by Guy Boothby
D. APPLETON & CO.'S PUBLICATIONS.
_THE STATEMENT OF STELLA MABERLY._ By F. ANSTEY, author of "ViceVersa," "The Giant's Robe," etc. 16mo. 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 TheronWare," "In the Valley," etc. 16mo. 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 ofEustace," "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."--_Jeannette L. Gilder, in the New York World._
_CORRUPTION._ By PERCY WHITE, author of "Mr. Bailey-Martin," etc.12mo. 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._
GILBERT PARKER'S BEST BOOKS.
_THE SEATS OF THE MIGHTY._ Being the Memoirs of Captain ROBERT MORAY,sometime an Officer in the Virginia Regiment, and afterwards ofAmherst'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._
_THE TRAIL OF THE SWORD._ A Novel. 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 types of character, and who are susceptible to the fascination of a fresh and vigorous style."--_London Daily News._
BY S. R. CROCKETT.
Uniform edition. Each, 12mo, cloth, $1.50.
_LADS' LOVE._ Illustrated.
In this fresh and charming story, which in some respects recalls "The Lilac Sunbonnet," Mr. Crockett returns to Galloway and pictures the humor and pathos of the life which he knows so well.
_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._
"One of the most successful of Mr. Crockett's works."--_Brooklyn Eagle._
_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 Traveller._
STEPHEN CRANE'S BOOKS.
_THE THIRD VIOLET._ 12mo. Cloth, $1.00.
Mr. Crane's new novel is a fresh and delightful study of artist life in the city and the country. The theme is worked out with the author's characteristic originality and force, and with much
natural humor. In subject the book is altogether different from any of its predecessors, and the author's marked success proves his breadth and the versatility of his great talent.
_THE LITTLE REGIMENT, and Other Episodesof 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._12mo. 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 Episodeof the American Civil War._ 12mo. 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 New Review._
NEW YORK: D. APPLETON AND COMPANY.