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813. FICTION.
Phila., Lippincott, 1895 $1
Native stories of this order are rare, and this one will be eagerly welcomed.
N. Y., Putnam's Sons, 1895 $1
The story is told with all the writer's well-known vivacity of style. It deals with the experiences of a rich heiress who endeavors to escape from the many suitors who surround her.
Il.Bost., Roberts Bros., 1894 $1.50
This book has the striking characteristics which have given the author's former works a wide spread fame.
Bost., Roberts Bros., 1895 $1.25
Most excellent advice in duty, health, unselfishness, occupation, reading, manners, etc., is given in Miss Alcott's loving, attractive, motherly way.
Il.Bost., Roberts Bros., 1892 $1.50
These stories and sketches were written at the time of the civil war in which the author took part as a nurse in one of the hospitals.
Il.Bost., Roberts Bros., 1893 $1.50
It has plenty of life and movement, and a great deal of solid good teaching of a helpful, healthy kind.
Bost., Roberts Bros., 1895 $1.50
One is inclined to give double praise to these gentle, pretty, interesting stories. Not without fun, but yet not wholly funny.
Il.Bost., Roberts Bros., 1894 $1.50
One of the most charming stories ever written for young people.
Bost., Roberts Bros., 1891 $1.50
Originally written in Miss Alcott's youth, this story was revised in her maturity, and now stands the first-born and dearest to her heart of all her novels.
Bost., Roberts Bros., 1893 $1.25
Like the voice of an old friend, to the many girls whose hearts warm at the name of Louisa M. Alcott, will come the proverb stories.
Il.Bost., Roberts Bros., 1892 $1.50
The story is full of bright dialogue.
Bost., Roberts Bros., 1892 $1.25
A series of entertaining tales told by a grandmother to a party of young people who are snowed in at the old homestead.
Il.Bost., Roberts Bros., 1894 $1.50
The grace and simplicity of the story, the skillful methods by which interest is secured without sacrifice to sensation, make the book an excellent one in all respects.
Il.Bost., Roberts Bros., 1892 $1.50
Il.N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1881 $1
The summer adventures of a party of boys.
Il.N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1880 $1
A story for boys, describing the cruise of the White-Wing, and camping on the banks of the Hudson river.
N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1888 $1
Il.Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1894 $1.50
It is a gay and half pathetic little parody on human life, carried out with delicious zest, and ending with a unique surprise.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., n. d. $1.50
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1896 $1.50
All who read it fall into its humor, and know that these were the things which might happen to any boy. Even the extravagances add to its universal verisimilitude.
N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1897 $1.50
The stories of this volume are fiction of high artistic value—fiction to be read and remembered as something rare, fine and deeply touching.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1897 $1.25
Myles Standish is largely its hero, and his arrest of Morton of Merry Mount is one of its most interesting incidents.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1895 $1.25
A collection of twelve stories of colonial times.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., n. d. $1.25
It is the naturalness of her characters that chiefly wakens our interest in them and keeps it alive.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1895 $1.25
The most popular of Mrs. Austin's historical novels of the old Plymouth colony.
N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1896 $1.25
A pretty unhackneyed conceit. The tale is told with Mr. Bangs vivacity of style.
N. Y., Dodd, Mead & Co., 1889 $1.25
A quaint romance which is for the most part enacted amid the din and clatter of a Yorkshire mill.
N. Y., Dodd, Mead & Co., 1887 $1
The borderland of Scotland is the scene of the story; the heroine of the story showing herself equal to any emergency.
N. Y., Dodd, Mead & Co., 1890 $1.25
A tale of the days of Cromwell; the persecution of the Quakers in England and the colonies forming a large part of the narrative.
N. Y., Phillips & Hunt, 1885 $1
Miss Barr shows unusual ease and freedom of expression in all of her writings.
N. Y., Dodd, Mead & Co., 1890 $1.25
The book is rich in pages descriptive of Scotch scenery. The story holds the interest of the reader through the closing chapter.
N. Y., Dodd, Mead & Co., 1899 $1.25
A pretty love story with a keen study and witty setting forth of the characters of some quaint old English people.
N. Y., Phillips & Hunt, 1885 $1.25
A quaint, pretty love tale, the scene being laid on the Isle of Shetland.
N. Y., Dodd, Mead & Co., 1886 $1
A picture of early New York life, and perhaps the best known of Mrs. Barr's widely popular stories.
N. Y., Dodd, Mead & Co., 1886 $1.25
The heroine is the daughter of fisher folk of Pittenloch, a little hamlet near the "East Neuk o' Fife" where the scene is laid. The characters are well drawn.
N. Y., Dodd, Mead & Co., 1893 $1.25
The scene of the story is Andrew Carrick's house; the daughter is the heroine; her romance and her father's opposition to her suitor bring about the chief events.
N. Y., Dodd, Mead & Co., 1891 $1.25
A charming story of love at first sight, but it is only after waiting and hope deferred that all ends happily.
N. Y., Dodd, Mead & Co., 1887 $1.25
The story of a strong and honest Shetland fisherman, who marries Christina, the shallow and selfish child of a hard working widow.
N. Y., Dodd, Mead & Co., 1888 $1.25
The revolution which resulted in the independence of Texas fifty years ago, is described with marvelous fidelity and fire.
N. Y., Dodd, Mead & Co., 1891 $1.25
One of Mrs. Barr's graphic love tales of Scotland early in this century.
N. Y., Dodd, Mead & Co., n. d. $1.25
A pastoral romance, the scene being laid in the Cumberland valley during the time of the great poet Wordsworth, who is introduced in the story.
N. Y., Macmillan, 1895 $1.50
One of the liveliest and most enjoyable fictions of recent production.
Il.N. Y., J. W. Lovell, n. d. $1
The time is that of the chartists in 1838. The little minister worked in a community of weavers, and shared their miseries and hopes.
Bost., Lamson, Wolfe & Co., 1897 $1.50
It was an admirable thought of the author to present the local coloring, the fast-dying dialect, and the homely trials and courage of the mountaineers of Tennessee and Kentucky.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., n. d. $1
Story of a school girl. Introduces quiet life under lively conditions.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1894 $1.50
The story of a little Mexican boy and girl who were captured by the Comanche Indians and carried off to the Llanos Escados.
N. Y., Putnam's Sons, 1898 $1.25
Tales of soldiers and civilians, many of which are highly dramatic.
N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1899 $1.75
Mr. Black has introduced to his many readers a long array of charming and attractive heroines, but the Eelin Macdonald is by many thought to be the most lovable and delightful of them all.
Phila., Lippincott, 1897 $1.25
Amy Blanchard enters with a peculiar zest into the spirit of girlhood, and purity of tone and reality of impression are the leading traits of her books.
Phila., Jacobs & Co., 1898 $1.25
The settlement of Pennsylvania and the beginnings of Philadelphia, with William Penn's work, are described with accuracy and picturesqueness.
Booth, Mrs. O. (Rita, pseud.) Master Wilberforce.
N. Y., Putnam's Sons, 1895 $1
Unquestionably superior to any of Rita's late works.
Il.Chic., McClurg & Co., 1891 $1.25
The story is charmingly told.
Il.Chic., McClurg & Co., 1895 $1.75
A quaint, prim and lofty little novel, old with the aristocratic antiquity which hangs in the web of old lace and tapestries, it is a poem in prose.
Chic., McClurg & Co., 1896 $1.25
A tender little story, the scene of which is laid in France. The heroine's mother is a poor lace maker and lives in one of the dingy portions of Paris.
Il.Chic., McClurg & Co., 1891 $1.50
It is told with a grace of style that has not been surpassed in any of the juvenile fiction. The author has given her story a marked individuality that must insure wide popularity.
Chic., McClurg & Co., 1899 $1.25
Stories of French revolution told by a noblewoman to her grandchildren. For older girls.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1894 $1.25
The difficulties which Ingomar Yang encounters before restoring his father's fortune and making his own name famous, is the theme of the story.
Il.N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1894 $1.25
A dozen healthy stories of adventure and sport in northern Europe. Designed for young readers.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1881 $1
All of them are good and smack agreeably of the Norse air.
Bronte, C. (Currer Bell, pseud.) Jane Eyre.
N. Y., Harper & Bros., n. d. $1
Perhaps no work of fiction has for years so fastened on its readers or taken so large a place in public estimation as Jane Eyre; vigor, originality and interest that never flags, must be conceded to it.
N. Y., Dutton & Co., 1898 $1.50
The book appeals to all Americans, but it is intended primarily for boys and girls who delight in adventure and wish their stories spiced with action.
Il.N. Y., Putnam's Sons, 1892 $2
Taking interesting events in history, Mr. Brooks expands them into a group of most delightful stories.
Il.N. Y., Putnam's Sons, 1893 $2
Certain to captivate the fortunate boys and girls into whose hands the book may fall.
Bost., Wilde & Co., 1898 $1.50
An historical novel of Aaron Burr's time.
Bost., Copeland & Day, 1896 $1.50
A book of New England tales.
N. Y., Appleton, 1899 $1.25
A fresh sea-breeze blows through the whole book, and entertainment and instruction are delightfully blended.
Phila., Lippincott, n. d. $1.25
Writing the work almost on the spot and amid a population that still preserves a strong family likeness to their classic forefathers, the author could scarcely fail to catch something of those living colors which mere book study alone would not suffice.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1894 $1.25
Story of the doings of a generous hearted little boy suddenly raised to a high position.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1894 $1.25
Her children are real beings, for she vitalizes their imaginary doings. It goes without saying that the stories are charming.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1893 $1.25
The author is at her best in this story of life in a Lancashire mining-town.
Il.N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1895 $1.25
It is a charming story of a little boy and girl, who, taking their small savings leave home to visit the world's fair.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1894 $1.25
This author has achieved more than ordinary success. This novel is just as bright and clever as the preceding ones.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1898 $1.25
Mrs. Burnham has won distinction by the skill with which she tells a love story; and "A great love" is one of her most successful novels, as many thousands of readers will gladly testify.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., n. d. $1.25
The whole book has the spring-like charm of girlhood and cadetship.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1896 $1.25
This is a love tale without any disguise. The scene is laid in a small town near Boston.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., n. d. $1.25
It is a very pretty and taking story of two genuine American girls.
Il.N. Y., Appleton, 1893 $1.50
Mr. Butterworth's remarkable ability to write stories which are entertaining and at the same time informing, has never been better illustrated than in this tale of the famous old manor house of Lord Fairfax.
N. Y., Appleton, 1896 $1.50
No better reading can be imagined than this fascinating narrative of a noble figure on the canvas of time.
N. Y., Appleton, 1897 $1.50
This volume includes the most interesting and picturesque episodes in the home side of the life of Benjamin Franklin.
N. Y., Appleton, 1896 $1.50
A capital historical story, told with genuine love of truth and with many fine touches of poetry and sentiment.
Bost., Little, Brown & Co., 1891 $1.25
Nine short stories which have appeared from time to time in St. Nicholas, Harper's Young People, and Wide-Awake.
N. Y., Appleton, 1897 $1.50
The theme is the eternal struggle of human nature with inherent evil in its effort to rise higher. The scene is the Isle of Man.
Il.N. Y., Knight & Co., 1895 $1.50
The author penetrates into the soul of a brave, unselfish, long suffering man, and lays bare the processes by which he raised himself to the great heights of self sacrifice.
Bost., Roberts Bros., 1888 $1
Mrs. Campbell has an earnest faith in human nature, and she writes a cheering, encouraging story.
Il.Phila., Lippincott, 1893 $1.25
This author possesses above all, the uncommon gift of being able to write for young people.
Chic., McClurg & Co., 1897. $1.25
A tale of Rocky Mountain adventure.
Il.Bost., Little, Brown & Co., 1891 $1.25
The pretty tale opens in the village of Roxbury, and a realistic word picture is given of a Massachusetts colony in 1640.
Il.N. Y., Crowell & Co., 1893 $1.25
This story has already delighted one generation of fortunate children and hardly less fortunate parents, and now goes forth in new form and charm.
Chic., A. C. McClurg, 1899 $1.25
Many are the delightful stories written of girls who are forced to battle with the world, but few are so vigorous and spirited as is this narrative.
N. Y., Macmillan Co., 1899 $1.50
From the first page to the wild night ride at the end, an intensely interesting-adventure story and an unequaled romance.
Bost., Estes & Lauriat, n. d. $1.50
N. Y., White & Allen, 1891 $1.50
Based upon facts surrounding the founding of the Messiah's House in New York city. The Witch Winnie series consists of nine volumes attractively bound and illustrated; the above mentioned volume is the first of the series.
Il.N. Y., Putnam's Sons, 1893 $1.25
A tale of the departure of the Romans from Britian.
N. Y., Putnam's Sons, 1892 $1.25
Mr. Church is an accomplished restorer of the antique and has a keen discrimination for points appealing to child-like magnetism.
Il.N. Y., Putnam's Sons, 1892 $1.25
A tale of the early christians in Rome during the second century.
N. Y., Putnam's Sons, 1892 $1.25
The narrative abounds in local color, and the character of Alexander, in both its strength and weakness, is admirably portrayed.
Il.N. Y., Macmillan Co., 1899 $1.50
Richard Carvel is built on broad, ambitious lines. It is a book of honest, painstaking workmanship, constructed to endure—an absorbing historical novel.
Clemens, S. L. (Mark Twain, pseud.) Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Il.N. Y., C. L. Webster, 1891 $1
This book contains many passages of the most striking beauty put into the dialect spoken on the Mississippi in the days before the war.
j (Mark Twain, pseud.) Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1895 $1.75
Mr. Clemens says: "Most of the adventures recorded in this book were experiences of my own, the rest, those of boys who were schoolmates."
Bost., Estes & Lauriat, 1894 $1.50
It is a brightly written story of New England life.
Colonel's Opera cloak. (No name series.)
Bost., Roberts Bros., 1895 $1
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., n. d $1
The author has endeavored to give his countrymen, in this book, a picture of the social systems of one of the soi-disant republics of the other hemisphere.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., n. d. $1
In most respects the descriptions of scenery in the tale are reasonably accurate. The legend is purely fiction.
Il.Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., n. d. $1
Here this well-known author presents scenes of breathless interest, imminent danger and hair-breadth escapes, with that skill in narrative which is the first requisite of a novelist.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., n. d. $1
Story of the great lakes, associating seamen and savages in incidents that were characteristic of that locality.
Bost., n. d. $1
When this work first appeared it was met with the most unlooked-for success. It has always retained its first popularity.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., n. d. $1
A volume worthy in every way of the great powers and far spread fame of its author.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., n. d. $1
A story founded upon fact. The same adventitious causes which gave birth to the book determined its scene and its general character.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., n. d. $1
This is probably the most imaginative book ever written by the author.
N. Y., A. L. Burt, n. d. $1
Thelma, the daughter of a Norse giant, becomes the wife of Sir Philip Errington, in which role she is seen to great advantage.
N. Y., Putnam's Sons, 1893 $1.25
The adventures of a boy who had the fortune to sail with Columbus on his first voyage of discovery to America.
N. Y., Appleton, 1896 $1
A collection of stories of episodes in the civil war.
N. Y., Appleton, 1895 $1
A graphic analysis of the volunteer in battle.
N. Y., Macmillan, 1900 $1.50
Historical romance of the time of Philip II of Spain. A story of the Inquisition, full of thrilling situations.
N. Y., Macmillan, 1895 $1
Under an unpretentious title we have here the most brilliant novel, or rather romance, that has been given to the world for some time.
Il.N. Y., Macmillan, 1900 $1.50
A story of great power and force, brilliant and strenuous, sweeping the reader along by sheer strength and vividness of narrative.
Il.N. Y., Doubleday & McClure Co., 1899 $1.50
Mr. Crockett himself considers this stirring romance of the 15th century in Scotland, his strongest work.
Il.N. Y., Dodd, Mead & Co., 1900
A captivating romance of the 15th century. "Joan" is a charming young princess, none the less charming for her ability to defend herself and her kingdom.
N. Y., Harper & Bros., $1.50 1897
It has a great deal of the charm of the "Lilac Sunbonnet," and also shows the surer touch of that great book, "The Grey Man."
N. Y., Macmillan, $1.50 1895
It is a most stirring and delightful story, and we commend it to all who like a variation from bodiless analysis.
N. Y., Appleton, 1898 $1.50
The charming love story which runs through the book is varied by much excellent fighting and many picturesque incidents.
N. Y., Macmillan, 1895 $1.50
Mr. Crockett has given us a book that is full of strength and charm. Humor and pathos mingle with delightful effect.
Bost., Congregation S. S. and Pub. Soc, n. d. $1.50
N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1896 $1.50
The story of two girls of entirely different natures; their experiences and love affairs.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1896 $1
A volume of short stories including Miss Delamar's understudy, The editor's story, The reporter who made himself king, etc.
Il.N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1894 $1.50
One of the best collections of Davis' stories.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1894 $1
New York stories in a swift concentrated style, which makes them grateful reading.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1898 $1.25
The plot is an exceedingly clever and original one, with a touch of grim humor woven into its concoction. The story admits of many dramatic situations and thrilling scenes.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1897 $1.50
The characters are all flung into an adventure the thrill of which Mr. Davis has communicated to his pages as though without an effort, and the book is closed with a feeling of complete satisfaction.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1893 $1
The stories are clever and interesting. The first, "The reporter who made himself king," is an absurd narrative, very bright and amusing.
Il.N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1892 $1
The scenes are mostly in New York; time and events being strongly in touch with the present.
Il.N. Y., Macmillan, n. d. $1.75
Too well known as a classic to require description.
Bost., Wilde & Co., 1898 $1.50
"Katrina" is the story of a girl who was brought up by an aunt in a remote village of Vermont. During a visit to some New York friends with whom she became acquainted, Katrina's character developed great strength.
N. Y., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1888 $1.50
This is a notable book, its strong interest in religious thought being its most vital point.
N. Y., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1892 $1
The story of the childhood of a lonely, sensitive, imaginative nature is artistically told.
Il.N. Y., Macmillan, 1892 $1
The author says "In Bleak House I have purposely dwelt upon the romantic side of familiar things."
Il.N. Y., Macmillan, 1892 $1
In all the history of this great novelist's career the word failure has no place; his works have always met with a most wonderful popularity.
Il.N. Y., Macmillan, 1892 $1
We have several reasons for suspecting that here and there, under the name of David Copperfield, we have been favored with passages from the personal history of Charles Dickens.
Il.N. Y., Macmillan, 1892 $1
N. Y., Macmillan, 1892 $1
Said to contain descriptions of the author's youth. His serious object was to exhibit virtue and purity existing in most difficult conditions.
N. Y., Macmillan, 1892 $1
This story was the outcome of Dickens' personal investigation of the Yorkshire schools famous for their neglect and cruelty and is but a faint picture of that which no other writer would have the boldness to imagine.
Il.N. Y., Macmillan, 1892 $1
One of the most pathetic and beautiful of the great novelist's tales is this of little Nell and her grotesque companions.
Il.N. Y., Macmillan, 1892 $1
This great novelist believed that lessons of the purest good could be drawn from the dregs of life as well as from its froth and cream.
Il.N. Y., Macmillan, 1892 $1
The story consists of the adventures of a good old gentleman of the name of Pickwick, sent forth on his travels over England by a club called the "Pickwick Club."
Il.N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1892 $1.50
A collection including the Christmas stories. They are all written in the same fascinating style which characterizes the longer ones.
N. Y., Macmillan, 1899 $1.50
A book engrossingly interesting, well written and stirring.
Bost., Roberts Bros., 1893 $2
A story of a brother and sister, twins and orphans, who were saved from a shipwreck in which both their parents were drowned. The story is entertaining and pleasant.
Bost., Lee & Shepard, 1886 $1.50
The heroine is forced to go among her husband's people, who seem set against her. The interest centers in her mode of combating the "Foes of her Household."
Bost., Lee & Shepard, 1888 $1.50
A home drama with a deeply interesting plot.
Bost., Lee & Shepard, 1892 $1.50
The plot is well laid and deeply interesting and the story enriched with strong and beautiful characters and artistic local sketches.
Bost., Lee & Shepard, 1897 $1.50
A story of absorbing interest, giving homelike pictures of life in a small but growing country town.
Bost., Lee & Shepard, 1894 $1.50
Pictures life among the poor with its trials and temptations, and shows what unselfish lives are often lived unrecorded and unappreciated.
Bost., Lee & Shepard, 1893 $1
This story won the two thousand dollar prize offered by the Youth's Companion.
Il.Bost., Lee & Shepard, 1874 $1.50
A story of love and faith, work and waiting and the gentle virtues that are none the less heroic for blooming in the home circle.
N. Y., Dodd, Mead & Co., 1894 $1.50
Miss Douglas' fiction is always much admired and loved. She always introduces us to characters we like to associate with and manages to call out our hearts to them.
Il.N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1892 $1.50
Phila., Lippincott, 1898 $1.50
Il.N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1894 $1.50
Conan Doyle has proved that the detective story can be elevated to a plane where it is worthy of the consideration of any reader.
Il.N. Y., Appleton, 1895 $1.50
They are positively magnetic, and are written with that combined force and grace for which the author's style is known.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1894 $1.50
Depicts the actual life of Norse chiefs who lived in the third and fourth centuries.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1895 $1.50
Dr. Eggleston's fresh and vivid portraiture of a phase of life and manners hitherto almost unrepresented in literature took firm hold of the public imagination.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1895 $1
The story presents a vivid and interesting picture of the difficulties which years ago beset the path of the youth aspiring for an education.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1892 $1.25
The pioneer dialect story of America with appended, interesting notes regarding its origin.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1896 $1
These little tales which have appeared separately at various times have enjoyed great popularity.
N. Y., Crowell & Co., n. d. $1
A strong novel from the pen of this universally popular writer.
N. Y., Crowell & Co., n. d. $1
We have here no morbid dwelling upon evil, nor yet an unreal optimism which dresses out life in hues of rose color.
Il.N. Y., Putnam's Sons, n. d. $1.25
A helpful and sweet story, and has the aroma of delicate charm which characterizes all of the writer's stories.
N. Y., Putnam's Sons, 1896 $1.25
Story of the every day lives of two young girls.
Il.N. Y., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., n. d. $1.25
An intensely interesting tale of mining life with a pretty love story interwoven.
N. Y., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., n. d. $1.50
Scene is laid in western Arkansas, the details of mining interests and civil engineering, make an excellent story.
N. Y., Dodd, Mead & Company, 1897 $1.25
An impossible but entirely convincing reminiscence of adventure in which Mr. Ford shows himself the cleverest of his many selves.
N. Y., Dodd, Mead & Company, 1900 $1.50
Here is the true George Washington painted by his best historians. Supremely dignified, calm in defeat and tender in victory, he fills the whole book with his grandeur.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1893 $1
This study of character and conditions in a New England village during war times, is faithful and interesting.
Chic., Stone & Kimball, 1893 $1.25
Six Mississippi valley stories telling mostly of the poor and weary.
Bost., Little, Brown & Co., 1897 $1.50
The scene is the colony of Virginia. A young physician, driven from his English home by the supposed coldness of his "faire ladye," proves himself great in war and leadership. An Indian massacre is vividly described.
Il.N. Y., Crowell & Co., n. d. $1.50
Mr. Goss has the genius of a story teller. It is the best boy's book of the year and has permanent value from a historical standpoint.
N. Y., Dutton & Co., 1897 $1.50
A tale of the siege of Detroit.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1897 $1.50
The story is written in a simple, graceful style, and the dialogue is especially bright.
Il.N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1895 $1.50
It contains some of the very brightest stories of this very bright author. A thoroughly fascinating and delightful book.
N. Y., Appleton, 1899 $1.50
If Felix Gras had never done any other work than this novel it would at once give him a place in the front rank of the writers of to-day. No romance of the French revolution surpasses this one.
N. Y., Putnam's Sons, 1895 $1
It is a marvel to most readers that a woman has written such a lawyer's story. It is wonderfully well conceived.
N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1897 $1.25
It is worth reading for its ingenious originality, its swift transitions, and the vivid scene painting it presents.
N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1892 $1.25
The incidents are well worked up and show an abundant familiarity with the ways and manners of New England country folk who dwell near the salt water.
Phila., Peterson & Bros., n. d. $1
It is impossible to read this very original narrative without continual laughter.
Bost., Roberts Bros., 1894 $1.25
The title story is fiction founded on fact, and cannot fail to inspire a love of country in all who read it. The remaining tales are well told and interesting.
N. Y., Funk & Wagnall, 1883 $1
A collection of short stories by this well-known author.
N. Y., Randolph & Co., n. d. $1.50
The author assumes and attempts to prove from the scriptures and human experience that there is but one road to happiness, and that is to live according to the present day and trust God for the days to come. It is a story of real life.
N. Y., Putnam's Sons, 1894 $1
Il.N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1894 $1
A pretty and graceful story of a little girl and her faithfulness to her old grandfather.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1896 $1.50
A story of a quiet southern village in ante-bellum days; its slow and easy ways, and its quaint people are graphically described.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1898 $1.50
Many of the stories, in addition to the charm of the author's style, have great interest by reason of the adventures they record.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1894 $1.25
Eight of the most recent stories of this well-known author.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1893 $1.25
Southern California after the war is the scene. The book deals with the love story of Cressy, the heroine.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1893 $2
Seven stories of western life written in the author's characteristic style.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1894 $1
Collection of earlier stories. Spanish and American legends and sketches all in characteristic style.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1893 $1
Two stories of the early days of California in Bret Harte's familiar vein. They are spirited and well told.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1892 $1
Two stories of California in the author's well-known vein.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1893 $1.25
The unconventional scenes of love, murder and revenge could only have occurred in the unconventional life of thirty years ago.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1894 $1
Opens in the year 1852, with an emigrant train crossing the plains. The story deals with the adventures of two children of "the train," who were lost but afterwards rescued.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1891 $1.25
The interest centers in Yerba Buena, an heiress and ward of the successive mayors of San Francisco. The story deals with her experiences.
N. Y., Macmillan Co., 1895 75c
A bright, sympathetic and gently satirical sketch of various types of earnest seekers after the secret of the universe, in "College settlements" work and kindred experiments.
Hawkins, A. H. (Anthony Hope, pseud.) Heart of the Princess Osra.
N. Y., Stokes & Co., 1896 $1.50
The Princess was fond of adventure, and capable of many varieties of love; her fickle heart is at last caught through a clever ruse.
(Anthony Hope, pseud.) Prisoner of Zenda.
N. Y., Holt & Co., 1898 $1.50
Being the history of three months in the life of an English gentleman. The incidents are rapidly romantic and delightfully improbable.
(Anthony Hope, pseud.) Rupert of Hentzau.
N. Y., Holt & Co., 1898 $1.50
A sequel to "The prisoner of Zenda," dealing with the future exploits of Rudolph Rassendyll.
N. Y., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1892 $1
There is nothing that can surpass the extraordinary felicity and power of his scenes.
N. Y., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1893 $2
Since research has disclosed the manner in which the romance is inter-woven with incidents from the history of the Hawthorne family, the story of "The house of seven gables" has become doubly interesting.
Il.N. Y., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1894 $2
The collection affords, besides the distinctive imaginative pleasures to be derived from it, valuable intimations as to Hawthorne's development, during the first decade of his career as an author.
Classic myths and early American history rendered into capital reading for children.
Il.N. Y., Worthington Co., 1890. $1.25
The heroine is a German girl who unselfishly devotes herself to her spoiled and self-centered sister.
Il.N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1893 $1.50
Vivid pictures of savage Britain and cultured Roman life, thrilling scenes in the arena and the city, including a description of the burning of Rome.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, n. d. $1.50.
The story deals with the adventures of the hero, his hairbreadth escapes; and these make up as good a narrative of the kind as has ever been read. The scene is laid in France.
Il.N. Y., Scribner's Sons, n. d. $1.50
Boys with a turn for historical research will be enchanted with this book.
Il.N. Y., Scribner's Sons, n. d. $1.50
Mr. Henty's skill has never been more convincingly displayed than in this admirable and ingenious story.
Il.N. Y., Scribner's Sons, n. d. $1.50
Adventures in Africa during the Ashanti war.
Il.N. Y., Scribner's Sons, n. d. $1.50
Tale of a coast fishing lad who is left in the hands of the revolting Egyptian army during the bombardment of Alexandria.
Il.N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1892 $1.50
Godfrey Bullen, the young hero suspected of nihilism, is sent with convicts to Siberia. The story tells of his adventures and final escape.
Il.N. Y., Scribner's Sons, n. d. $1.50
This is a story with a purpose. It is intended to show that a lad who makes up his mind resolutely and firmly that he will rise in life is sure to succeed.
Il.N. Y., Scribner's Sons, n. d. $1.50
An interesting story of the last war in Afghanistan. Does full justice to the patriotism of the Afghan people.
Il.N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1895 $1.50
A story of adventure in Colorado when that portion of the United States was wholly unexplored.
Il.N. Y., Scribner's Sons, n. d. $1.50
Mr. Henty's books for boys are always admirable. This one is not an exception.
Il.N. Y., E. P. Dutton, n. d. $1.25
The brightest of all the living writers whose office it is to enchant the boys.—Christian Leader.
Il.N. Y., Scribner's Sons, n. d. $1.50
Mr. Henty has never produced any story more delightful, more wholesome, or more vivacious.
Il.N. Y., E. P. Dutton, n. d. $1
A story of South American pioneer life.
Il.N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1893 $1.50
The central interest of this story is found in the many adventures of Hugh Tunstall, a Cumberland lad who finds it necessary to flee from his uncle's house and who shortly after becomes a cowboy.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1895 $1.50
A story of adventure, intrigue and heroic achievement.
Il.N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1887 $2
An account of the struggle between Great Britain and France for supremacy in Canada.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1887 $1.50
A great fund of information about the history, geography, manners, customs and government of Java is conveyed in a delightfully told story of which noble ladies are the heroines.
Bost, D. Lothrop, 1895 $1.50
Sixteen stories designed to inculcate the principles that underlie the Christian Endeavor movement.
N. Y., Putnam's Sons., 1894 $1.25
A lifelike picture is presented of the business classes in ancient Rome about nineteen centuries ago.
Holley, M. (Josiah Allen's Wife. ) My opinions and Betsy Bobbet's.
Il.Hartford, American Pub. Co., 1891 $2.50
"Designed," the author says, "as a beacon light to guide women to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
Il.N. Y., Funk & Wagnalls, 1890 $2.50
A humorous and semi-serious protest against the decision of the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church of 1888.
Holm, Saxe Stories. Vol. 1.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1895 $1
Saxe Holm's characters are strongly drawn, and she goes right to the heart of human experiences as one who knows the way.
Stories. Vol. 2.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1895 $1
The stories first appeared in the magazines and are heartily commended as vigorous, wholesome and sufficiently exciting.
N. Y., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1895 $1.50
Through all the disguise of fiction a grave scientific doctrine may be detected.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1881 $1.50
A good and brilliant American novel, its treatment is fresh and unconventional, its style spirited and its characters life-like and individualized.
Il.Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1882 $1.50 and $1
A very beautiful and artistic but pathetic tale of Breton fisher life.
Il.Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1894 $1.25
The book is an unpretentious composition; but it is thoroughly delightful reading.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., n. d. $1.50
Selfishness versus unselfishness is the key-note of a story laid in a German country seat which introduces many social questions with strong-common sense and happy humor.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., n. d. $1.50
A patriotic and chivalrous purpose to rescue the American woman from the aspersions from which she has suffered in one or two quarters, and to show of what fine stuff she is really made.
N. Y., Macmillan, 1896 $1
One of the great books of the century. Great in its truthfulness to phases of life, full of meaning, suggestion and fascination, great because of the uplift given to high thinking and noble living.
Bost., Roberts Bros., 1894 $1
The heroine enlists our sympathy at once. The story cannot fail to be of interest to all of its readers.
Bost., Roberts Bros., 1892 $1
The story is told with a felicity of description and richness of coloring characteristic of the author.
Bost., Roberts Bros., 1894 $1.50
Considered Mrs. Jackson's best work; strong plea for justice to the Indian.
Bost., Roberts Bros., 1891 $1.25
Il.N. Y., Century Co., 1891 $1.50
An especially delightful story of a very dainty little maid.
Bost., Wilde & Co., 1896 $1.50
Story of a little girl with a passionate love for music, who lives alone with her invalid mother. A kind old bookseller proves himself a friend to them through many bitter experiences.
Il.N. Y., Century Co., 1894 $1.50
The scene of this book, like "Lady Jane," is laid in New Orleans, where we find Philip selling flowers. Later, when Philip is adopted by a wealthy artist and his wife, the scene of the story shifts to New York. The story is told in Mrs. Jamieson's own entertaining way.
Il.N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1890 $1.50
A succession of strange and wonderful adventures in the search after and finding of a treasure.
Il.N. Y., Holt & Co., 1890 $1.50
A trip on the Thames river of three men and a dog is most humorously described.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1896 $1.25
A very suitable and pretty story for young girls.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1897 $1.25
The story of a summer on the coast of Maine and the adjacent islands, forms one of the most delightful books Miss Jewett has written.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1895 $1.25
Some of Miss Jewett's most delightful work is to be found in the stories which make up this volume. Her own sweetness of good breeding finds a way into all she writes.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1893 $1.25
Describes with absolute fidelity and a most delicious humor, New England life and character.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1893 $1.25
Describes modes of life and types of character peculiar to New England.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1890 $1.25
Eleven stories full of Miss Jewett's inimitable New England local color.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1898 $1.50
An uncommonly strong story of Colonial Virginia, reproducing the scenes, characters, the social life and the very spirit of the time and place.
Il.Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1900 $1.50
It is the work of a born story-teller, a straightforward, robust romance in which many thing's come to pass in simple language.
j Kaler, J. O. (James Otis, pseud.) The boy captain.
Bost., Estes & Lauriat, 1896
A story of the sea, full of interesting and exciting adventures of the brave young seaman, who reclaimed and brought back to New York a vessel abandoned by its crew.
N. Y., Harper & Bros., n. d. $1
A sequel to Toby Tyler. The circus element is not made sufficiently attractive to do any harm and is more than counterbalanced by the goodness of Toby.
Bost., Estes & Lauriat, 1897 75c
A tale of Boston during the siege.
N. Y., Harper & Bros., n. d. $1
A very amusing story of a little boy who joined a circus and after ten weeks of heart-breaking experiences returns to his home much wiser for his adventures.
Bost., Wilde & Co., 1899 $1.50
From the time the keels of vessels which became famous were laid until the victory was won which made Perry's name imperishable, the reader is kept in close touch with all that concerned him.
N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1894 $1.25
A graphic picture of West Point, giving all the details of cadet life.
Il.N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1890 $1.25
A fitting tribute to a gallant commander from the pen of a most popular writer. The three remaining stories are equally well told.
Phila., Lippincott, 1892 75c
Army experiences and some love experiences told at an impromptu dinner gotten up in army quarters one bleak Christmas day.
Il.Phila., Lippincott, 1894 $1.25
Light novel, sketching admirably life at a southwestern army post.
Phila., Lippincott, 1895 $1
Captain King has caught the true spirit of the American novel.
Il.Phila., Lippincott, 1894 $1.25
The heroism of the men and women ordered to the front to meet the treacherous Indian is worked into a most interesting story.
Il.Phila., Lippincott, 1896 $1.50
Two exciting stories for boys, from the pen of the well-known military writer.
Phila., Lippincott, 1894 $1
The times is in the "sixties" just after the war. The incidents represents the lights and shadows of military life and are evidently drawn from actual knowledge and experience.
Phila., Altemus, 1899 $1
The story of "a child of the law," who witnesses, amid the scenes of the recent life and death of Jesus, the deepening conflict between the law and the Cross.
Phila., Altemus, 1897 $1.50
A vivid and picturesque narrative of the life and times of the great apostle.
N. Y., Century Co., 1897 $1.50
A story of the Grand Banks which has to do with a fifteen-year-old-boy who at the outset of the narrative has been irredeemably spoiled by an indulgent mother.
Jungle book. ; 1st and 2d series.
Il.N. Y., Century Co., 1894 $1.50
Short stories relating, with one exception, to animal life in India.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1897 $1.25
The story is one almost entirely of love and character. America and Italy are the scenes of action.
N. Y., Longmans, Green & Co., 1895 $2
The tales of this volume are intended for children, who will like, it is hoped, the old stories that have pleased so many generations.
N. Y., Longmans, Green & Co., 1895 $2
The editor of this book picked up the fairy tales from French, German, Greek, Chinese, Red Indian and Russian sources.
Bost., Estes & Lauriat, 1892 $1.50
The scenes from Russian school life are novel and extremely interesting.
N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1888 $1
Story of an American girl living in London, Much can be learned from this volume, of English ways and manners.
Phila., Coates & Co., 1896 $1.25
The entertaining story of a young girl's life.
Phila., Coates & Co., n. d. $1.50
The story deals with the trials and triumphs that attend the heiress Dorothy, and the scenes are mostly laid in New York and Connecticut.
N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1888 $1
The central figure of the Glen Holly household is Felix, a little crippled boy. It is a charming story for young people.
j Nan.
N. Y., Harper & Bros., n. d. $1
The experiences and trials of a young girl who is an expectant heiress of a rich aunt.
N. Y., Harper & Bros., n. d. $1
A sequel to the story of "Nan."
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1897 $1.25
A capital story of the revolution, for girls. The heroine is the daughter of an American general.
Il.N. Y., Putnam's Sons, 1890 75c
An unusual grace of expression and refinement of sentiment characterizes all of Miss Litchfield's work.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1898 $1.25
Passionate admiration for horses; touches of tenderness for the true affection and high moral qualities of cowboys; lots of fun and "go;" all serve to make this collection of tales a spirited one.
Bost., D. Lothrop, n. d. $1.50
Considered the best work of this writer who is so rich in noble thought and grand impulse.
Bost., D. Lothrop, n. d. $1.50
Rich in noble and suggestive thoughts, and entertaining though improbable in incident.
Il.Bost., D. Lothrop, n. d. $1.50
A mine of quaint and original similitudes, the deep perception of human nature being particularly remarkable.
Bost., Wolfe, Fiske & Co., n. d. $1.25
It is decidedly original and in many respects marked and exceptionally striking contribution to the literature of locality.
Bost., Lamson, Wolfe & Co., 1898 $1.50
A well constructed story, possessing much quaint interest apart from the climax, which is ingeniously accounted for.
Major, C. (Edwin Caskoden, pseud.) When knighthood was in flower.
Ind., Bowen-Merrill Co., 1898 $1.50
A charming love story of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor, the sister of Henry the Eighth.
Phila., Lippincott, n. d. 75c
It is believed that the heroine's life depicts the early life of the author.
Phila., Lippincott, 1893 75c
This story is said to be the best work of this well-known German writer.
Il.N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1896 $1.50
"The reading of such a book is an intellectual as well as a moral stimulus. I felt behind the book a keen, sane, Sympathetic intelligence."—H. Garland.
Chic., McClurg & Co., 1898 $1.25
The story of Paul and Minnie Hawthorne, two orphans, who after many unsuccessful attempts finally find their uncle and are happy after many trials.
Mitchell Dr. S. W. Hugh Wynne. 2 vols.
N. Y., Century Co., 1899 $2
A story of colonial times which has run through many editions.
Phila., Lippincott, 1897 $1.25
Mrs. Molesworth is too well known as a successful and discriminating writer of stories for girls to need one word said in her praise.
Il.N. Y., Macmillan, 1895 $1
The story of the home life of two little English country girls.
N. Y., Whittaker, 1895 $1
Mrs. Molesworth has not won her position as a favorite author of juveniles without acquiring a skill which insures her success as a story-teller.
Il.N. Y., Crowell & Co., 1893 $1.50
Deals with settlers in Tennessee and their hardships during the exciting times of the war of 1812.
Il.N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1895 $1.25
A story of the troubles with the Indians of northern New York a century and a half ago. A glimpse of a chapter of history well worth remembering.
N. Y., Putnam's Sons, 1895 $1.25
Story of the life of a railroad boy
Il.N. Y., Harper & Bros, 1889 $1.25
The hero is a baby, picked up in a floating barrel by a fishing schooner; in time he discovers his parents and finds himself heir to an English estate.
Il.N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1899 $1.25
This story narrates the adventures of a boy who enlisted in Col. Roosevelt's famous regiment and was sent on special service to carry messages to Gen. Garcia.
Il.N. Y., Putnam's Sons, 1895 $1.25
Gives a good idea of life in the oil regions, also information regarding the finding of oil.
Il.N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1895 $1.25
Mr. Munroe long ago established himself as one of our ablest writers for children, and this latest work from his pen is perhaps the best he has published.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1897 $1.25
The story is of the struggle by which Texas gained her independence from Mexico.
j Murfree, M. N. (Charles Egbert Craddock, pseud. ) Young-mountaineers.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1897 $1.25
This book contains stories of adventure in the mountains of east Tennessee, and they are all told in the vigorous, dramatic manner of her other stories.
Bost., DeWolfe & Fiske, n. d. $1.25
These stories have John Norton, the trapper, for their hero, representing an ideal New England man who spent his life in the woods.
N. Y., Putnam's Sons, 1894 $1
A capital story, cleverly told
Il.Bost., W. A. Wilde Co., 1899 $1.50
With historical truth the author in this, his latest book, has happily coupled an exceedingly interesting and instructive book.
N. Y., Stokes Co., 1897 $1.25
The story brings in a visit of the heroine and some of her friends to Arlington, and incidentally describes visits to several of the historical spots around Washington.
N. Y., Doubleday & McClure, 1898 $1.25
The tale is of shepherds of the extreme North of England and their dogs, their rivalries and contests, etc. One of the strongest novels of the year.
Bost., Estes & Lauriat, 1896 $1.25
The story is full of exciting adventure afloat and ashore, in war and peace, at home, in the West Indies and the far Australian bush.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1891 $1.50
These stories furnish another record of the daily humanity which softened the civil strife. Told in a dashing, vigorous and humorous manner.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1894 $1
The story tells of a family feud which had lasted for three generations brought to an end by the politic god of love.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1894 $1.50
A pretty love story of old slavery days with its scene on a southern plantation.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1898 $1.25
A romantic love story of the South just after the war—a time when romance and pathos combined in many picturesque developments.
Il.N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1895 $1
The fact that the incidents are just such as might and probably did happen in war time to two bright, brave boys makes the book more fascinating.
N. Y., R. H. Russell, 1898 $1
No matter how slight a story Thomas Nelson Page may write, it always has in it some people you would like to have known.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1898 $1.50
War, loyalty, treason, love, and devotion lend a most truthful and often tragic variety to the tale. The story is of engrossing interest.
N. Y., Appleton, 1897 $1.50
The memoirs of Capt. Robert Moray, sometime an officer in the Virginia regiment. The author has been strictly faithful to historical facts in the romance.
Phila., Appleton, 1896 $1
Mr. Parker here adds to a reputation already wide, and anew demonstrates his power of pictorial portrayal, and of strong dramatic situation and climax.
Chic., Way & Williams, 1896 $1.25
The book contains several of the best tales of western life ever written.
Phila., Jacobs & Co., 1897 75c
Story of a waif who is rescued from corrupting environments and sent into the country to be uplifted by the moral influence of an individual.
N. Y., Appleton, 1898 $1.50
It is a profoundly interesting and exciting story and original in plot
N. Y., Dodd, Mead & Co., 1896 $1.25
This new novel is full of adventure, constructed with great skill and holds the interest from beginning to end.
Il.Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1894 $1.50
A collection of short stories entirely about girls.
Il.Bost., Little, Brown & Co., 1894 $1.50
Five pretty stories about girls, and for girls.
Il.Bost., Little, Brown & Co., 1894 $1.50
A pleasant and graceful story of school girl life.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1893 $1.25
The author leads us on a strange journey into the land of mysteries.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1893 $1.25
Mrs. Phelps-Ward, at her best, is very, very good; and she is best in most of the papers of this volume.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1892 $1.50
Glimpses of the life beyond are shown us in this popular story.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1887 $1.25
Again Miss Phelps carries her readers into the unseen world.
Il.N. Y., Dodd, Mead & Co., 1894 $1.50
The story of a thoughtless, disorderly little girl who learns her lessons through severe experiences.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1892 $1.50
A book to be read as a duty, to be enjoyed as a masterpiece of novel writing with a purpose.—Literary World.
Il.Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1894 50c
An effective story of the curse of heredity, full of tenderness and irresistible pathos.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1900 $1
Story of a dog, dealing with the subject of vivisection.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., n. d. $1.50
The interest of the story lies in the strange scenes and peoples to which the reader is introduced.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1897 $1
Bost., Roberts Bros., 1894 $1
She is a bright little creation, as winning as "Dear daughter Dorothy."
Bost., Roberts Bros., 1895 $1
A jolly story of a little girl who was her father's mother in a very real way.
Il.Bost., Little, Brown & Co., 1899 $1.25
A charming story of Massachusetts in the old colonial days, including much valable information for young people regarding the fauna and flora of New England.
N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1895 $1.25
The evolution of the lovable but untrained heroine into noble, unselfish womanhood is depicted with admirable art.
Chic., Stone & Co., 1898 $1.50
A story of love and adventure in St. Augustine, much more exciting than Miss Pool's stories usually are, but with all her delightful sense of humor.
N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1896 $1.50
Another of the author's strong studies of woman's complex nature.
Bost., Harper, 1894 $1.25
Sequel to the "Two salomes."
N. Y., Harper & Bros, 1898 $1.50
A novel with a New England setting. The problem dealt with is how much a woman's love can tolerate before it is entirely deadened.
Best., Harper, 1893 $1.25
Story of a New England girl who is the victim of invincible heredity, which leads her to commit crime.
Il.N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1891 $2
The time is the fifteenth century, the scene is laid in England; Henry IV and the men of his court are the men of iron.
Il.N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1892 $1.25
A book of wonderful adventures and astounding occurrences.
Il.N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1895 $2
A tale of Germany in the days of the robber barons, when the general lawlessness of the times gave scope to numberless deeds of bravery and cruelty.
Bost., Copeland & Day, 1897 $1.50
The characters are finely delineated, the varied and rapidly shifting scenes are pictured with the skill of an artist, and the pure moral tone is carried through the whole, like a golden thread.
Il.N. Y., Longmans, Green & Co., 1895 $1.25
Such a story as this is one to make the reputation of a new author or add to that of one already famous.
Bost., Dana, Estes & Co., 1898 $1.25
A new volume in the series of which "Three Margarets" was so successful as the initial volume.
Bost., Estes & Lauriat, 1889 $1.25
The story tells of a little girl forced into society who becomes tired and ill from her unnatural life; but is finally restored to happiness and health by a residence west, where the right surroundings make her well again.
Bost., Estes & Lauriat, 1897 $1.25
It is one of the most clever stories for girls that the author has written.
Ind., Bowen-Merrill Co., 1892 $1.25
Twelve graphic stories each prefaced by a poem.
N. Y., Cassell, 1893 $1
A series of wonderful adventures, graphically told.
Il.N. Y., Stokes Co., 1899 $1.50
A story of the boys and girls of '76.
Il.Phila., American Baptist Pub. Soc., 1894 $1.25
The autobiography of a dog.
Scott, Sir Walter Waverly novels. Estes edition; 12 vols., cl.
Bost., Estes, 1887 $18
N. Y., Merrill & Baker, 1895 $15
Waverly novels. New Standard ed.; 12 vols., buckram.
N. Y, Macmillan & Co. $22.50
Abbott; Anne of Geirstein; Antiquary; Aunt Margaret's mirror; Betrothed; Black dwarf; Bride of Lammermoor; Castle dangerous; Count Robert, of Paris; Death of the laird's Jock; Fair maid of Perth; Guy Mannering; Heart of Midlothian; Highland widow; Kenilworth; Legend of Montrose; Old mortality; Pirate; Peveril of the Peak; Quentin Durward; Rob Roy; Red gauntlet; St. Ronan's well; Surgeon's daughter; Talisman; Tapestried chamber; Two rovers; Woodstock.
Phila., Appleton, 1892 75c
The incidents are of great interest, well imagined and admirably carried out.
Il.Phila., Appleton, 1894 $1
The hero is a mischievous midshipman on board the frigate Constitution, who finally dies a heroic death during the historical fight between the Constitution and the Vengeance.
Phila., Appleton, 1891 $1
There is unmistakable cleverness in the volume, and the author's sense of humor makes itself felt everywhere.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1896 $1.25
The way in which the wit and good nature of this Bohemian of the Latin Quarter triumph over adverse circumstances and land him and his friend in affluence and bliss is told in a brisk narrative.
Bost., D. Lothrop, 1893 $1.50
Two stories for boys, both having for the leading incidents acts of heroism which really occurred; one in the American army, the other in the navy.
Bost., D. Lothrop, n. d. $1.25
A characteristic New England story.
Bost., D. Lothrop, n. d. $1.50
Around the story of "The Judges" of King Charles—Goffe and Whalley—who were hiding in the New Haven colony, the author has woven a powerful romance.
Il.Bost., D. Lothrop, 1898 $1.50
A romance of the American revolution.
Phila., Altemus, 1897 $1.25
This remarkable romance, dealing with history and religion, with the customs of Rome in the days of Nero, and the martyrdom of early Christians, is likely to take a place as the greatest of this author's works.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1897 $1.50
"Tom Grogan" is the crowning achievement of Mr. Smith's genius as a novelist. It has attracted marked attention by its superb and original heroine.
N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1894 $1.25
A collection of bright and clever short stories.
N. Y., Macmillan Co., 1897 $1.50
We know none will lay it down without a feeling of admiration. It is a most wonderful picture.
Il.N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1895 $1.25
A tale of rapid action and stirring adventure in the time of the "War of the Roses," late in the reign of unhappy Henry Sixth.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1895 $1.25
Whatever Mr. Stevenson writes has in it the always indefinable touch of original power, and this has been nowhere shown so forcibly as in the strange story of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde."
Il.N. Y., Scribner's Sons, n. d. $1.25
A new edition of the best pirate story ever written.
Bost., Lamson, Wolffe & Co., 1896 $2
It is safe to predict that King Noanett will take its place in the hearts of the people with such books as Lorna Doone, etc. A most noble book.
Phila., Lippincott, 1897 $1.50
The book is a good piece of work, with its scene laid in Florida and plenty of camp life and hunting.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1895 $1.25
The stories were grouped as a representative class of the author's best known work in this line.
Il.N. Y., Merriam Co., 1894 $1.50
The experiences of two lads, owners of the "Sea Lion," make up a thoroughly nautical story.
Phila., Lippincott, 1896 $1.50
The book gives a fresh and interesting account of frontier life, and is told by a man who loves his subject.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1893 $1
There cannot be much doubt as to the merits of a story that has survived the criticisms of its keen-scented readers. It is the story of a "growing boy."
Bost., D. Lothrop, 1900 $1.25
A naval story of the American revolution, detailing the adventures of Guert Ten Eyck and his friends on the American privateer Noank. All boys and girls who read "Guert Ten Eyck" will welcome this volume.
N. Y., Appleton, 1897 $1.50
Mr. Stoddard is at his best in this stirring story, which amongst other themes pictures incidents of Washington's campaigning in New Jersey.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., n. d. $1.50
A story which brings out true pictures, in detail, of slave life in the southern states. Mrs. Stowe's masterpiece.
N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1897 $1.25
These six stories are Mrs. Stuart's latest and unquestionably her best.
N. Y., Harper &, Bros., 1897 $1.25
Humor, pathos, sympathy and insight characterizes Mrs. Stuart's fiction, which is as able as it is wholesome and engaging.
Il.N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1894 $1.50
Story of a little Creole girl daintily told, and without doubt all who read it will be charmed.
Il.N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1892 $1.25
A bright, breezy story for young folks, abounding in pleasing incident.
Bost., Estes & Lauriat, n. d. $1.25
Seventeen short stories that have appeared in the St. Nicholas from time to time.
Bost., Estes & Lauriat, 1896 $1.25
The present collection is of the best stories that have appeared in Harper's Bazaar, Home Journal, etc., during the past few years.
Chic., McClurg & Co., 1900 $1.25
A delightful tale of love and heroism in the days when the Huguenots of Languedoc waged their desperate fight for liberty of conscience against the tyranny of Louis XIV.
Chic., McClurg & Co., 1900 $1.25
A thrilling tale of intrigue and barbaric plot. The book is exciting, well sustained and excellently written. Another "Zenda" story.—The Times-Herald, Chicago.
Chic., McClurg & Co., 1900 $1.25
A delicious story of the revolutionary war, in a pretty setting of exquisite nature pictures of scene and character.
Il.N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1890 $1
Rich in thrilling adventure.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1898 $1.50
Miss French is not only one of the most popular of American story-writers, but one of the most thoroughly American in spirit.
N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1897 $1.25
Incidents in the life of a plain man who tried to do his duty.
Il.N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1893 $1.25
Contents. The besetment of Kurt Leiders; face of failure; Tommy and Thomas; Mother Emeritus; An assisted providence; Harry Lossing.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1898 $2
It is certainly in advance of anything else dealing with our four-footed brethren that has yet appeared in America. The originality and freshness are irresistible.
Bost., Little, Brown & Co., 1895 $2
A charming volume dealing with the courtship and marriage of three famous beauties of old colonial times.
Bost., Lee & Shepard, 1895 $1.50
The author's purpose is by means of living characters, to impart vital force to the conditions and events of the war of 1812.
Il.Bost., Lee & Shepard, 1897 $1.50
The scene of this story is laid on the great lakes, and it can be justly said that the entire setting of the book is historically correct.
Il.Bost., Wilde & Co., 1895 $1.50
The setting of this story is in the main historically true.
Il.Bost., Wilde & Co., 1896 $1.50
The setting of the story, like that of the others of the series, is true historically, and the events of the times are interestingly treated.
Bost., Wilde & Co., 1898 $1.50
The history of Burgone's campaign is one of great interest and is well brought out in the part which the "two young patriots" took in the events which led up to the surrender of General Burgoyne and his army.
Il.Bost., De Wolfe, Fiske & Co., n. d. $1
A collection of short stories for boys and girls.
N. Y., Routledge & Sons, n. d. 40c
The author brings to his so justly popular works an ardor and faith which greatly contribute to their success.
Il.N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1894 $2.50
The book is written with the usual vigor and enthusiasm of the author, whose works are universally popular.
Il.N. Y., Crowell & Co., n. d. 75c
The marvelous and exciting adventures of Pierre Aronnax, Conseil his servant and Ned Land, a Canadian harpooner.
Viaud, L. M. J (Pierre Loti, pseud.) An Iceland fisherman.
Chic., McClurg & Co., 1893. $1
In this, his masterpiece, the author tells a simple love story, striking down to the primal roots of human pathos with the old, old tragedy of love and death.
N. Y., Harper & Bros., n. d. $1.50
This story is dramatic. The treatment throughout is so delicate and reverential that there is no possible occasion for objections on the subject dealt with.
N. Y., 1898 $1.25
Mr. Warman has written with energy and facility of what he thoroughly understands, and cannot, therefore, fail to interest his readers.
Warner, S. (Wetherell E., pseud.) The wide, wide world.
Il.Phila., 1893 $1
Miss Warner is one of the best friends a young girl can have as chaperone into the delightful kingdom of romance.
Watson, Rev. J. (Ian Maclaren, pseud.) Beside the bonnie brier bush.
Dodd, Mead & Co., 1895 $1.25
This new author has leaped into sudden fame, for the gift of the Holy Spirit is his to transmute homely deeds into shining marvels.
N. Y., Appleton & Co., 1900 $1.50
A notable contribution to those sectional studies of American life by which our literature has been so greatly enriched.
N. Y., Morse Co., 1896 $1.50
A romance founded on fact. The scene is laid in the Rocky mountains and the heroine is a young girl who has since become famous in music and literature in New York.
Il.N. Y., Longmans, Green & Co., 1895 $1.25
These short stories in the days of Henry IV move briskly, and while they are but slight are vivid.
Il.N. Y., Longmans, Green & Co., 1895 $1.25
Romance of the time of Henry of Navarre; stirring adventure and excellent historical setting.
Il.N. Y., Longmans, Green & Co., 1894 $1.25
A modern English version of a curious French memoir written about 1620.
Il.N. Y., Macmillan, 1894 $1.25
No one of Mr. Weyman's books is better than "My Lady Rotha," unless it be "Under the red robe." It is a good book to read and read again.
N. Y., Harper & Bros, 1896 $1.50
A succession of thrilling incidents which holds the reader's interest to the last.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., n. d. $1.25
It is full of radiant and kindly humor. It is a book for much enduring usefulness.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1893 $1.25
The admirable local coloring which Mrs. Whitney has given to her thoroughly New England tales is of priceless value, and her simplicity and exquisite delicacy is delightful.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1899 $1.50
The story is told in Mrs. Whitney's well-known style, and abounds in those humorous touches and flashes of inspiration which make her stories so charming.
Il.Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1894 50c
A tender and touching tale of an invalid child who spent her little life in adding to others' joys.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1895 $1
Story of the courting of Miss Catherine Schuyler while touring the English cathedral towns in company with Miss Celia Van Tyck.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1896 $1
The scenes are laid in California. Polly's problem is how to add to a limited income.
Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1895 $1
Timothy is in quest of a mother for a little girl who has been his companion on a wretched baby farm. Bright, touching and humorous.
N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1887. $1.25
Stories of life in rural New England, in which will be found equal parts of pathos and humor.
N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1892 $1.25
The author has made an unlovely middle-aged woman the center of a story of sustained power, showing her stern struggle with fate and unfaltering persistence in the path she has chosen.
N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1897 $1.50
It is a book which will be appreciated wherever the pathos and dignity of human nature make their appeal to sympathetic readers.
Il.N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1900 $1.25
A collection of five delightful stories in widely different veins.
N. Y., Harper & Bros., n. d. $1.25
This second volume of stories of homely New England will greatly confirm the reputation which her first volume won.
N. Y., Harper & Bros., n. d. $1.50
The pathos of New England life, its intensities of repressed feeling, its homely tragedies, and its tender humor, have never been better told.
Il.N. Y., Fords, Howard & Hulbert, 1882 $2.75
A succession of vivid pictures, tragic as well as comic.
Il.Harper & Bros., 1896 $1.50
Strong, clear impressions of the red savage and the civilization of the plains.
Il.N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1892 $1.25
A charming story; the scene is laid on the picturesque island of Mackinac, where tourists of today may see the home of Anne still standing.
N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1889 $1.25
Once more the author shows the unreasoning, all pardoning love of two good women.
Chic., Way & Williams, 1895 $1.25
No more original book of "Ghostly folk-lore" tales has appeared in this century.
N. Y., Routledge & Sons, n. d. $1.50