"He is an artist, a born story-teller and colourist, imaginative and dramatic, virile and vivid."
"He is an artist, a born story-teller and colourist, imaginative and dramatic, virile and vivid."
His wide range as a traveller has contributed doubtless to another characteristic quality:—
"... his strength in unexcelled portraits of odd characters and his magical skill in seeming to make his readers witnesses of the spectacles."
"... his strength in unexcelled portraits of odd characters and his magical skill in seeming to make his readers witnesses of the spectacles."
His intimate knowledge of many countries has resulted in an unequalled series of brilliant romances, including varied characters from the old families of Rome, the glassblowers of Venice, the silversmiths of Rome, the cigarette makers of Munich, the court of old Madrid, the Turks of Stamboul and the Bosphorus, simple sailors on the coast of Spain, Americans of modern New York and Bar Harbor, to Crusaders of the twelfth century. But whether the scene be in modern India, rural England, the Black Forest, or the palaces of Babylon, the story seizes on the imagination and fascinates the reader.
"The romantic reader will find here a tale of love passionate and pure; the student of character, the subtle analysis and deft portrayal he loves; the historian will approve its conscientious historic accuracy; the lover of adventure will find his blood stir and pulses quicken as he reads."
"The romantic reader will find here a tale of love passionate and pure; the student of character, the subtle analysis and deft portrayal he loves; the historian will approve its conscientious historic accuracy; the lover of adventure will find his blood stir and pulses quicken as he reads."
THE NOVELS OFF. MARION CRAWFORDNEW UNIFORM EDITIONDr. ClaudiusA Roman SingerZoroasterDon OrsinoMarion DarcheA Cigarette Maker's Romance and KhaledTaquisaraVia CrucisSant' IlarioThe RalstonsAdam Johnstone's Son and A Rose of YesterdayMr. IsaacsA Tale of a Lonely ParishSaracinescaPaul PatoffThe Witch of PraguePietro GhisleriCorleoneChildren of the KingKatherine LauderdaleTo LeewardEach, bound in cloth, green and gold, $1.80In preparation in the Uniform EditionAn American PoliticianMarzio's CrucifixWith the ImmortalsGreifensteinThe Three FatesCasa Braccio. 2 vols.Love in IdlenessF. MARION CRAWFORD'SMOST RECENT NOVELSCECILIA: A Story of Modern RomeCloth, $1.50"The reincarnation of a great love is the real story, and that is well worth reading."—San Francisco Chronicle.MARIETTA: A Maid of VeniceCloth, $1.50IN THE PALACE OF THE KINGA Love Story of Old MadridIllustrated, Cloth, $1.50HANDSOMELY ILLUSTRATEDDESCRIPTIVE BOOKSAVE ROMA IMMORTALISStudies from the Chronicles of RomeNew edition. Revised. x + 613 pp. 8vo. $3.00, net.RULERS OF THE SOUTHSicily, Calabria, MaltaIn two volumes. Crown 8vo. $6.00, net.
Dr. ClaudiusA Roman SingerZoroasterDon OrsinoMarion DarcheA Cigarette Maker's Romance and KhaledTaquisaraVia CrucisSant' IlarioThe RalstonsAdam Johnstone's Son and A Rose of YesterdayMr. IsaacsA Tale of a Lonely ParishSaracinescaPaul PatoffThe Witch of PraguePietro GhisleriCorleoneChildren of the KingKatherine LauderdaleTo Leeward
Each, bound in cloth, green and gold, $1.80
In preparation in the Uniform Edition
An American PoliticianMarzio's CrucifixWith the ImmortalsGreifensteinThe Three FatesCasa Braccio. 2 vols.Love in Idleness
CECILIA: A Story of Modern RomeCloth, $1.50"The reincarnation of a great love is the real story, and that is well worth reading."—San Francisco Chronicle.
MARIETTA: A Maid of VeniceCloth, $1.50
IN THE PALACE OF THE KINGA Love Story of Old MadridIllustrated, Cloth, $1.50
AVE ROMA IMMORTALISStudies from the Chronicles of RomeNew edition. Revised. x + 613 pp. 8vo. $3.00, net.
RULERS OF THE SOUTHSicily, Calabria, MaltaIn two volumes. Crown 8vo. $6.00, net.
Handsomely Bound in Decorated Cloth
16mo 50 cents each
PHILOSOPHY FOUR
A STORY OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY
By Owen Wister
Author of "The Virginian" etc.
MAN OVERBOARD
By Owen Wister
Author of "Cecilia," "Marietta," etc.
MR. KEEGAN'S ELOPEMENT
By Winston Churchill
Author of "The Crisis," "Richard Carvel," etc.
MRS. PENDLETON'S FOUR-IN-HAND
By Gertrude Atherton
Author of "The Conqueror," "The Splendid Idle Forties," etc.