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Barr, A. E. I, thou and the other one. 

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.

——— Jan Vedder's wife. 

N. Y., Phillips & Hunt, 1885 $1.25

A quaint, pretty love tale, the scene being laid on the Isle of Shetland.

——— Bow of orange ribbon. 

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.

——— Daughter of Fife. 

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.

——— Lone house. 

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.

——— Love for an hour is love forever. 

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.

——— Paul and Christina. 

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.

——— Remember the Alamo. 

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.

——— Sister to Esau. 

N. Y., Dodd, Mead & Co., 1891 $1.25

One of Mrs. Barr's graphic love tales of Scotland early in this century.

——— Squire of Sandal-Side. 

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.