The Road to Paris:A STORY OF ADVENTURE. (25th thousand.) Illustrated by H. C. Edwards.Library 12mo, cloth . . . $1.50An historical romance of the 18th century, being an account of the life of an American gentleman adventurer of Jacobite ancestry, whose family early settled in the colony of Pennsylvania.A Gentleman Player:HIS ADVENTURES ON A SECRET MISSION FOR QUEEN ELIZABETH. (38th thousand.) Illustrated by Frank T. Merrill.Library 12mo, cloth . . . $1.50"A Gentleman Player" is a romance of the Elizabethan period. It relates the story of a young gentleman who, in the reign of Elizabeth, falls so low in his fortune that he joins Shakespeare's company of players, and becomes a friend and protégé of the great poet.WORKS OFCHARLES G. D. ROBERTSBarbara Ladd.With four illustrations by Frank Verbeck.Library 12mo, gilt top . . . $1.50"From the opening chapter to the final page Mr. Roberts lures us on by his rapt devotion to the changing aspects of Nature and by his keen and sympathetic analysis of human character."—Boston Transcript.The Kindred of the Wild.A BOOK OF ANIMAL LIFE. With fifty-one full-page plates and many decorations from drawings by Charles Livingston Bull.Small quarto, decorative cover . . . $2.00"Professor Roberts has caught wonderfully the elusive individualities of which he writes. His animal stories are marvels of sympathetic science and literary exactness. Bound with the superb illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull, they make a volume which charms, entertains, and informs."—New York World."... Is in many ways the most brilliant collection of animal stories that has appeared ... well named and well done."—John Burroughs.The Forge in the Forest.Being the Narrative of the Acadian Ranger, Jean de Mer, Seigneur de Briart, and how he crossed the Black Abbé, and of his Adventures in a Strange Fellowship. Illustrated by Henry Sandham, R.C.A.Library 12mo, cloth, gilt top . . . $1.50A romance of the convulsive period of the struggle between the French and English for the possession of North America. The story is one of pure love and heroic adventure, and deals with that fiery fringe of conflict that waved between Nova Scotia and New England. The Expulsion of the Acadians is foreshadowed in these brilliant pages, and the part of the "Black Abbé's" intrigues in precipitating that catastrophe is shown.The Heart of the Ancient Wood.With six illustrations by James L. Weston.Library 12mo, decorative cover . . . $1.50"One of the most fascinating novels of recent days."—Boston Journal."A classic twentieth-century romance."—New York Commercial Advertiser.A Sister to Evangeline.Being the story of Yvonne de Lamourie, and how she went into Exile with the Villagers of Grand Pré.Library 12mo, cloth, gilt top, illustrated . . . $1.50This is a romance of the great expulsion of the Acadians, which Longfellow first immortalized in "Evangeline." Swift action, fresh atmosphere, wholesome purity, deep passion, searching analysis, characterize this strong novel.By the Marshes of Minas.Library 12mo, cloth, gilt top, illustrated . . . $1.50This is a volume of romance, of love and adventure in that picturesque period when Nova Scotia was passing from the French to the English regime. Each tale is independent of the others, but the scenes are similar, and in several of them the evil "Black Abbé"," well known from the author's previous novels, again appears with his savages at his heels—but to be thwarted always by woman's wit or soldier's courage.Earth's Enigmas.A new edition, with the addition of three new stories, and ten illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull.Library 12mo, cloth, uncut edges . . . $1.50"Throughout the volume runs that subtle questioning of the cruel, predatory side of nature which suggests the general title of the book. In certain cases it is the picture of savage nature ravening for food—for death to preserve life; in others it is the secret symbolism of woods and waters prophesying of evils and misadventures to come. All this does not mean, however, that Mr. Roberts is either pessimistic or morbid—it is nature in his books after all, wholesome in her cruel moods as in her tender."—The New York Independent.WORKS OFLILIAN BELLHope Loring.Illustrated by Frank T. Merrill.Library 12mo, cloth, decorative cover . . . $1.50"Lilian Bell's new novel, 'Hope Loring,' does for the American girl in fiction what Gibson has done for her in art."Tall, slender, and athletic, fragile-looking, yet with nerves and sinews of steel under the velvet flesh, frank as a boy and tender and beautiful as a woman, free and independent, yet not bold—such is 'Hope Loring,' by long odds the subtlest study that has yet been made of the American girl."—Dorothy Dix, in the New York American.Abroad with the Jimmies.With a portrait, in duogravure, of the author.Library 12mo, cloth, decorative cover . . . $1.50"A deliciously fresh, graphic book. The writer is so original and unspoiled that her point of view has value."—Mary Hartwell Catherwood."Full of ozone, of snap, of ginger, of swing and momentum."—Chicago Evening Post."... Is one of her best and cleverest novels ... filled to the brim with amusing incidents and experiences. This vivacious narrative needs no commendation to the readers of Miss Bell's well-known earlier books."—N. Y. Press.The Interference of Patricia.With a frontispiece from drawing by Frank T. Merrill.Small 12mo, cloth, decorative cover . . . $1.00"There is life and action and brilliancy and dash and cleverness and a keen appreciation of business ways in this story."—Grand Rapids Herald."A story full of keen and flashing satire."—Chicago Record-Herald.A Book Of Girls.With a frontispiece.Small 12mo, cloth, decorative cover . . . $1.00"The stories are all eventful and have effective humor."—New York Sun."Lilian Bell surely understands girls, for she depicts all the variations of girl nature so charmingly."—Chicago Journal.The above two volumes boxed in special holiday dress, per set, $2.50.The Red Triangle.Being some further chronicles of Martin Hewitt, investigator. By ARTHUR MORRISON, author of "The Hole in the Wall," "Tales of Mean Streets," etc.Library 12mo, cloth decorative . . . $1.50This is a genuine, straightforward detective story of the kind that keeps the reader on thequi vive. Martin Hewitt, investigator, might well have studied his methods from Sherlock Holmes, so searching and successful are they."Better than Sherlock Holmes."—New York Tribune."The reader who has a grain of fancy or imagination may be defied to lay this book down, once he has begun it, until the last word has been reached."—Philadelphia North American."If you like a good detective story you will enjoy this."—Brooklyn Eagle."We have found 'The Red Triangle' a book of absorbing interest."—Rochester Herald."Will be eagerly read by every one who likes a tale of mystery."—The Scotsman, England.Prince Hagen.By UPTON SINCLAIR, author of "King Midas," etc.Library 12mo, cloth decorative . . . . $1.50In this book Mr. Sinclair has written a satire of the first order—one worthy to be compared with Swift's biting tirades against the follies and abuses of mankind."A telling satire on politics and society in modern New York."—Philadelphia Public Ledger."The book has a living vitality and is a strong depiction of political New York."—Bookseller, Newsdealer, and Stationer.The Silent Maid.By FREDERIC W. PANGBORN.Large 16mo, cloth decorative, with a frontispiece by Frank T. Merrill . . . $1.00A dainty and delicate legend of the brave days of old, of sprites and pixies, of trolls and gnomes, of ruthless barons and noble knights. "The Silent Maid" herself, with her strange bewitchment and wondrous song, is equalled only by Undine in charm and mystery."Seldom does one find a short tale so idyllic in tone and so fanciful in motive. The book shows great delicacy of imagination."—The Criterion.The Spoilsmen.By ELLIOTT FLOWER, author of "Policeman Flynn," etc.Library 12mo, cloth . . . $1.50"The best one may hear of 'The Spoilsmen' will be none too good. As a wide-awake, snappy, brilliant political story it has few equals, its title-page being stamped with that elusive mark, 'success.' One should not miss a word of a book like this at a time like this and in a world of politics like this."—Boston Transcript."Elliott Flower, whose 'Policeman Flynn' attested his acquaintance with certain characteristic aspects of the American city, has written a novel of municipal politics, which should interest many readers.... The characters are obviously suggested by certain actual figures in local politics, and while the conditions he depicts are general in large cities in the United States, they will be unusually familiar to local readers.... Ned Bell, the 'Old Man,' or political boss; Billy Ryan, his lieutenant; 'Rainbow John,' the alderman, are likely to be identified.... and other personages of the story are traceable to their prototypes."—Chicago Evening Post.Stephen Holton.By CHARLES FELTON PIDGIN, author of "Quincy Adams Sawyer," "Blennerhassett," etc. The frontispiece is a portrait of the hero by Frank T. Merrill.One vol., library 12mo, cloth, gilt top . . . $1.50"In the delineation of rural life, the author shows that intimate sympathy which distinguished his first success, 'Quincy Adams Sawyer.'"—Boston Daily Advertiser."'Stephen Holton' stands as his best achievement."—Detroit Free Press."New England's common life seems a favorite material for this sterling author, who in this particular instance mixes his colors with masterly skill."—Boston Globe.Asa Holmes;OR, AT THE CROSS-ROADS. A Sketch of Country Life and Country Humor. By ANNIE FELLOWS JOHNSTON. With a frontispiece by Ernest Fosbery.Large 16mo, cloth, gilt top . . . $1.00"'Asa Holmes; or, At the Cross-Roads' is the most delightful, most sympathetic and wholesome book that has been published in a long while. The lovable, cheerful, touching incidents, the descriptions of persons and things are wonderfully true to nature."—Boston Times.A Daughter Of Thespis.By JOHN D. BARRY, author of "The Intriguers," "Mademoiselle Blanche," etc.Library 12mo, cloth decorative . . . $1.50"I should say that 'A Daughter of Thespis' seemed so honest about actors and acting that it made you feel as if the stage had never been truly written about before."—W. D. Howells, in Harper's Weekly."This story of the experiences of Evelyn Johnson, actress, may be praised just because it is so true and so wholly free from melodrama and the claptrap which we have come to think inseparable from any narrative which has to do with theatrical experiences."—Professor Harry Thurston Peck, of Columbia University."Certainly written from a close and shrewd observation of stage life."—Chicago Record-Herald.The Golden Dog:A ROMANCE OF QUEBEC. By WILLIAM KIRBY. New authorized edition, printed from new plates. Illustrated by J. W. Kennedy.One vol., library 12mo, cloth . . . $1.25"A powerful romance of love, intrigue, and adventure in the times of Louis XV. and Madame de Pompadour, when the French colonies were making their great struggle to retain for an ungrateful court the fairest jewels in the colonial diadem of France. It is a most masterly picture of the cruelties and the jealousies of a maiden, Angelique des Melloises—fair as an angel and murderous as Medea. Mr. Kirby has shown how false prides and ambitions stalked abroad at this time, how they entered the heart of man to work his destruction, and particularly how they influenced a beautiful demon in female form to continued vengeances."—Boston Herald.The Last Word. By ALICE MACGOWAN. Illustrated with seven portraits of the heroine.Library 12mo, cloth, gilt top . . . $1.50"When one receives full measure to overflowing of delight in a tender, charming, and wholly fascinating new piece of fiction, the enthusiasm is apt to come uppermost. Miss MacGowan has been known before, but her best gift has here declared itself."—Louisville Post."The story begins and ends in Western Texas. Between chapters, there is the ostensible autobiography of a girl who makes her way in New York journalism. Out of it all comes a book, vivid, bright, original—one of a kind and the kind most welcome to readers of the hitherto conventional."—New York World.The Captain's Wife.By W. CLARK RUSSELL, author of "The Wreck of the Grosvenor." With a frontispiece by C. H. Dunton.Library 12mo, cloth decorative . . . $1.50"Mr. Russell's descriptions of the sea are vivid and full of color, and he brings home to the reader the feeling that he is looking upon the real thing drawn by one who has seen the scenes and writes from knowledge."—Brooklyn Eagle."Every page is readable and exciting."—Baltimore Herald."This story may be considered as one of the best of his excellent tales of the sea."—Chicago Post."There are suggestions of Marryat in it, and reminders of Charles Reade, but mostly it is Clark Russell, with his delightful descriptions and irresistible sea yarns."—Phila. North American.The Mate of the Good Ship York.By W. CLARK RUSSELL, author of "The Wreck of the Grosvenor," etc. With a frontispiece by C. H. Dunton.Library 12mo, cloth decorative . . . $1.50"One of the breeziest, most absorbing books that have come to our table is W. Clark Russell's 'The Mate of the Good Ship York.'"—Buffalo Commercial."For a rousing, absorbing, and, withal, a truthful tale of the sea, commend me to W. Clark Russell. His novel, 'The Mate of the Good Ship York,' is one of the best, and the love romance that runs through it will be appreciated by every one."—Philadelphia North American."Romantic adventures, hairbreadth escapes, and astounding achievements keep things spinning at a lively rate and hold the reader's attention throughout the breezy narrative."—Toledo Blade.The Golden Kingdom.By ANDREW BALFOUR, author of "Vengeance Is Mine," "To Arms!" etc.Library 12mo, cloth decorative . . . $1.50This is a story of adventure on land and sea, beginning in England and ending in South Africa, in the last days of the seventeenth century. The scheme of the tale at once puts the reader in mind of Stevenson's "Treasure Island.""Every one imbued with the spirit of adventure and with a broad imaginative faculty will want to read this tale."—Boston Transcript."'The Golden Kingdom' is the rarest adventure book of them all."—N. Y. World.The Schemers: A Tale of Modern Life.By EDWARD F. HARKINS, author of "Little Pilgrimages Among the Men Who Have Written Famous Books," etc. With a frontispiece by Ernest Fosbery.Library 12mo, cloth . . . $1.50A story of a new and real phase of social life in Boston, skilfully and daringly handled. There is plenty of life and color abounding, and a diversity of characters—shop-girls, society belles, men about town, city politicians, and others. The various schemers and their schemes will be followed with interest, and there will be some discerning readers who may claim to recognize in certain points of the story certain happenings in the shopping and the society circles of the Hub."A faithful delineation of real shop-girl life."—Milwaukee Sentinel."This comes nearer to the actual life of a modern American city, with all its complexities, than any other work of American fiction. The book shows an unusual power of observation and a still more unusual power to concentrate and interpret what is observed."—St. Louis Star.The Promotion of The Admiral.By MORLEY ROBERTS, author of "The Colossus," "The Fugitives," "Sons of Empire," etc.Library 12mo, cloth decorative, illustrated . . . $1.50This volume contains half a dozen stories of sea life,—fresh, racy, and bracing,—all laid in America,—stories full of rollicking, jolly, sea-dog humor, tempered to the keen edge of wit."If any one writes better sea stories than Mr. Roberts, we don't know who it is; and if there is a better sea story of its kind than this it would be a joy to have the pleasure of reading it."—New York Sun."To read these stories is a tonic for the mind; the stories are gems, and for pith and vigor of description they are unequalled."—New York Commercial Advertiser."There is a hearty laugh in every one of these stories."—The Reader."Mr. Roberts treats the life of the sea in a way that is intensely real and intensely human."—Milwaukee Sentinel."The author knows his sea men from A to Z."—Philadelphia North American.*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOKLADY PENELOPE***
The Road to Paris:A STORY OF ADVENTURE. (25th thousand.) Illustrated by H. C. Edwards.
Library 12mo, cloth . . . $1.50
An historical romance of the 18th century, being an account of the life of an American gentleman adventurer of Jacobite ancestry, whose family early settled in the colony of Pennsylvania.
A Gentleman Player:HIS ADVENTURES ON A SECRET MISSION FOR QUEEN ELIZABETH. (38th thousand.) Illustrated by Frank T. Merrill.
Library 12mo, cloth . . . $1.50
"A Gentleman Player" is a romance of the Elizabethan period. It relates the story of a young gentleman who, in the reign of Elizabeth, falls so low in his fortune that he joins Shakespeare's company of players, and becomes a friend and protégé of the great poet.
WORKS OFCHARLES G. D. ROBERTS
Barbara Ladd.With four illustrations by Frank Verbeck.
Library 12mo, gilt top . . . $1.50
"From the opening chapter to the final page Mr. Roberts lures us on by his rapt devotion to the changing aspects of Nature and by his keen and sympathetic analysis of human character."—Boston Transcript.
The Kindred of the Wild.A BOOK OF ANIMAL LIFE. With fifty-one full-page plates and many decorations from drawings by Charles Livingston Bull.
Small quarto, decorative cover . . . $2.00
"Professor Roberts has caught wonderfully the elusive individualities of which he writes. His animal stories are marvels of sympathetic science and literary exactness. Bound with the superb illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull, they make a volume which charms, entertains, and informs."—New York World.
"... Is in many ways the most brilliant collection of animal stories that has appeared ... well named and well done."—John Burroughs.
The Forge in the Forest.Being the Narrative of the Acadian Ranger, Jean de Mer, Seigneur de Briart, and how he crossed the Black Abbé, and of his Adventures in a Strange Fellowship. Illustrated by Henry Sandham, R.C.A.
Library 12mo, cloth, gilt top . . . $1.50
A romance of the convulsive period of the struggle between the French and English for the possession of North America. The story is one of pure love and heroic adventure, and deals with that fiery fringe of conflict that waved between Nova Scotia and New England. The Expulsion of the Acadians is foreshadowed in these brilliant pages, and the part of the "Black Abbé's" intrigues in precipitating that catastrophe is shown.
The Heart of the Ancient Wood.With six illustrations by James L. Weston.
Library 12mo, decorative cover . . . $1.50
"One of the most fascinating novels of recent days."—Boston Journal.
"A classic twentieth-century romance."—New York Commercial Advertiser.
A Sister to Evangeline.Being the story of Yvonne de Lamourie, and how she went into Exile with the Villagers of Grand Pré.
Library 12mo, cloth, gilt top, illustrated . . . $1.50
This is a romance of the great expulsion of the Acadians, which Longfellow first immortalized in "Evangeline." Swift action, fresh atmosphere, wholesome purity, deep passion, searching analysis, characterize this strong novel.
By the Marshes of Minas.
Library 12mo, cloth, gilt top, illustrated . . . $1.50
This is a volume of romance, of love and adventure in that picturesque period when Nova Scotia was passing from the French to the English regime. Each tale is independent of the others, but the scenes are similar, and in several of them the evil "Black Abbé"," well known from the author's previous novels, again appears with his savages at his heels—but to be thwarted always by woman's wit or soldier's courage.
Earth's Enigmas.A new edition, with the addition of three new stories, and ten illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull.
Library 12mo, cloth, uncut edges . . . $1.50
"Throughout the volume runs that subtle questioning of the cruel, predatory side of nature which suggests the general title of the book. In certain cases it is the picture of savage nature ravening for food—for death to preserve life; in others it is the secret symbolism of woods and waters prophesying of evils and misadventures to come. All this does not mean, however, that Mr. Roberts is either pessimistic or morbid—it is nature in his books after all, wholesome in her cruel moods as in her tender."—The New York Independent.
WORKS OFLILIAN BELL
Hope Loring.Illustrated by Frank T. Merrill.
Library 12mo, cloth, decorative cover . . . $1.50
"Lilian Bell's new novel, 'Hope Loring,' does for the American girl in fiction what Gibson has done for her in art.
"Tall, slender, and athletic, fragile-looking, yet with nerves and sinews of steel under the velvet flesh, frank as a boy and tender and beautiful as a woman, free and independent, yet not bold—such is 'Hope Loring,' by long odds the subtlest study that has yet been made of the American girl."—Dorothy Dix, in the New York American.
Abroad with the Jimmies.With a portrait, in duogravure, of the author.
Library 12mo, cloth, decorative cover . . . $1.50
"A deliciously fresh, graphic book. The writer is so original and unspoiled that her point of view has value."—Mary Hartwell Catherwood.
"Full of ozone, of snap, of ginger, of swing and momentum."—Chicago Evening Post.
"... Is one of her best and cleverest novels ... filled to the brim with amusing incidents and experiences. This vivacious narrative needs no commendation to the readers of Miss Bell's well-known earlier books."—N. Y. Press.
The Interference of Patricia.With a frontispiece from drawing by Frank T. Merrill.
Small 12mo, cloth, decorative cover . . . $1.00
"There is life and action and brilliancy and dash and cleverness and a keen appreciation of business ways in this story."—Grand Rapids Herald.
"A story full of keen and flashing satire."—Chicago Record-Herald.
A Book Of Girls.With a frontispiece.
Small 12mo, cloth, decorative cover . . . $1.00
"The stories are all eventful and have effective humor."—New York Sun.
"Lilian Bell surely understands girls, for she depicts all the variations of girl nature so charmingly."—Chicago Journal.
The above two volumes boxed in special holiday dress, per set, $2.50.
The Red Triangle.Being some further chronicles of Martin Hewitt, investigator. By ARTHUR MORRISON, author of "The Hole in the Wall," "Tales of Mean Streets," etc.
Library 12mo, cloth decorative . . . $1.50
This is a genuine, straightforward detective story of the kind that keeps the reader on thequi vive. Martin Hewitt, investigator, might well have studied his methods from Sherlock Holmes, so searching and successful are they.
"Better than Sherlock Holmes."—New York Tribune.
"The reader who has a grain of fancy or imagination may be defied to lay this book down, once he has begun it, until the last word has been reached."—Philadelphia North American.
"If you like a good detective story you will enjoy this."—Brooklyn Eagle.
"We have found 'The Red Triangle' a book of absorbing interest."—Rochester Herald.
"Will be eagerly read by every one who likes a tale of mystery."—The Scotsman, England.
Prince Hagen.By UPTON SINCLAIR, author of "King Midas," etc.
Library 12mo, cloth decorative . . . . $1.50
In this book Mr. Sinclair has written a satire of the first order—one worthy to be compared with Swift's biting tirades against the follies and abuses of mankind.
"A telling satire on politics and society in modern New York."—Philadelphia Public Ledger.
"The book has a living vitality and is a strong depiction of political New York."—Bookseller, Newsdealer, and Stationer.
The Silent Maid.By FREDERIC W. PANGBORN.
Large 16mo, cloth decorative, with a frontispiece by Frank T. Merrill . . . $1.00
A dainty and delicate legend of the brave days of old, of sprites and pixies, of trolls and gnomes, of ruthless barons and noble knights. "The Silent Maid" herself, with her strange bewitchment and wondrous song, is equalled only by Undine in charm and mystery.
"Seldom does one find a short tale so idyllic in tone and so fanciful in motive. The book shows great delicacy of imagination."—The Criterion.
The Spoilsmen.By ELLIOTT FLOWER, author of "Policeman Flynn," etc.
Library 12mo, cloth . . . $1.50
"The best one may hear of 'The Spoilsmen' will be none too good. As a wide-awake, snappy, brilliant political story it has few equals, its title-page being stamped with that elusive mark, 'success.' One should not miss a word of a book like this at a time like this and in a world of politics like this."—Boston Transcript.
"Elliott Flower, whose 'Policeman Flynn' attested his acquaintance with certain characteristic aspects of the American city, has written a novel of municipal politics, which should interest many readers.... The characters are obviously suggested by certain actual figures in local politics, and while the conditions he depicts are general in large cities in the United States, they will be unusually familiar to local readers.... Ned Bell, the 'Old Man,' or political boss; Billy Ryan, his lieutenant; 'Rainbow John,' the alderman, are likely to be identified.... and other personages of the story are traceable to their prototypes."—Chicago Evening Post.
Stephen Holton.By CHARLES FELTON PIDGIN, author of "Quincy Adams Sawyer," "Blennerhassett," etc. The frontispiece is a portrait of the hero by Frank T. Merrill.
One vol., library 12mo, cloth, gilt top . . . $1.50
"In the delineation of rural life, the author shows that intimate sympathy which distinguished his first success, 'Quincy Adams Sawyer.'"—Boston Daily Advertiser.
"'Stephen Holton' stands as his best achievement."—Detroit Free Press.
"New England's common life seems a favorite material for this sterling author, who in this particular instance mixes his colors with masterly skill."—Boston Globe.
Asa Holmes;OR, AT THE CROSS-ROADS. A Sketch of Country Life and Country Humor. By ANNIE FELLOWS JOHNSTON. With a frontispiece by Ernest Fosbery.
Large 16mo, cloth, gilt top . . . $1.00
"'Asa Holmes; or, At the Cross-Roads' is the most delightful, most sympathetic and wholesome book that has been published in a long while. The lovable, cheerful, touching incidents, the descriptions of persons and things are wonderfully true to nature."—Boston Times.
A Daughter Of Thespis.By JOHN D. BARRY, author of "The Intriguers," "Mademoiselle Blanche," etc.
Library 12mo, cloth decorative . . . $1.50
"I should say that 'A Daughter of Thespis' seemed so honest about actors and acting that it made you feel as if the stage had never been truly written about before."—W. D. Howells, in Harper's Weekly.
"This story of the experiences of Evelyn Johnson, actress, may be praised just because it is so true and so wholly free from melodrama and the claptrap which we have come to think inseparable from any narrative which has to do with theatrical experiences."—Professor Harry Thurston Peck, of Columbia University.
"Certainly written from a close and shrewd observation of stage life."—Chicago Record-Herald.
The Golden Dog:A ROMANCE OF QUEBEC. By WILLIAM KIRBY. New authorized edition, printed from new plates. Illustrated by J. W. Kennedy.
One vol., library 12mo, cloth . . . $1.25
"A powerful romance of love, intrigue, and adventure in the times of Louis XV. and Madame de Pompadour, when the French colonies were making their great struggle to retain for an ungrateful court the fairest jewels in the colonial diadem of France. It is a most masterly picture of the cruelties and the jealousies of a maiden, Angelique des Melloises—fair as an angel and murderous as Medea. Mr. Kirby has shown how false prides and ambitions stalked abroad at this time, how they entered the heart of man to work his destruction, and particularly how they influenced a beautiful demon in female form to continued vengeances."—Boston Herald.
The Last Word. By ALICE MACGOWAN. Illustrated with seven portraits of the heroine.
Library 12mo, cloth, gilt top . . . $1.50
"When one receives full measure to overflowing of delight in a tender, charming, and wholly fascinating new piece of fiction, the enthusiasm is apt to come uppermost. Miss MacGowan has been known before, but her best gift has here declared itself."—Louisville Post.
"The story begins and ends in Western Texas. Between chapters, there is the ostensible autobiography of a girl who makes her way in New York journalism. Out of it all comes a book, vivid, bright, original—one of a kind and the kind most welcome to readers of the hitherto conventional."—New York World.
The Captain's Wife.By W. CLARK RUSSELL, author of "The Wreck of the Grosvenor." With a frontispiece by C. H. Dunton.
Library 12mo, cloth decorative . . . $1.50
"Mr. Russell's descriptions of the sea are vivid and full of color, and he brings home to the reader the feeling that he is looking upon the real thing drawn by one who has seen the scenes and writes from knowledge."—Brooklyn Eagle.
"Every page is readable and exciting."—Baltimore Herald.
"This story may be considered as one of the best of his excellent tales of the sea."—Chicago Post.
"There are suggestions of Marryat in it, and reminders of Charles Reade, but mostly it is Clark Russell, with his delightful descriptions and irresistible sea yarns."—Phila. North American.
The Mate of the Good Ship York.By W. CLARK RUSSELL, author of "The Wreck of the Grosvenor," etc. With a frontispiece by C. H. Dunton.
Library 12mo, cloth decorative . . . $1.50
"One of the breeziest, most absorbing books that have come to our table is W. Clark Russell's 'The Mate of the Good Ship York.'"—Buffalo Commercial.
"For a rousing, absorbing, and, withal, a truthful tale of the sea, commend me to W. Clark Russell. His novel, 'The Mate of the Good Ship York,' is one of the best, and the love romance that runs through it will be appreciated by every one."—Philadelphia North American.
"Romantic adventures, hairbreadth escapes, and astounding achievements keep things spinning at a lively rate and hold the reader's attention throughout the breezy narrative."—Toledo Blade.
The Golden Kingdom.By ANDREW BALFOUR, author of "Vengeance Is Mine," "To Arms!" etc.
Library 12mo, cloth decorative . . . $1.50
This is a story of adventure on land and sea, beginning in England and ending in South Africa, in the last days of the seventeenth century. The scheme of the tale at once puts the reader in mind of Stevenson's "Treasure Island."
"Every one imbued with the spirit of adventure and with a broad imaginative faculty will want to read this tale."—Boston Transcript.
"'The Golden Kingdom' is the rarest adventure book of them all."—N. Y. World.
The Schemers: A Tale of Modern Life.
By EDWARD F. HARKINS, author of "Little Pilgrimages Among the Men Who Have Written Famous Books," etc. With a frontispiece by Ernest Fosbery.
Library 12mo, cloth . . . $1.50
A story of a new and real phase of social life in Boston, skilfully and daringly handled. There is plenty of life and color abounding, and a diversity of characters—shop-girls, society belles, men about town, city politicians, and others. The various schemers and their schemes will be followed with interest, and there will be some discerning readers who may claim to recognize in certain points of the story certain happenings in the shopping and the society circles of the Hub.
"A faithful delineation of real shop-girl life."—Milwaukee Sentinel.
"This comes nearer to the actual life of a modern American city, with all its complexities, than any other work of American fiction. The book shows an unusual power of observation and a still more unusual power to concentrate and interpret what is observed."—St. Louis Star.
The Promotion of The Admiral.By MORLEY ROBERTS, author of "The Colossus," "The Fugitives," "Sons of Empire," etc.
Library 12mo, cloth decorative, illustrated . . . $1.50
This volume contains half a dozen stories of sea life,—fresh, racy, and bracing,—all laid in America,—stories full of rollicking, jolly, sea-dog humor, tempered to the keen edge of wit.
"If any one writes better sea stories than Mr. Roberts, we don't know who it is; and if there is a better sea story of its kind than this it would be a joy to have the pleasure of reading it."—New York Sun.
"To read these stories is a tonic for the mind; the stories are gems, and for pith and vigor of description they are unequalled."—New York Commercial Advertiser.
"There is a hearty laugh in every one of these stories."—The Reader.
"Mr. Roberts treats the life of the sea in a way that is intensely real and intensely human."—Milwaukee Sentinel.
"The author knows his sea men from A to Z."—Philadelphia North American.
*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOKLADY PENELOPE***