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IN THE COUNTRY GOD FORGOT
By FRANCES CHARLES. 12mo. 338 pages. $1.50.
Of this original and engrossing tale of the Southwest the _LouisvilleCourier-Journal_ says: "Arizona was never more truthfully describedthan in this book."
It is essentially a rugged book. The particular woman and child whosedestinies are followed in this story are the wife and son of BaxWeffold, whose father, old Carl Weffold, has cherished toward him alifelong and implacable hatred.--_New York Commercial Advertiser._
A GIRL OF VIRGINIA
By LUCY MEACHAM THRUSTON. Illustrated by Ch. Grunwald. 12mo. 306pages. $1.50.
Frances Holloway, the daughter of a professor in the University ofVirginia, is as lovable a heroine as any one could wish for. There issomething wonderfully attractive about her,--she is so pretty, proud,and high-spirited, and, at the same time, so intensely real and human.It is a pleasure to say that the author of this "love story of theuniversity" has given us a picture of modern girlhood that goesstraight to the heart and stays there.--_Commercial Advertiser._
_By the Same Author_
=MISTRESS BRENT.= A Story of Lord Baltimore's Colony in 1638.Illustrated. 12mo. $1.50.
LAFITTE OF LOUISIANA
By MARY DEVEREUX. Illustrated by Harry C. Edwards. 12mo. 427 pages.$1.50.
The remarkable career of Jean Lafitte during the French Revolution andthe War of 1812, and the strange tie between this so-called "Pirate ofthe Gulf" and Napoleon Bonaparte, is the basis of this absorbing andvirile story,--a novel of love and adventure written by a skilledhand.
This work is one of the most ambitious of its class, and it has in theintroduction of Napoleon as Lafitte's guardian angel a picturesquefeature which makes it of rather unusual interest.--_PhiladelphiaRecord._
_By the Same Author_
=FROM KINGDOM TO COLONY.= Illustrated by Henry Sandham. 12mo. $1.50.
=UP AND DOWN THE SANDS OF GOLD.= 12mo. $1.50.
THE GOD OF THINGS
By FLORENCE BROOKS WHITEHOUSE. Illustrated by the author. 12mo. 288pages. $1.50.
Of this novel of modern Egypt the _Philadelphia Telegraph_ says: "Itis a tale of fresh, invigorating, unconventional love, without theusual thrilling adventures. It is wholesome, although daring, andthrough its pages there vibrates a living spirit such as is only foundin a few romances."
The _Boston Herald_ says: "Engages the attention of the reader fromthe skill shown in the handling of the subject,"--divorce.
THE HEROINE OF THE STRAIT
By MARY CATHERINE CROWLEY. Illustrated by Ch. Grunwald. 12mo. 373pages. $1.50.
A romance of Detroit in the time of Pontiac, of which the_Philadelphia Times_ says: "A very interesting work, and one thatgives a vivid picture of life among the early settlers on thefrontier. It is full of local color, and the story is told in a clearand straightforward manner that should give the volume a high placeamong current historical fiction."
Through the story runs the gayety of the French-Canadian, with itspeculiar flavoring.--_New York Times Saturday Review._
_By the Same Author_
=A DAUGHTER OF NEW FRANCE.= Illustrated by Clyde O. De Land. 12mo.$1.50.
A MAID OF BAR HARBOR
By HENRIETTA G. ROWE. Illustrated by Ellen W. Ahrens. 12mo. 368 pages.$1.50.
A fascinating tale of Mt. Desert before and after society had takenpossession of the island. The heroine, Comfort, says the _BostonCourier_, "is an example of a pretty, womanly, determined down-eastgirl, whom it is a real pleasure to know."
SIR CHRISTOPHER
A Romance of a Maryland Manor in 1644. By MAUD WILDER GOODWIN, authorof "White Aprons," "The Head of a Hundred," etc. Illustrated. 12mo.$1.50. _12th thousand._
IN THE EAGLE'S TALON
By SHEPPARD STEVENS. Illustrated by A. Russell, 12mo. 475 pages.$1.50.
A romance of the Louisiana Purchase which the _Buffalo Commercial_says is "A lively story, a pretty romance, and interesting, as itthrows a strong light on the private character of Napoleon Bonaparteere he realized his ambitions."
Mrs. Stevens has felicitously related an absorbing story and hasre-created the atmosphere and scenes of the first days in the historyof this region, as well as of the stirring times in France under theFirst Consul.--_St. Louis Globe-Democrat._
THE PHARAOH AND THE PRIEST
From the original Polish of ALEXANDER GLOVATSKI, by Jeremiah Curtin,translator of "Quo Vadis," etc. Illustrated. 12mo. $1.50.
No novel of such interest and power as "The Pharaoh and the Priest"has been written about ancient Egypt thus far. In this book theEgyptian state stands before us as a mighty living organism. Theauthor depicts vividly the desperate conflict between the secular andthe ecclesiastical powers during the career of Rameses XIII., in theeleventh century before Christ.
TRUTH DEXTER
By SIDNEY McCALL. 12mo. $1.50. _50th thousand._
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