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Pratt Portraits.

Sketched in a New England Suburb. Seventh edition, 16mo, paper, 50 cts.; cloth $1.00

"The scant material of which many of them are composed, and the satisfactory manner of their treatment, cause wonder at the same time that they arouse admiration, for it must be admitted that only a thorough artist can accomplish this end with a genre picture."—Cleveland Leader.

"The lines the author cuts in her vignette are sharp and clear, but she has, too, not alone the knack of color, but, what is rarer, the gift of humor."—N. Y. Times.

Under the Auspices of Pike's Peak. Eighth edition. 12mo, illustrated $1.00

"If you know of any one in the blues, or contemplating a journey, or in any of the nine hundred and ninety-nine conditions when pleasant reading is likely to prove acceptable, advise him to get this little story, or, better still, make him a present of it."—Chicago Interior.

"A delightful little love story. Like her other book it is bright and breezy; its humor is crisp and the general idea is decidedly original. It is just the book to slip into the pocket for a journey, when one does not care for a novel or serious reading."—Boston Times.

Peak and Prairie.

From the Leaves of a Colorado Sketch-Book. 16mo, cloth $1.00