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by Arthur Griffiths


  WORKS OFALICE MacGOWAN AND GRACE MacGOWAN COOKE

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  A STORY OF THE SEA ISLANDS IN 1739. With six illustrations byC.D. Williams.

  Library 12mo, cloth $1.50

  "So rich in color is this story, so crowded with figures, it seemslike a bit of old Italian wall painting, a piece of modern tapestry,rather than a modern fabric woven deftly from the threads of fact andfancy gathered up in this new and essentially practical country, andtherein lies its distinctive value and excellence."--_N.Y. Sun._

  "At once tender, thrilling, picturesque, philosophical, and dramatic.One of the most delightful romances we have had in many aday."--_Chicago Record-Herald._

  The GrappleWith frontispiece in color by Arthur W. Brown.

  Library 12mo, cloth decorative $1.50

  "The movement of the tale is swift and dramatic. The story is sooriginal, so strong, and so finely told that it deserves a large andthoughtful public. It is a book to read with both enjoyment andenlightenment."--_N.Y. Times Saturday Review of Books._

  The Last WordIllustrated with seven portraits of the heroine.

  Library 12mo, cloth, decorative cover $1.50

  "When one receives full measure to overflowing of delight in a tender,charming, and wholly fascinating new piece of fiction, the enthusiasmis apt to come uppermost."--_Louisville Post._

  HuldahWith illustrations by Fanny Y. Cory.

  Library 12mo, cloth decorative $1.50

  Here we have the great-hearted, capable woman of the Texas plainsdispensing food and genial philosophy to rough-and-ready cowboys. Hersympathy takes the form of happy laughter, and her delightfully funnyphrases amuse the fancy and stick in one's memory.

 

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