"NO NAME SERIES."
The First Series, completed,
COMPRISES TWELVE NOVELS, VIZ.,
MERCY PHILBRICK'S CHOICE.HETTY'S STRANGE HISTORY.IS THAT ALL?WILL DENBIGH,Nobleman.KISMET.THE WOLF AT THE DOOR.THE GREAT MATCH.MARMORNE.A MODERN MEPHISTOPHELES.MIRAGE.AFTERGLOW.GEMINI.
AND TWO POETICAL VOLUMES:
DEIRDRÉ.A Novel in Verse.
A MASQUE OF POETS.Original Poems, by Fifty Poets, written specially for this book; including "Guy Vernon," an entire Novelette in verse.
Fourteen volumes in all, uniformly bound in black cloth, red and gilt lettered. Price $1.00 each.
NO NAME [SECOND] SERIES.
The new series will retain all the peculiar features which made the first so popular, differing from it only in the style of binding. Now ready,
SIGNOR MONALDINI'S NIECE,THE COLONEL'S OPERA CLOAK,HIS MAJESTY, MYSELF,MRS. BEAUCHAMP BROWN,SALVAGE.
Price $1.00 each.
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THE "NO NAME SERIES."
KISMET. A Nile Novel.
Opinions, generous tributes to genius, by well-known authors whose names are withheld.
"Well, I have read 'Kismet,' and it is certainly very remarkable. The story is interesting,—any well-told love story is, you know,—but the book itself is a great deal more so. Descriptively and sentimentally,—I use the word with entire respect,—it is, in spots, fairly exquisite. It seems to me all glowing and overflowing with what the French callbeauté du diable.... The conversations are very clever, and the wit is often astonishingly like the wit of an accomplished man of the world. One thing which seems to me to show promise—great promise, if you will—for the future is that the author can not only reproduce the conversation of one brilliant man, but can make two men talk together as if theyweremen,—not women in manly clothes.""It is a charming book. I have read it twice, and looked it over again, and I wish I had it all new to sit up with to-night. It is so fresh and sweet and innocent and joyous, the dialogue is so natural and bright, the characters so keenly edged, and the descriptions so poetic. I don't know when I have enjoyed any thing more,—never since I went sailing up the Nile with Harriet Martineau.... You must give the author love and greeting from one of the fraternity. The hand that gives usthispleasure will give us plenty more of an improving quality every year, I think.""'Kismet' is indeed a delightful story, the best of the series undoubtedly.""If 'Kismet' is the first work of a young lady, as reported, it shows a great gift of language, and powers of description and of insight into character and life quite uncommon.... Of the whole series so far, I think 'Mercy Philbrick's Choice' is the best, because it has, beside literary merit, some moral tone and vigor. Still there are capabilities in the writer of 'Kismet' even higher than in that of the writer of 'Mercy Philbrick's Choice.'""I liked it extremely. It is the best in the series so far, except in construction, in which 'Is That All?' slight as it is, seems to me superior. 'Kismet' is winning golden opinions everywhere. I have nothing but praises for it, and have nothing but praise to give it.""I have read 'Kismet' once, and mean to read it again. It is thoroughly charming, and will be a success."
"Well, I have read 'Kismet,' and it is certainly very remarkable. The story is interesting,—any well-told love story is, you know,—but the book itself is a great deal more so. Descriptively and sentimentally,—I use the word with entire respect,—it is, in spots, fairly exquisite. It seems to me all glowing and overflowing with what the French callbeauté du diable.... The conversations are very clever, and the wit is often astonishingly like the wit of an accomplished man of the world. One thing which seems to me to show promise—great promise, if you will—for the future is that the author can not only reproduce the conversation of one brilliant man, but can make two men talk together as if theyweremen,—not women in manly clothes."
"It is a charming book. I have read it twice, and looked it over again, and I wish I had it all new to sit up with to-night. It is so fresh and sweet and innocent and joyous, the dialogue is so natural and bright, the characters so keenly edged, and the descriptions so poetic. I don't know when I have enjoyed any thing more,—never since I went sailing up the Nile with Harriet Martineau.... You must give the author love and greeting from one of the fraternity. The hand that gives usthispleasure will give us plenty more of an improving quality every year, I think."
"'Kismet' is indeed a delightful story, the best of the series undoubtedly."
"If 'Kismet' is the first work of a young lady, as reported, it shows a great gift of language, and powers of description and of insight into character and life quite uncommon.... Of the whole series so far, I think 'Mercy Philbrick's Choice' is the best, because it has, beside literary merit, some moral tone and vigor. Still there are capabilities in the writer of 'Kismet' even higher than in that of the writer of 'Mercy Philbrick's Choice.'"
"I liked it extremely. It is the best in the series so far, except in construction, in which 'Is That All?' slight as it is, seems to me superior. 'Kismet' is winning golden opinions everywhere. I have nothing but praises for it, and have nothing but praise to give it."
"I have read 'Kismet' once, and mean to read it again. It is thoroughly charming, and will be a success."
One volume, bound in cardinal red and black. Price $1.00.
Our publications are to be had of all booksellers. When not to be found, send directly to
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From the Boston Daily Advertiser.
THE "NO NAME SERIES."
"Leigh Hunt,in his 'Indicator,' has a pleasant chapter on the difficulty he encountered in seeking a suitable and fresh title for a collection of his miscellaneous writings. Messrs. Roberts Brothers have just overcome a similar difficulty in the simplest manner. In selecting"No Name,"they have selected the very best title possible for a series of Original American Novels and Tales, to be published Anonymously. These novels are to be written by eminent authors, and in each case the authorship of the work is to remain an inviolable secret. "No Name" describes the Series perfectly. No name will help the novel, or the story, to success. Its success will depend solely on the writer's ability to catch and retain the reader's interest. Several of the most distinguished writers of American fiction have agreed to contribute to the Series, the initial volume of which is now in press. Its appearance will certainly be awaited with curiosity."
The plan thus happily foreshadowed will be immediately inaugurated by the publication of "Mercy Philbrick's Choice," from the pen of a well-known and successful writer of fiction.
It is intended to include in the Series a volume of anonymous poems from famous hands, to be written especially for it.
The "No Name Series" will be issued at convenient intervals, in handsome library form, 16mo, cloth, price $1.00 each.
ROBERTS BROTHERS,Publishers.
Boston, Midsummer, 1876.
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