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THE Christian. By Hall Caine, author of "The Manxman," "The Deemster," "The Bondman," etc. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.
"One of the grandest books of the century-end."—New York Home Journal.
"The public is hardly prepared for so remarkable a performance as 'The Christian.' ... A permanent addition to English literature. . . . Above and beyond any popularity that is merely temporary."—Boston Herald.
"Must be regarded as the greatest work that has yet come from the pen of this strong writer. . . . A book of wonderful power and force."—Brooklyn Eagle.
"The best story Hall Caine has written. It is one of the best stories that have been written for many years. It is emphatically the strongest and best story that has been written during the past twelve months.... A masterpiece in fiction."'—Buffalo Commercial.
"This extraordinary piece of fiction. None who read it will gainsay its power and effectiveness. . . . The remarkable book of the summer."—New York Times.
"Of powerful and absorbing interest. The reader is irresistibly fascinated from the very beginning. . . . A remarkable book."—Philadelphia Press.
"A noble story; one of the best half-dozen novels of the decade; a splendid piece of writing; a profound study in character, and a series of thrilling portrayals."—Chicago Evening Post.
"A book that has assuredly placed its maker upon a pedestal which will last well-nigh forever. . . . Powerful, thrilling, dramatic, and, best of all, intensely honest in its every line. . . . A truly wonderful achievement."—Cincinnati Commercial-Tibune.
"By long odds the most powerful production of his very productive pen, and it will live and be read and re-read when ninety per cent of the books of to-day are forgotten."—Boston Daily Globe.
"Though the theme is old, Mr. Caine has worked it up with a passion and power that make it new again. . . . Can not fail to thrill even the most careless reader."—New York Herald.
"'The Christian' is one of the strongest novels of the year, and is in some respects the greatest work this author has yet produced."—Philadelphia Evening Telegraph.
"Indisputably Mr. Caine's strongest and most important work."—Philadelphia Bulletin.
"A powerful story. . . . The portrait of the pure womanliness of Glory Quayle is beyond any praise we can bestow."—N. Y. Mail and Express.
"By far the strongest novel that has been brought out this year. ... If you once dip into it you must stay with it until the end. It lays hold upon your heart and compels attention."—San Francisco Chronicle.
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GILBERT PARKER'S BEST BOOKS.
Being the Memoirs of Captain Robert Moray, sometime an Officer in the Virginia Regiment, and afterwards of Amherst's Regiment. 12mo. Cloth, illustrated, $1.50.
"Another historical romance of the vividness and intensity of 'The Seats of the Mighty' has never come from the pen of an American. Mr. Parker's latest work, may, without hesitation, be set down as the best he has done. From the first chapter to the last word interest in the book never wanes; one finds it difficult to interrupt the narrative with breathing space. It whirls with excitement and strange adventure. . . . All of the scenes do homage to the genius of Mr. Parker, and make ' The Seats of the Mighty' one of the books of the year."—Chicago Record.
"Mr. Gilbert Parker is to be congratulated on the excellence of his latest story. 'The Seats of the Mighty,' and his readers are to be congratulated on the direction which his talents have taken therein. . . . It is so good that we do not stop to think of its literature, and the personality of Doltaire is a masterpiece of creative art."—New York Mail and Express.
12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.
"Mr. Parker here adds to a reputation already wide, and anew demonstrates his power of pictorial portrayal and of strong dramatic situation and climax "—Philadelphia Bulletin.
"The tale holds the reader's interest from first to last, for it is full of fire and spirit, abounding in incident, and marked by good character drawing."— Pittsburg Times.
THE TRESPASSER. 12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.
"Interest, pith, force, and charm— Mr. Parker's new story possesses all these qualities. . . . Almost bare of synthetical decoration, his paragraphs are stirring because they are real. We read at times—as we have read the great masters of romance—breathlessly."—The Critic.
"Gilbert Parker writes a strong novel, but thus far this is his masterpiece. . . . It is one of the great novels of the year."—Boston Advertiser.
THE TRANSLATION OF A SAVAGE. 16mo. Flexible cloth, 75 cents.
"A book which no one will be satisfied to put down until the end has been matter of certainty and assurance."—The Nation.
"A story of remarkable interest, originality, and ingenuity of construction."—Boston Home Journal.
"The perusal of this romance will repay those who care for new and original type of character, and who are susceptible to the fascination of a fresh and vigorous style."—London Daily News.
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THE REDS OF THE MIDI. An Episode of the French Revolution. By Felix Gras. Translated from the Provencal by Mrs. Catharine A. Janvier. With an Introduction by Thomas A. Janvier. With Frontispiece. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.
"It is doubtful whether in the English language we have had a more powerful, impressive, artistic picture of the French Revolution, from the revolutionist's point of view, than that presented in Felix Gras's 'The Reds of the Midi.' . . . Adventures follow one another rapidly; splendid brilliant pictures are frequent, and the thread of a tender, beautiful love story winds in and out of its pages."—New York Mail and Express.
"'The Reds of the Midi' is a red rose from Provence, a breath of pure air in the stifling atmosphere of present day romance—a stirring narrative of one of the most picturesque events of the Revolution It is told with all the strength of simplicity and directness: it is warm and pulsating, and fairly trembles with excitement."—Chicago Record.
"To the names of Dickens, Hugo, and Erckmann-Chatrian must be added that of Felix Gras, as a romancer who has written a tale of the French Revolution not only possessing historical interest, but charming as a story. A delightful piece of literature, of a rare and exquisite flavor."—Buffalo Express.
"No more forcible presentation of the wrongs which the poorer classes suffered in France at the end of the eighteenth century has ever been put between the covers of a book."—Boston Budget.
"Every page is alive with incidents or scenes of the time, and any one who reads it will get a vivid picture that can never be forgotten of the Reign of Terror in Paris."—San Francisco Chronicle.
"The author has a rare power of presenting vivid and lifelike pictures. He is a true artist. . . His warm, glowing, Provencal imagination sees that tremendous battalion of death even as the no less warm and glowing imagination of Carlyle saw it."—London Daily Chronicle.
"Of The Reds of the Midi' itself it is safe to predict that the story will become one of the most widely popular stories of the next few months. It certainly deserves such appreciative recognition, for it throbs with vital interest in every line. . . . The characters are living, stirring, palpitating human beings, v ho will glow in the reader's memory long after he has turned over the last pages of this remarkably fascinating book."—London Daily Mail.
"A delightful romance. . . . The story is not only historically accurate; it is one of continuous and vivid interest"—Philadelphia Press.
"Simply enthralling. . . . The narrative abounds in vivid descriptions of stirring incidents and wonderfully attractive depictions of character. Indeed, one might almost say of 'The Reds of the Midi' that it has all the fire and forcefulness of the elder Dumas, with something more than Dumas's faculty for dramatic compression."—Boston Beacon.
"A charmingly told story, and all the more delightful because of the unstudied simplicity of the spokesman, Pascalet. Fe1ix Gras is a true artist, and he has pleaded the cause of a hated people with the tact and skill that only an artist could employ."—Chicago Evening Post.
"Much excellent revolutionary fiction in many languages has been written since the announcement of the expiration of 1889, or rather since the contemporary publication of old war records newly discovered, but there is none more vivid than this story of men of the south, written by one of their own hood."—Boston Herald.
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LADS' LOVE. Illustrated.
"It seems to us that there is in this latest product much of the realism of personal experience. However modified and disguised, it is hardly possible to think that the writer's personality does not present itself in Saunders McQuhirr. . . . Rarely has the author drawn more truly from life than in the cases of Nance and 'the Hempie'; never more typical Scotsman of the humble sort than the farmer Peter Chrystie."—London Athenieum.
"A thoroughly delightful book. ... It is hearty, wholesome, full of pleasant light and dainty touches. It must be regarded as one of the best things that Crockett has writtten."—Brooklyn Eagle.
CLEG KELLY, ARAB OF THE CITY. His
Progress and Adventures. Illustrated.
"A masterpiece which Mark Twain himself has never rivaled. ... If there ever was an ideal character in fiction it is this heroic ragamuffin."—London Daily Chronicle.
"In no one of his books does Mr. Crockett give us a brighter or more graphic picture of contemporary Scotch life than in 'Cleg Kelly.' ... It is one of the great books."—Boston Daily Advertiser.
BOG-MYRTLE AND PEAT. Third edition.
"Here are idyls, epics, dramas of human life, written in words that thrill and burn. . . . Each is a poem that has an immortal flavor. They are fragments of the author's early dreams, too bright, too gorgeous, too full of the blood of rubies and the life of diamonds to be caught and held palpitating in expression's grasp."—Boston Courier.
"Hardly a sketch among them all that will not afford pleasure to the reader for its genial humor, artistic local coloring, and admirable portrayal of character."—Boston Home Journal.
"One dips into the book anywhere and reads on and on, fascinated by the writer's charm of manner."—Minneapolis Tribune.
THE LILAC SUNBONNET. Eighth edition.
"A love story pure and simple, one of the old fashioned, wholesome, sunshiny kind, with a pure-minded, sound hearted hero, and a heroine who is merely a good and beautiful woman; and if any other love story half so sweet has been written this year, it has escaped our notice."—New York Times.
"The general conception of the story, the motive of which is the growth of love between the young chief and heroine, is delineated with a sweetness and a freshness, a naturalness and a certainty, which places 'The Lilac Sunbonnet' among the best stories of the time."—New York Mail and Express.
"In its own line this little love story can hardly be excelled. It is a pastoral, an idyl—the story of love and courtship and marriage of a fine young man and a lovely girl—no more; but it is told in so thoroughly delightful a manner, with such playful humor, such delicate fancy, such true and sympathetic feeling, that nothing more could be desired."—Boston Traveler.
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UNCLE BERNAC. A Romance of the Empire. Illustrated.
"'Uncle Bernac' is for a truth Dr. Doyle's Napoleon. Viewed as a picture of the little man in the gray coat, it must rank before anything he has written. The fascination of it is extraordinary."—London Daily Chronicle.
"From the opening pages the clear and energetic telling of the story never falters and our attention never flags."—London Observer.
RODNEY STONE. Illustrated.
"A remarkable book, worthy of the pen that gave us 'The White Company,' 'Micah Clarke,' and other notable romances."—London Daily News.
"A notable and very brilliant work of genius."—London Speaker.
"'Rodney Stone' is, in our judgment, distinctly the best of Dr. Conan Doyle's revels. . . . There are few descriptions in fiction that can vie with that race upon the Brighton road."—London Times.
THE EXPLOITS OF BRIGADIER GERARD.
A Romance of the Life of a Typical Napoleonic Soldier. Illustrated.
"The brigadier is brave, resolute, amorous, loyal, chivalrous; never was a foe more ardent in battle, more clement in victory, or more ready at need. . . . Gallantry, humor, martial gayety, moving incident, make up a really delightful book."—London Times.
"May be set down without reservation as the most thoroughly enjoyable book that Dr. Doyle has ever published."—Boston Beacon.
THE STARK MUNRO LETTERS. Being a Series of Twelve Letters written by Stark Munro, M. B., to his friend and former fellow-student, Herbert Rwanborough, of Lowell, Massachusetts, during the years 1881-1884. Illustrated.
"Collingworth. . . . a much more interesting creation than Sherlock Holmes, and I pray Dr. Doyle to give us more of him."—Richard le Gallienne, in the London Star.
"'The Stark Munro Letters' is a bit of real literature. ... Its reading will be an epoch-making event in many a life."—Philadelphia Evening Telegraph.
ROUND THE RED LAMP. Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life.
"Too much can not be said in praise of these strong productions, that to read, keep one's heart leaping to the throat, and the mind in a tumult of anticipation to the end. . . . No series of short stories in modern literature can approach them."—Hartford Times.
"If Dr. A. Conan Doyle had not already placed himself in the front rank of living English writers by 'The Refugees,' and other of his larger stories, he would surely do so by these fifteen short tales."—New York Mail and Express.
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By F. Anstey, author of "Vice Versa," "The Giant's Robe," etc. l6mo. Cloth, special binding, $1.25.
"Most admirably done. . . . We read fascinated, and fully believing every word we read. . . . The book has deeply interested us, and even thrilled us more than once."—London Daily Chronicle.
"A wildly fantastic story, thrilling and impressive. . . . Has an air of vivid reality . . . . . of bold conception and vigorous treatment. . . . A very noteworthy novelette."—London Times
MARCH HARES. By Harold Frederic, author
of "The Damnation of Theron Ware," "In the Valley," etc. l6mo. Cloth, special binding, $1.25.
"One of the most cheerful novels we have chanced upon for many a day. It has much of the rapidity and vigor of a smartly written farce, with a pervading freshness a smartly written farce rarely possesses. . . . A book decidedly worth reading,"—London Saturday Review.
"A striking and original story. . . . effective, pleasing, and very capable."—London Literary World.
GREEN GATES. An Analysis of Foolishness. By
Mrs. K. M. C. Meredith (Johanna Staats), author of "Drumsticks," etc. 16mo. Cloth, $1.25.
"Crisp and delightful. . . Fascinating, not so much for what it suggests as for its manner, and the cleverly outlined people who walk through its pages."—Chicago Times-Herald.
"An original strain, bright and vivacious, and strong enough in its foolishness and its unexpected tragedy to prove its sterling worth."—Boston Herald.
AN IMAGINATIVE MAN. By Robert S. Hichens, author of "The Folly of Eustace," "The Green Carnation," etc. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25.
"A study in character. . . . Just as entertaining as though it were the conventional story of love and marriage. The clever hand of the author of 'The Green Carnation' is easily detected in the caustic wit and pointed epigram."—Jeanntite L. Gilder, in the New York World.
CORRUPTION. By Percy White, author of "Mr.
Bailey-Martin," etc. l2mo. Cloth, $1.25.
"A drama of biting intensity. A tragedy of inflexible purpose and relentless result"—Pall Mall Gazette.
A HARD WOMAN. A Story in Scenes. By Violet Hunt. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25.
"A good story, bright. keen, and dramatic. ... It is out of the ordinary, and will give you a new sensation."—New York Herald.
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STEPHEN CRANE'S BOOKS.
THE THIRD VIOLET. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00.
"By this latest product of his genius our impression of Mr. Crane is confirmed that, for psychological insight, for dramatic intensity, and for the potency of phrase, he is already in the front rank of English and American writers of fiction, and that he possesses a certain separate quality which places him apart."—London Academy.
"The whole book, from beginning to end, fairly bristles with fun. ... It is adapted for pure entertainment, yet it is not easily put down or forgotten."—Boston Herald.
THE LITTLE REGIMENT, and Other Episodes
of the American Civil War. 12mo. Cloth, $1.00.
"In 'The Little Regiment' we have again studies of the volunteers waiting impatiently to fight and fighting, and the impression of the contest as a private soldier hears, sees, and feels it, is really wonderful. The reader has no privileges. He must, it seems, take his place in the ranks, and stand in the mud, wade in the river, fight, yell, swear, and sweat with the men. He has some sort of feeling, when it is all over, that he has been doing just these things. This sort of writing needs no praise. It will make its way to the hearts of men without praise."—New York Times.
"Told with a verve that brings a whiff of burning powder to one's nostrils. . . . In some way he blazons the scene before our eyes, and makes us feel the very impetus of bloody war."—Chicago Evening Post.
MAGGIE: A GIRL OF THE STREETS.
l2mo. Cloth, 75 cents.
"By writing 'Maggie' Mr. Crane has made for himself a permanent place in literature. . . . Zola himself scarcely has surpassed its tremendous portrayal of throbbing, breathing, moving life."—New York Mail and Express.
"Mr. Crane's story should be read for the fidelity with which it portrays a life that is potent on this island, along with the best of us. It is a powerful portrayal, and, if somber and repellent, none the less true, none the less freighted with appeal to those who are able to assist in righting wrongs."—New York Times.
THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE. An Episode
of the American Civil War. l2mo. Cloth, $1.00.
"Never before have we had the seamy side of glorious war so well depicted. . . . The action of the story throughout is splendid, and all aglow with color, movement, and vim. The style is as keen and bright as a sword-blade, and a Kipling has done nothing better in this line."—Chicago Evening Post.
"There is nothing in American fiction to compare with it. . . . Mr. Crane has added to American literature something that has never been done before, and that is, in its own peculiar way, inimitable."—Boston Beacon.
"A truer and completer picture of war than either Tolstoy or Zola."—London News Review.
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NOVELS BY HALL CAINE.
THE MANXMAN. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.
"A story of marvelous dramatic intensity, and in its ethical meaning has a force comparable only to Hawthorne's 'Scarlet Letter.'"—Boston Beacon.
"A work of power which is another stone added to the foundation of enduring fare to which Mr. Caine is yearly adding."—Public Opinion.
"A wonderfully strong study of character; a powerful analysis of those elements which go to make up the strength and weakness of a man, which are at fierce warfare within the same breast; contending against other, as it were, the one to raise him to fame and power, the other to drag him down to degradation and shame. Never in the whole range of literature have we seen the struggle between these forces for supremacy over the man more powerfully, more realistically delineated than Mr. Caine pictures it."—Boston Home Journal.
THE DEEMSTER. A Romance of the Isle of Man. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50
"Hall Caine has already given us some very strong and fine work, and 'The Deemster' is a story of unusual power . . . . Certain passages and chapters have an intensely dramatic grasp, and hold the fascinated reader with a force rarely excited nowadays in literature.'—The Critic.
"One of the strongest novels which has appeared in many a day."—San Francisco Chronicle.
"Fascinates the mind like the gathering and bursting of a storm."—Illustrated London News.
"Deserves to be ranked among the remarkable novels of the day."—Chicago Times.
THE BONDMAN. New edition. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.
"The welcome given to this story has cheered and touched me, but I am conscious that, to win a reception so warm, such a book must have had readers who brought to it as much as they took away . . . . I have called my story a saga, merely because it follows the epic method, and I must not claim for it at any point the weighty responsibility of history, or serious obligations to the world of fact. But it matters not to me what Icelanders may call 'The Bondman,' if they will honor me by reading it in the open hearted spirit and with the free mind with which they are content to read of Grettir and of his fights with the Troll."—From the Author's Preface.
CAPT'N DAVY'S HONEYMOON. A Manx Yarn. 12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.
"A new departure by this author. Unlike his previous works, this little tale is almost wholly humorous, with, however, a current of pathos underneath. It is not Always that an author can succeed equally well in tragedy and in comedy, but it looks as though Mr. Hall Caine would be one of the exceptions."—London Literary World.
"It is pleasant to meet the author of 'The Deemster 'in a brightly humorous little story like this . . . . It shows the same observation of Manx character, and much of the same artistic skill."—Philadelphia Times.
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THE SUCCESSOR TO "LOOKING BACKWARD."
EQUALITY. By Edward Bellamy. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25.
"The book is so full of ideas, so replete with suggestive aspects, so rich in quotable parts, as to form an arsenal of argument for apostles of the new democracy. . . . The humane and thoughtful reader will lay down 'Equality and regard the world about him with a feeling akin to that with which the child of the tenement returns from his 'country week' to the foul smells, the discordant noises, the incessant strife of the wonted environment. Immense changes are undoubtedly in store for the coming century. The industrial transformations of the world for the past hundred years seem to assure for the next hundred a mutation in social conditions commensurately radical. The tendency is undoubtedly toward human unity, social solidarity. Science will more and more make social evolution a voluntary, self-directing process on the part of man."—Sylvester Baxter, in the Review of Reviews.
"'Equality' is a greater book than 'Looking Backward,' while it is more powerful; and the smoothness, the never-failing interest, the limpid clearness and the simplicity of the argument, and the timeliness, will make it extremely popular. Here is a book that every one will read and enjoy. Rant there is none, but the present system is subjected to a searching arraignment. Withal, the story is bright, optimistic, and cheerful."—Boston Herald.
"Mr. Bellamy has bided his time—the full nine years of Horace's counsel. Calmly and quietly he has rounded out the vision which occurred to him. . . . That Mr. Bellamy is earnest and honest in his convictions is evident. That hundreds of earnest and honest men hold the fame convictions is also evident. Will the future increase, or decrease, the number?"—New York Herald.
"So ample was Mr. Bellamy's material, so rich is his imaginative power, that 'Looking Backward' scarcely gave him room to turn in. . . . The betterment of man is a noble topic, and the purpose of Mr. Bellamy's 'Equality' is to approach it with reverence. The book will raise many discussions. The subject which Mr. Bellamy writes about is inexhaustible, and it has never-failing human interest."—New York Times.
"'Equality' deserves praise for its completeness. It shows the thought and work of years. It apparently treats of every phase of its subject. . . . Altogether praiseworthy and very remarkable."—Chicago Tribune.
"There is no question at all about the power of the author both as the teller of a marvelous story and as the imaginative creator of a scheme of earthly human happiness. 'Equality' is profoundly interesting in a great many different ways."—Boston Daily Advertiser.
"A vastly interesting work, and those who feel in the air the coming of great social, industrial, and economical changes, whether they hope for or fear them, will find 'Equality' the most absorbing reading. The ready sale of the first installment of the book shows how real and general the concern in these questions has grown to be."—Springfield Republican.
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SOME NOTABLE AMERICAN FICTION
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A COLONIAL FREE-LANCE. By Chauncey C.
Hotchkiss, author of "In Defiance of the King."
"We have had stories of the Revolution dealing with its statesmen, its soldiers, and its home life, but the good books relating to adventure by sea have been few and far between. The best of these for many a moon is 'A Colonial Free-Lance' There is a rattle and dash, a continuity of adventure that constantly chains the reader's attention and makes the book delightful reading."—Philadelphia Inquirer.
THE SUN OF SARATOGA. By Joseph A.
Altsheler.
"Taken altogether,' The Sun of Saratoga' is the best historical novel of American origin that has been written for years, if not, indeed, in a fresh, simple, unpretending, unlabored, manly way, that we have ever read."—New York Mail and Express.
MASTER ARDICK, BUCCANEER. By F. H.
Costello.
"This story is one of the real old-fashioned kind that novel readers will take delight in perusing. The characters are bold, knightly, and chivalrous, and delightful entertainers"—Boston Courier.
THE INTRIGUERS. A Novel. By John D.
Barry
"The story is a wholesome, enlivening bit of romance. It rings pure and sweet, and is most happy in its characterizations."—Boston Herald.
"A bright society novel, sparkling with wit and entertaining from beginning to end."—Boston Times.
IN DEFIANCE OF THE KING. A Romance of
the American Revolution. By Chauncey C. Hotchkiss.
"Thrills from beginning to end with the spirit of the Revolution. . . . His whole story is so absorbing that you will sit up far into the night to finish it, and lay it aside with the feeling that you have seen a gloriously true picture of the Revolution."—Boston Herald.
IN OLD NEW ENGLAND. The Romance of a
Colonial Fireside. By Hezekiah Butterworth.
"We do not remember any other volume which holds within its covers a series of such charming legends and traditions of New England's earlier history. . . . 'In Old New England' possesses a charm rare indeed. It will be welcomed by young and old alike."—New York Mail and Express.
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