THE FORTUNES OF RACHEL.
A New Novel. By Edward Everett Hale. 12mo, paper, 23c.; cloth, $1.
CHRISTIAN UNION, N. Y. "Probably no American has a more devoted constituency of readers than Mr. Edward Everett Hale, and to all these his latest story, 'The Fortunes of Rachel,' will bring genuine pleasure. Mr. Hale is emphatically a natural writer; he loves to interpret common things and to deal with average persons. He does this with such insight, with such noble conception of life and of his work, that he discovers that profound interest which belongs to the humblest as truly as to the most brilliant forms of life, ... This story is a thoroughly American novel, full of incident, rich in strong traits of character, and ful of stimulating thought; it is wholesome and elevating."
BOSTON JOURNAL. "The virtue of the book is the healthful, encouraging, kindly spirit which prevades it, and which will help one to battle with adverse circumstances, as indeed, all Mr. Hale's stories have helped."
NEW YORK JOURNAL OF COMMERCE. "A purely American story, original all through, and Rachel is one of the pleasantest and most satisfactory of heroines. She is a girl of the soul, unspoiled by foreign travels and conventionalites. After surfeiting on romances whose scenes are laid abroad, it is delightful to come across a healthy home product like this."
RUTHERFORD.
A New Novel. By Edgar Fawcett. Author of "An Ambitious Woman," "A Gentleman of Leisure," A Hopeless Case," Tinkling Cymbals," etc. 12mo, paper, 25 cts; cloth, extra paper, $1.00.
BOSTON GLOBE. "Truly Mr. Fawcett has here wrought with skill in producing some original and beautitul characters. The motive and plan are those of a better book than he has ever written. Rutherford is powerful and will contribute much to the reputation of its clever author."
SAT. EVENING GAZETTE, Boston. "This story evinces grace as well as facility of style, is effectively told throughout, and in its plot and character, is decidedly interesting. The sympathies of the reader are keenly enlisted for two of the characters who have been reduced from wealth to poverty, and the relation of their experiences in the latter form of life affords opportunity for a very effective exhibition of this phase of New York experience. The book is one of the must elaborate of Mr. Fawcett's novels."
NEW YORK TRIBUNE. "Mr. Fawcett's story. "Rutherford," is more serious in plan than most of his society novels; it has a motive which is not only tragical, but impressive. It is well constructed, and contains some excellent sketches of fashionable life and touches of satire."
FUNK & WAGNALLS, Publishers,N. Y.
