Kate Bonnet.
The Romance of a Pirate's Daughter. ByFrank R. Stockton. Illustrated by A. I. Keller and H. S. Potter. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.
"A capital story."—London Times.
"A rattling good story."—New York Sun.
"A sweet and charming story."—Brooklyn Eagle.
"A delightfully cheerful book."—New York Tribune.
"Most ludicrous story of the year."—New York Journal.
"Just the book to make a dull day bright."—Baltimore Sun.
"One of Stockton's most delicious creations."—Boston Budget.
"A live, wide-awake, bold, hesitate-at-nothing story."—Boston Herald.
"A bright and entertaining tale full of exciting incident."—London Athenæum.
"A characteristic blending of interesting realism and absurdity."—New York Life.
"Full of love, incident, adventure, and true Stocktonian humor."—Nashville, Tenn., American.
"Even with the charming heroine in tears, the reader remains cheerful."—New York Outlook.
"Nothing so fresh, picturesque, and amusing has been presented for a long time."—New York Press.
"A story of adventure written in Mr. Stockton's characteristic vein."—New York Commercial Advertiser.
"The funniest part of the story is the serene gravity with which the author chronicles events."—San Francisco Argonaut.
"The appearance of a new book by Frank Stockton stirs one to an agreeable flicker of anticipation."—New York Literary Digest.
"It is charming, and no one but Mr. Stockton could have written it."—Julian Hawthorne, in theMinneapolis Tribune.
A Sailor's Log.
Recollections of Forty Years of Naval Life.By Rear-AdmiralRobley D. Evans, U. S. N. Illustrated. Large 12mo. Cloth, $2.00.
"It is essentially a book for men, young and old; and the man who does not enjoy it is lacking in healthy red blood."—Chicago Bookseller.
"A profoundly interesting book. There is not a line of bravado in its chapters, nor a carping criticism. It is a book which will increase the esteem and high honor which the American feels and willingly awards our naval heroes."—Chicago Inter-Ocean.
"It would be difficult to find an autobiography possessing more interest than this narrative of forty years of active naval service. It equals the most fascinating novel for interest; it contains a great deal of material that has a distinct historical value.... Altogether it is a most delightful book."—Brooklyn Eagle.
"His is a picturesque personality, and he stands the supreme test by being as popular with his officers and men as he is with the public generally. His life has been one of action and adventure since he was a boy, and the record of it which he has prepared in his book 'A Sailor's Log' has not a dull line in it from cover to cover. It is all action, action, and again action from the first page to the last, and makes one want to go and 'do things' himself. Any boy between fifteen and nineteen who reads this book and does not want to go to sea must be a sluggish youth.... The book is really an interesting record of an interesting man."—New York Press.
The Story of the Soldier.
By GeneralG. A. Forsyth, U. S. A. (retired). Illustrated by R. F. Zogbaum. A new volume in the Story of the West Series, edited by Ripley Hitchcock. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.
In the great task of opening the empire west of the Missouri the American regular soldier has played a part large and heroic, but unknown. The purpose of this book is to picture the American soldier in the life of exploration, reconnoissances, establishing posts, guarding wagon trains, repressing outbreaks, or battling with hostile Indians, which has been so large a part of the army's active work for a hundred years.
No romance can be more suggestive of heroic deeds than this volume, which appears most opportunely at a time when the Regular Army is facing so many and so serious duties in both hemispheres. No one is better entitled to write it than the brave officer who with his little handful of men held the sandspit in the Arickaree for days against Roman Nose and his thousands of warriors, and finally won their lives by sheer dogged pluck and heroism. Mr. Zogbaum's illustrations are a most valuable gallery of pictures of Western army life.
"To General Forsyth belongs the credit of having gathered together for the first time the story of the heroic work, invaluable to the progress of our civilization, which regular soldiers performed in silence and obscurity."—Boston Herald.
"General Forsyth's identity with the army extends over a notable period in its history, and he is among the few officers who remain who are able to write of their personal knowledge of the thrilling experiences of our soldiers on the plains."—Washington Army and Navy Register.
"The soldierly qualities of the author appear on every page of the volume in a precision of statement, a generosity of praise, and an urbanity of temper. The narrative is commended to the interest and attention of every student of our national life and development."—Philadelphia Ledger.
"There is not a dull page in the book."—Buffalo Commercial.
"The story presents a fresh and thrilling chapter of American history."—Cleveland World.
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, NEW YORK.
Transcriber's Note:
Spelling and hyphenation have been retained as they appear in the original publication.