HON. A. J. H. DUGANNE’S WORKS.
(Dime Series.)
Mr.Dugannestands confessedly in the front rank of American novelists. His works are familiar to all readers of pureAmericanfiction. He writes with a pen facile with the graces of composition, while his mind fairly overflows with its prolific resources of plot, incident and character. He has favored theDime Novels’series with his latest as well as his best works. Among them are:
MASSASOIT’S DAUGHTER;
Or, the French Captives. Sameeda, daughter of Massasoit, was an Indian Princess of rare beauty and virtues. Her life was full of romance, and her relation to the whites have rendered her name memorable. This story is one of unusual power and dramatic interest—as full of incident as the most exacting reader could desire. It is one of the most popular novels in the series.
THE PEON PRINCE;
Or, the Yankee Knight-Errant. If oddity of character and novelty of adventure contribute to a good story, we have them here in perfect fullness. The story introduces us to Mexico as it was under the Guerrilla reign a few years ago, and gives us pictures of the country and its remarkably varied life, which challenge attention from their novelty; and exciting nature.
PUTNAM POMFRET’S WARD;
Or, the Vermonter in Mexico. This, though really a sequel of “The Peon Prince,†is yet entirely distinct as a story. It is characterized by whimsicality, excitement, power and the true beauty of a first-class romance. The reader seeking for a “treat†will find it in this picture of life in Mexico.
THE KING’S MAN;
A Story of South Carolina in Revolutionary times. Mr. Duganne here presents us with a fine historical romance, seizing upon that moment when the city of Charleston was being defended by the brave Moultrie to introduce us to that element of South Carolina’s disloyalty which rendered many of her citizens infamous in the eyes of patriots. The story as a story is unusually exciting. Its succession of commanding events hurries before us commanding characters, male and female—reminding us strongly of Bulwer’s masterpieces of historic composition.