The House Opposite: A Mystery
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GOOD FICTION
Lavender and Old Lace
By MYRTLE REED, author of "Love Letters of a Musician," "The Spinster Book," etc.
12o. (By mail, $1.65) net, $1.50
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Miss Reed has carried her lively style and charming humor from letters and essays into the field of fiction. This is the story of a quaint corner of New England where more than one romance lies hidden underneath the prim garb of a little village.
The Shadow of Victory
A Romance of Fort Dearborn (early Chicago). By MYRTLE REED.
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Miss Reed's new novel is pre-eminently a love story, portraying a true woman whose lot was cast, not in the drawing-room or in the salon, but in the wilderness, where the only representatives of civilization and culture were the rude fort and the true hearts that garrisoned it. Beatrice is fascinating, possessing all the sweet caprices of woman, with woman's strength in time of need, while the hero is a man whose character must appeal to every true woman.
Fame for a Woman
or, Splendid Mourning. By CRANSTOUN METCALFE. With Frontispiece by ADOLF THIEDE.
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Madame de Stael wrote: "Fame is for women only a splendid mourning for happiness"; Mr. Metcalfe tells us how a sweet little woman, whose world is little bigger than her husband, loses that perspective by contact with the superficially clever young literary set in London. She is persuaded to write, and her writing is attended with success, such as it is,--the sort of success which means much figuring in "literary notes," interviews describing the privacy of one's fireside, and pre-eminence among so-called Bohemians.
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GOOD FICTION
Patricia of the Hills
By CHARLES KENNETT BURROW.
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"Patriotism without unreasonableness; love of the open air and the free hills without exaggeration; romance without over-gush; humor and melancholy side by side without morbidness; an Irish dialect stopping short of excess; a story full of sincere feeling."--_The Nation._
"No more charming romance of the old sod has been published in a long time."--_N. Y. World._
"A very pretty Irish story."--_N. Y. Tribune._
Eve Triumphant
By PIERRE DE COULEVAIN. Translated by ALYS HALLARD.
12o. (By mail, $1.35.) _Net_ $1.20
"Clever, stimulating, interesting, ... a brilliant mingling of salient truth, candid opinion, and witty comment."--_Chicago Record._
"An audacious and satirical tale which embodies a great deal of clever and keen observation."--_Detroit Free Press._
"An extremely clever work of fiction."--_Louisville Courier-Journal._
Monsieur Martin
A Romance of the Great Swedish War. By WYMOND CAREY.
12o. (By mail, $1.35.) _Net_ $1.20
"It was with genuine pleasure that we read 'M. Martin.' ... We cordially admire it and sincerely hope that all who read this page will also read the book."--From a Column Review in the _Syracuse Herald_.
"Wymond Carey's name must be added to the list of authors whose first books have given them a notable place in the world of letters, for 'Monsieur Martin' is one of the best of recent historical romances."--_Chicago Inter-Ocean._
"Mr. Wymond Carey has given us much pleasure in reading his book, and we are glad to praise it."--_Baltimore Sun._
New York--G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS--London
Transcriber's Note
For the txt-version of this e-book words in italics were surrounded with_underscores_, and small capitals changed to all capitals. Superscripto (in 12o) has been changed to a regular o. All chapter headers and mostof the chapter endings had decorations, these are not seperatelymentioned.
The following corrections have been made, on page
1 "NEIGHBOR'S" changed to "NEIGHBOUR'" (THROUGH MY NEIGHBOUR'S WINDOWS) 21 "fain't" changed to "faint" (she'd faint, and then her mother would) 61 "Your" changed to "You" (You work for Mr. Stuart?) 102 ' added (full of tears. 'My darling) 136 "maligant" changed to "malignant" (while a malignant expression flitted across) 151 ' added (An' I puts my arms quite around) 176 . changed to , (nothing going on there," I reminded) 182 ' changed to " (hope you're ready for it.") 194 "pour" changed to "pore" (all the papers and pore over them) 204 ' removed ("But why?") 238 ' removed ("I had been walking rapidly along) 258 " changed to ' (I will kill you.' Yes, I said that).
Otherwise the original was preserved, including unusual and inconsistentspelling and inconsistent hyphenation.