he has written. The fascination of it is extraordinary.”—London Daily Chronicle.“From the opening pages the clear and energetic telling of the story never falters and our attention never flags.”—London Observer.RODNEY STONE.Illustrated.“A remarkable book, worthy of the pen that gave us ‘The White Company,’ ‘Micah Clarke,’ and other notable romances.”—London Daily News.“A notable and very brilliant work of genius.”—London Speaker.“‘Rodney Stone’ is, in our judgment, distinctly the best of Dr. Conan Doyle’s novels.... There are few descriptions in fiction that can vie with that race upon the Brighton road.”—London Times.THE EXPLOITS OF BRIGADIER GERARD.A Romance of the Life of a Typical Napoleonic Soldier.Illustrated.“The brigadier is brave, resolute, amorous, loyal, chivalrous; never was a foe more ardent in battle, more clement in victory, or more ready at need.... Gallantry, humor, martial gayety, moving incident, make up a really delightful book.”—London Times.“May be set down without reservation as the most thoroughly enjoyable book that Dr. Doyle has ever published.”—Boston Beacon.THE STARK MUNRO LETTERS.Being a Series of Twelve Letters written by STARKMUNRO, M. B., to his friend and former fellow-student, Herbert Swanborough, of Lowell, Massachusetts, during the years 1881–1884. Illustrated.“Cullingworth,... a much more interesting creation than Sherlock Holmes, and I pray Dr. Doyle to give us more of him.”—Richard le Gallienne, in the London Star.“‘The Stark Munro Letters’ is a bit of real literature.... Its reading will be an epoch-making event in many a life.”—Philadelphia Evening Telegraph.ROUND THE RED LAMP.Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life.“Too much can not be said in praise of these strong productions, that to read keep one’s heart leaping to the throat, and the mind in a tumult of anticipation to the end.... No series of short stories in modern literature can approach them.”—Hartford Times.“If Dr. A. Conan Doyle had not already placed himself in the front rank of living English writers by ‘The Refugees,’ and other of his larger stories, he would surely do so by these fifteen short tales.”—New York Mail and Express.

BYA. CONAN DOYLE,

Uniform edition. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50 per volume.

UNCLE BERNAC.A Romance of the Empire.

Illustrated.

“‘Uncle Bernac’ is for a truth Dr. Doyle’s Napoleon. Viewed as a picture of the little man in the gray coat, it must rank before anything he has written. The fascination of it is extraordinary.”—London Daily Chronicle.

“From the opening pages the clear and energetic telling of the story never falters and our attention never flags.”—London Observer.

RODNEY STONE.Illustrated.

“A remarkable book, worthy of the pen that gave us ‘The White Company,’ ‘Micah Clarke,’ and other notable romances.”—London Daily News.

“A notable and very brilliant work of genius.”—London Speaker.

“‘Rodney Stone’ is, in our judgment, distinctly the best of Dr. Conan Doyle’s novels.... There are few descriptions in fiction that can vie with that race upon the Brighton road.”—London Times.

THE EXPLOITS OF BRIGADIER GERARD.A Romance of the Life of a Typical Napoleonic Soldier.Illustrated.

“The brigadier is brave, resolute, amorous, loyal, chivalrous; never was a foe more ardent in battle, more clement in victory, or more ready at need.... Gallantry, humor, martial gayety, moving incident, make up a really delightful book.”—London Times.

“May be set down without reservation as the most thoroughly enjoyable book that Dr. Doyle has ever published.”—Boston Beacon.

THE STARK MUNRO LETTERS.Being a Series of Twelve Letters written by STARKMUNRO, M. B., to his friend and former fellow-student, Herbert Swanborough, of Lowell, Massachusetts, during the years 1881–1884. Illustrated.

“Cullingworth,... a much more interesting creation than Sherlock Holmes, and I pray Dr. Doyle to give us more of him.”—Richard le Gallienne, in the London Star.

“‘The Stark Munro Letters’ is a bit of real literature.... Its reading will be an epoch-making event in many a life.”—Philadelphia Evening Telegraph.

ROUND THE RED LAMP.Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life.

“Too much can not be said in praise of these strong productions, that to read keep one’s heart leaping to the throat, and the mind in a tumult of anticipation to the end.... No series of short stories in modern literature can approach them.”—Hartford Times.

“If Dr. A. Conan Doyle had not already placed himself in the front rank of living English writers by ‘The Refugees,’ and other of his larger stories, he would surely do so by these fifteen short tales.”—New York Mail and Express.

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BYS. R. CROCKETT.Uniform edition. Each, 12mo, cloth, $1.50.THE STANDARD BEARER.An Historical Romance.“Mr. Crockett’s book is distinctly one ofthebooks of the year. Five months of 1898 have passed without bringing to the reviewers’ desk anything to be compared with it in beauty of description, convincing characterization, absorbing plot and humorous appeal. The freshness and sweet sincerity of the tale are most invigorating, and that the book will be very much read there is no possible doubt.”—Boston Budget.“The book will move to tears, provoke to laughter, stir the blood, and evoke heroisms of history, making the reading of it a delight and the memory of it a stimulus and a joy.”—New York Evangelist.LADS’ LOVE.Illustrated.“It seems to us that there is in this latest product much of the realism of personal experience. However modified and disguised, it is hardly possible to think that the writer’s personality does not present itself in Saunders McQuhirr.... Rarely has the author drawn more truly from life than in the cases of Nance and ‘the Hempie’; never more typical Scotsman of the humble sort than the farmer Peter Chrystie.”—London Athenæum.CLEG KELLY, ARAB OF THE CITY.His Progress and Adventures.Illustrated.“A masterpiece which Mark Twain himself has never rivaled.... If there ever was an ideal character in fiction it is this heroic ragamuffin.”—London Daily Chronicle.“In no one of his books does Mr. Crockett give us a brighter or more graphic picture of contemporary Scotch life than in ‘Cleg Kelly.’... It is one of the great books.”—Boston Daily Advertiser.BOG-MYRTLE AND PEAT.Third edition.“Here are idyls, epics, dramas of human life, written in words that thrill and burn.... Each is a poem that has an immortal flavor. They are fragments of the author’s early dreams, too bright, too gorgeous, too full of the blood of rubies and the life of diamonds to be caught and held palpitating in expression’s grasp.”—Boston Courier.“Hardly a sketch among them all that will not afford pleasure to the reader for its genial humor, artistic local coloring, and admirable portrayal of character.”—Boston Home Journal.THE LILAC SUNBONNET.Eighth edition.“A love story, pure and simple, one of the old fashioned, wholesome, sunshiny kind, with a pure-minded, sound-hearted hero, and a heroine who is merely a good and beautiful woman; and if any other love story half so sweet has been written this year it has escaped our notice.”—New York Times.“The general conception of the story, the motive of which is the growth of love between the young chief and heroine, is delineated with a sweetness and a freshness, a naturalness and a certainty, which places ‘The Lilac Sunbonnet’ among the best stories of the time.”—New York Mail and Express.

BYS. R. CROCKETT.

Uniform edition. Each, 12mo, cloth, $1.50.

THE STANDARD BEARER.An Historical Romance.

“Mr. Crockett’s book is distinctly one ofthebooks of the year. Five months of 1898 have passed without bringing to the reviewers’ desk anything to be compared with it in beauty of description, convincing characterization, absorbing plot and humorous appeal. The freshness and sweet sincerity of the tale are most invigorating, and that the book will be very much read there is no possible doubt.”—Boston Budget.

“The book will move to tears, provoke to laughter, stir the blood, and evoke heroisms of history, making the reading of it a delight and the memory of it a stimulus and a joy.”—New York Evangelist.

LADS’ LOVE.Illustrated.

“It seems to us that there is in this latest product much of the realism of personal experience. However modified and disguised, it is hardly possible to think that the writer’s personality does not present itself in Saunders McQuhirr.... Rarely has the author drawn more truly from life than in the cases of Nance and ‘the Hempie’; never more typical Scotsman of the humble sort than the farmer Peter Chrystie.”—London Athenæum.

CLEG KELLY, ARAB OF THE CITY.His Progress and Adventures.Illustrated.

“A masterpiece which Mark Twain himself has never rivaled.... If there ever was an ideal character in fiction it is this heroic ragamuffin.”—London Daily Chronicle.

“In no one of his books does Mr. Crockett give us a brighter or more graphic picture of contemporary Scotch life than in ‘Cleg Kelly.’... It is one of the great books.”—Boston Daily Advertiser.

BOG-MYRTLE AND PEAT.Third edition.

“Here are idyls, epics, dramas of human life, written in words that thrill and burn.... Each is a poem that has an immortal flavor. They are fragments of the author’s early dreams, too bright, too gorgeous, too full of the blood of rubies and the life of diamonds to be caught and held palpitating in expression’s grasp.”—Boston Courier.

“Hardly a sketch among them all that will not afford pleasure to the reader for its genial humor, artistic local coloring, and admirable portrayal of character.”—Boston Home Journal.

THE LILAC SUNBONNET.Eighth edition.

“A love story, pure and simple, one of the old fashioned, wholesome, sunshiny kind, with a pure-minded, sound-hearted hero, and a heroine who is merely a good and beautiful woman; and if any other love story half so sweet has been written this year it has escaped our notice.”—New York Times.

“The general conception of the story, the motive of which is the growth of love between the young chief and heroine, is delineated with a sweetness and a freshness, a naturalness and a certainty, which places ‘The Lilac Sunbonnet’ among the best stories of the time.”—New York Mail and Express.

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STEPHEN CRANE’S BOOKS.THE THIRD VIOLET.12mo. Cloth, $1.00.“By this latest product of his genius our impression of Mr. Crane is confirmed that, for psychological insight, for dramatic intensity, and for the potency of phrase, he is already in the front rank of English and American writers of fiction, and that he possesses a certain separate quality which places him apart.”—London Academy.“The whole book, from beginning to end, fairly bristles with fun.... It is adapted for pure entertainment, yet it is not easily put down or forgotten.”—Boston Herald.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.

STEPHEN CRANE’S BOOKS.

THE THIRD VIOLET.12mo. Cloth, $1.00.

“By this latest product of his genius our impression of Mr. Crane is confirmed that, for psychological insight, for dramatic intensity, and for the potency of phrase, he is already in the front rank of English and American writers of fiction, and that he possesses a certain separate quality which places him apart.”—London Academy.

“The whole book, from beginning to end, fairly bristles with fun.... It is adapted for pure entertainment, yet it is not easily put down or forgotten.”—Boston Herald.

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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HAMLIN GARLAND’S BOOKS.Uniform edition. Each, 12mo, cloth, $1.25.WAYSIDE COURTSHIPS.“A faithful and an entertaining portrayal of village and rural life in the West.... No one can read this collection of short stories without feeling that he is master of the subject.”—Chicago Journal.“One of the most delightful books of short stories which have come to our notice in a long time.”—Boston Times.“The historian of the plains has done nothing better than this group of Western stories. Wayside courtships they are, but full of tender feeling and breathing a fine, strong sentiment.”—Louisville Times.JASON EDWARDS.An Average Man.“The average man in the industrial ranks is presented in this story in as lifelike a manner as Mr. Bret Harte presented the men in the California mining camps thirty years ago.... A story which will be read with absorbing interest by hundreds of workingmen.”—Boston Herald.A MEMBER OF THE THIRD HOUSE.A Story of Political Warfare.“The work is, in brief, a keen and searching study of lobbies and lobbyists. At least, it is the lobbies that furnish its motive. For the rest, the story is narrated with much power, and the characters of Brennan the smart wire-puller, the millionaire Davis, the reformer Tuttle, and Evelyn Ward are skillfully individualized.... Mr. Garland’s people have this peculiar characteristic, that they have not had a literary world made for them to live in. They seem to move and act in the cold gray light of reality, and in that trying light they are evidently human.”—Chicago Record.A SPOIL OF OFFICE.A Story of the Modern West.“It awakens in the mind a tremendous admiration for an artist who could so find his way through the mists of familiarity to an artistic haven.... In reading ‘A Spoil of Office’ one feels a continuation of interest extending from the fictional into the actual, with no break or divergence. And it seems to be only a question of waiting a day or two ere one will run up against the characters in real life.”ALSO,A LITTLE NORSK;or, Ol’ Pap’s Flaxen.16mo. Boards, 50 cents.“True feeling, the modesty of Nature, and the sure touch of art are the marks of this pure and graphic story, which has added a bright leaf to the author’s laurels.”—Chicago Tribune.“A delightful story, full of humor of the finest kind, genuine pathos, and enthralling in its vivid human interest.”—London Academy.

HAMLIN GARLAND’S BOOKS.

Uniform edition. Each, 12mo, cloth, $1.25.

WAYSIDE COURTSHIPS.

“A faithful and an entertaining portrayal of village and rural life in the West.... No one can read this collection of short stories without feeling that he is master of the subject.”—Chicago Journal.

“One of the most delightful books of short stories which have come to our notice in a long time.”—Boston Times.

“The historian of the plains has done nothing better than this group of Western stories. Wayside courtships they are, but full of tender feeling and breathing a fine, strong sentiment.”—Louisville Times.

JASON EDWARDS.An Average Man.

“The average man in the industrial ranks is presented in this story in as lifelike a manner as Mr. Bret Harte presented the men in the California mining camps thirty years ago.... A story which will be read with absorbing interest by hundreds of workingmen.”—Boston Herald.

A MEMBER OF THE THIRD HOUSE.A Story of Political Warfare.

“The work is, in brief, a keen and searching study of lobbies and lobbyists. At least, it is the lobbies that furnish its motive. For the rest, the story is narrated with much power, and the characters of Brennan the smart wire-puller, the millionaire Davis, the reformer Tuttle, and Evelyn Ward are skillfully individualized.... Mr. Garland’s people have this peculiar characteristic, that they have not had a literary world made for them to live in. They seem to move and act in the cold gray light of reality, and in that trying light they are evidently human.”—Chicago Record.

A SPOIL OF OFFICE.A Story of the Modern West.

“It awakens in the mind a tremendous admiration for an artist who could so find his way through the mists of familiarity to an artistic haven.... In reading ‘A Spoil of Office’ one feels a continuation of interest extending from the fictional into the actual, with no break or divergence. And it seems to be only a question of waiting a day or two ere one will run up against the characters in real life.”

ALSO,

A LITTLE NORSK;or, Ol’ Pap’s Flaxen.16mo. Boards, 50 cents.

“True feeling, the modesty of Nature, and the sure touch of art are the marks of this pure and graphic story, which has added a bright leaf to the author’s laurels.”—Chicago Tribune.

“A delightful story, full of humor of the finest kind, genuine pathos, and enthralling in its vivid human interest.”—London Academy.

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MISS F. F. MONTRÉSOR’S BOOKS.UNIFORM EDITION. EACH, 16MO, CLOTH.AT THE CROSS-ROADS.$1.50.“Miss Montrésor has the skill in writing of Olive Schreiner and Miss Harraden, added to the fullness of knowledge of life which is a chief factor in the success of George Eliot and Mrs. Humphry Ward.... There is as much strength in this book as in a dozen ordinary successful novels.”—London Literary World.“I commend it to all my readers who like a strong, cheerful, beautiful story. It is one of the truly notable books of the season.”—Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.FALSE COIN OR TRUE?$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.$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.$1.50.“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.

MISS F. F. MONTRÉSOR’S BOOKS.

UNIFORM EDITION. EACH, 16MO, CLOTH.

AT THE CROSS-ROADS.$1.50.

“Miss Montrésor has the skill in writing of Olive Schreiner and Miss Harraden, added to the fullness of knowledge of life which is a chief factor in the success of George Eliot and Mrs. Humphry Ward.... There is as much strength in this book as in a dozen ordinary successful novels.”—London Literary World.

“I commend it to all my readers who like a strong, cheerful, beautiful story. It is one of the truly notable books of the season.”—Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.

FALSE COIN OR TRUE?$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.$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.$1.50.

“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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TWO SUCCESSFUL AMERICAN NOVELS.LATITUDE 19 °.A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of our Lord 1820. Being a faithful account and true, of the painful adventures of the Skipper, the Bo’s’n, the Smith, the Mate, and Cynthia. By Mrs. SCHUYLERCROWNINSHIELD. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.“‘Latitude 19 °’ is a novel of incident, of the open air, of the sea, the shore, the mountain eyrie, and of breathing, living entities, who deal with Nature at first hand.... The adventures described are peculiarly novel and interesting.... Packed with incidents, infused with humor and wit, and faithful to the types introduced, this book will surely appeal to the large audience already won, and beget new friends among those who believe in fiction that is healthy without being maudlin, and is strong without losing the truth.”—New York Herald.“A story filled with rapid and exciting action from the first page to the last. A fecundity of invention that never lags, and a judiciously used vein of humor.”—The Critic.“A volume of deep, undeniable charm. A unique book from a fresh, sure, vigorous pen.”—Boston Journal.“Adventurous and romantic enough to satisfy the most exacting reader.... Abounds in situations which make the blood run cold, and yet, full of surprises as it is, one is continually amazed by the plausibility of the main incidents of the narrative.... A very successful effort to portray the sort of adventures that might have taken place in the West Indies seventy five or eighty years ago.... Very entertaining with its dry humor.”—Boston Herald.A HERALD OF THE WEST.An American Story of 1811–1815. By J. A. ALTSHELER, author of “A Soldier of Manhattan” and “The Sun of Saratoga.” 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.“‘A Herald of the West’ is a romance of our history which has not been surpassed in dramatic force, vivid coloring, and historical interest.... In these days when the flush of war has only just passed, the book ought to find thousands of readers, for it teaches patriotism without intolerance, and it shows, what the war with Spain has demonstrated anew, the power of the American people when they are deeply roused by some great wrong.”—San Francisco Chronicle.“The book throughout is extremely well written. It is condensed, vivid, picturesque.... A rattling good story, and unrivaled in fiction for its presentation of the American feeling toward England during our second conflict.”—Boston Herald.“Holds the attention continuously.... The book abounds in thrilling attractions.... It is a solid and dignified acquisition to the romantic literature of our own country, built around facts and real persons.”—Chicago Times-Herald.“In a style that is strong and broad, the author of this timely novel takes up a nascent period of our national history and founds upon it a story of absorbing interest.”—Philadelphia Item.“Mr. Altsheler has given us an accurate as well as picturesque portrayal of the social and political conditions which prevailed in the republic in the era made famous by the second war with Great Britain.”—Brooklyn Eagle.

TWO SUCCESSFUL AMERICAN NOVELS.

LATITUDE 19 °.A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of our Lord 1820. Being a faithful account and true, of the painful adventures of the Skipper, the Bo’s’n, the Smith, the Mate, and Cynthia. By Mrs. SCHUYLERCROWNINSHIELD. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.

“‘Latitude 19 °’ is a novel of incident, of the open air, of the sea, the shore, the mountain eyrie, and of breathing, living entities, who deal with Nature at first hand.... The adventures described are peculiarly novel and interesting.... Packed with incidents, infused with humor and wit, and faithful to the types introduced, this book will surely appeal to the large audience already won, and beget new friends among those who believe in fiction that is healthy without being maudlin, and is strong without losing the truth.”—New York Herald.

“A story filled with rapid and exciting action from the first page to the last. A fecundity of invention that never lags, and a judiciously used vein of humor.”—The Critic.

“A volume of deep, undeniable charm. A unique book from a fresh, sure, vigorous pen.”—Boston Journal.

“Adventurous and romantic enough to satisfy the most exacting reader.... Abounds in situations which make the blood run cold, and yet, full of surprises as it is, one is continually amazed by the plausibility of the main incidents of the narrative.... A very successful effort to portray the sort of adventures that might have taken place in the West Indies seventy five or eighty years ago.... Very entertaining with its dry humor.”—Boston Herald.

A HERALD OF THE WEST.An American Story of 1811–1815. By J. A. ALTSHELER, author of “A Soldier of Manhattan” and “The Sun of Saratoga.” 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.

“‘A Herald of the West’ is a romance of our history which has not been surpassed in dramatic force, vivid coloring, and historical interest.... In these days when the flush of war has only just passed, the book ought to find thousands of readers, for it teaches patriotism without intolerance, and it shows, what the war with Spain has demonstrated anew, the power of the American people when they are deeply roused by some great wrong.”—San Francisco Chronicle.

“The book throughout is extremely well written. It is condensed, vivid, picturesque.... A rattling good story, and unrivaled in fiction for its presentation of the American feeling toward England during our second conflict.”—Boston Herald.

“Holds the attention continuously.... The book abounds in thrilling attractions.... It is a solid and dignified acquisition to the romantic literature of our own country, built around facts and real persons.”—Chicago Times-Herald.

“In a style that is strong and broad, the author of this timely novel takes up a nascent period of our national history and founds upon it a story of absorbing interest.”—Philadelphia Item.

“Mr. Altsheler has given us an accurate as well as picturesque portrayal of the social and political conditions which prevailed in the republic in the era made famous by the second war with Great Britain.”—Brooklyn Eagle.

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