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Austin, J. G. Betty Alden. 

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.

——— David Alden's daughter. 

Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1895 $1.25

A collection of twelve stories of colonial times.

——— Nameless nobleman. 

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.

——— Standish of Standish. 

Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1895 $1.25

The most popular of Mrs. Austin's historical novels of the old Plymouth colony.

Bangs, J. K. Rebellious heroine. 

N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1896 $1.25

A pretty unhackneyed conceit. The tale is told with Mr. Bangs vivacity of style.

Barr, A. E. Between two loves. 

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.

——— Border shepherdess. 

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.

——— Friend Olivia. 

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.

——— Hallam succession. 

N. Y., Phillips & Hunt, 1885 $1

Miss Barr shows unusual ease and freedom of expression in all of her writings.

——— Household of McNeil. 

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.