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BOARD OF LIBRARY COMMISSIONERS.
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.