Philip Winwood
(70th thousand.) A Sketch of the Domestic History of an American Captain in the War of Independence, embracing events that occurred between and during the years 1763 and 1785 in New York and London. Illustrated by E. W. D. Hamilton.
An Enemy to the King
(70th thousand.) From the "Recently Discovered Memoirs of the Sieur de la Tournoire." Illustrated by H. De M. Young.
An historical romance of the sixteenth century, describing the adventures of a young French nobleman at the court of Henry III., and on the field with Henry IV.
The Road to Paris
A STORY OF ADVENTURE. (35th thousand.) Illustrated by H. C. Edwards.
An historical romance of the eighteenth century, being an account of the life of an American gentleman adventurer of Jacobite ancestry.
A Gentleman Player
HIS ADVENTURES ON A SECRET MISSION FOR QUEEN ELIZABETH. (48th thousand.) Illustrated by Frank T. Merrill.
The story of a young gentleman who joins Shakespeare's company of players, and becomes a friend and protégé of the great poet.
Clementina's Highwayman
Cloth decorative, illustrated . . . $1.50
Mr. Stephens has put into his new book, "Clementina's Highway man," the finest qualities of plot, construction, and literary finish.
The story is laid in the mid-Georgian period. It is a dashing, sparkling, vivacious comedy, with a heroine as lovely and changeable as an April day, and a hero all ardor and daring.
The exquisite quality of Mr. Stephens's literary style clothes the story in a rich but delicate word-fabric; and never before have his setting and atmosphere been so perfect.
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WORKS OF
CHARLES G. D. ROBERTS
Haunters of the Silences
Cloth, one volume, with many drawings by Charles Livingston Bull, four of which are in full color . . . $2.00
The stories in Mr. Roberts's new collection are the strongest and best he has ever written.
He has largely taken for his subjects those animals rarely met with in books, whose lives are spent "In the Silences," where they are the supreme rulers. Mr. Roberts has written of them sympathetically, as always, but with fine regard for the scientific truth.
"As a writer about animals, Mr. Roberts occupies an enviable place. He is the most literary, as well as the most imaginative and vivid of all the nature writers."—Brooklyn Eagle.
"His animal stories are marvels of sympathetic science and literary exactness."—New York World.
Red Fox
THE STORY OF HIS ADVENTUROUS CAREER IN THE RINGWAAK WILDS, AND OF HIS FINAL TRIUMPH OVER THE ENEMIES OF HIS KIND. With fifty illustrations, including frontispiece in color and cover design by Charles Livingston Bull.
Square quarto, cloth decorative . . . $2.00
"Infinitely more wholesome reading than the average tale of sport, since it gives a glimpse of the hunt from the point of view of the hunted."—Boston Transcript.
"True in substance but fascinating as fiction. It will interest old and young, city-bound and free-footed, those who know animals and those who do not."—Chicago Record-Herald.
"A brilliant chapter in natural history."—Philadelphia North American.
The Kindred of the Wild
A BOOK OF ANIMAL LIFE. With fifty-one full-page plates and many decorations from drawings by Charles Livingston Bull. Square quarto, decorative cover . . . $2.00
"Is in many ways the most brilliant collection of animal stories that has appeared; well named and well done."—John Burroughs.
The Watchers of the Trails
A companion volume to "The Kindred of the Wild." With forty-eight full-page plates and many decorations from drawings by Charles Livingston Bull.
Square quarto, decorative cover . . . $2.00
"These stories are exquisite in their refinement, and yet robust in their appreciation of some of the rougher phases of woodcraft. Among the many writers about animals, Mr. Roberts occupies an enviable place.—The Outlook.
"This is a book full of delight. An additional charm lies in Mr. Bull's faithful and graphic illustrations, which in fashion all their own tell the story of the wild life, illuminating and supplementing the pen pictures of the author."—Literary Digest.
The Heart That Knows
Library 12mo, cloth, decorative cover . . . $1.50
"A novel of singularly effective strength, luminous in literary color, rich in its passionate, yet tender drama."—New York Globe.
Earth's Enigmas
A new edition of Mr. Roberts's first volume of fiction, published 1892, and out of print for several years, with the addition of three new stories, and ten illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull.
Library 12mo, cloth, decorative cover . . . $1.50
"It will rank high among collections of short stories. In 'Earth's Enigmas' is a wider range of subject than in the 'Kindred of the Wild.'"—Review from advance sheets of the illustrated edition by Tiffany Blake in the Chicago Evening Post.
Barbara Ladd
With four illustrations by Frank Verbeck.
Library 12mo, cloth, decorative cover . . . $1.50
"From the opening chapter to the final page Mr. Roberts lures us on by his rapt devotion to the changing aspects of Nature and by his keen and sympathetic analysis of human character."—Boston Transcript.
Cameron of Lochiel
Translated from the French of Philippe Aubert de Gaspé, with frontispiece in color by H. C. Edwards.
Library 12mo, cloth decorative . . . $1.50
"Professor Roberts deserves the thanks of his reader for giving a wider audience an opportunity to enjoy this striking bit of French Canadian literature."—Brooklyn Eagle.
"It is not often in these days of sensational and philosophical novels that one picks up a book that so touches the heart."—Boston Transcript.
The Prisoner of Mademoiselle
With frontispiece by Frank T. Merrill.
Library 12mo, cloth decorative, gilt top . . . $1.50
A tale of Acadia,—a land which is the author's heart's delight,—of a valiant young lieutenant and a winsome maiden, who first captures and then captivates.
"This is the kind of a story that makes one grow younger, more innocent, more light-hearted. Its literary quality is impeccable. It is not every day that such a heroine blossoms into even temporary existence, and the very name of the story bears a breath of charm."—Chicago Record-Herald.
The Heart of the Ancient Wood
With six illustrations by James L. Weston.
Library 12mo, decorative cover . . . $1.50
"One of the most fascinating novels of recent days."—Boston Journal.
"A classic twentieth-century romance."—New York Commercial Advertiser.
The Forge in the Forest
Being the Narrative of the Acadian Ranger, Jean de Mer, Seigneur de Briart, and how he crossed the Black Abbé, and of his adventures in a strange fellowship. Illustrated by Henry Sandham, R.C.A.
Library 12mo, cloth, gilt top . . . $1.50
A story of pure love and heroic adventure.
By the Marshes of Minas
Library 12mo, cloth, gilt top, illustrated . . . $1.50
Most of these romances are in the author's lighter and more playful vein; each is a unit of absorbing interest and exquisite workmanship.
A Sister to Evangeline
Being the Story of Yvonne de Lamourie, and how she went into exile with the villagers of Grand Pré.
Library 12mo, cloth, gilt top, illustrated . . . $1.50
Swift action, fresh atmosphere, wholesome purity, deep passion, and searching analysis characterize this strong novel.
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WORKS OF
LILIAN BELL
Carolina Lee
With a frontispiece in color from an oil painting by Dora Wheeler Keith. Library 12mo, cloth, decorative cover . . . $1.50
"A Christian Science novel, full of action, alive with incident and brisk with pithy dialogue and humor."—Boston Transcript.
"A charming portrayal of the attractive life of the South, refreshing as a breeze that blows through a pine forest."—Albany Times-Union.
Hope Loring
Illustrated by Frank T. Merrill.
Library 12mo, cloth, decorative cover . . . $1.50
"Tall, slender, and athletic, fragile-looking, yet with nerves and sinews of steel under the velvet flesh, frank as a boy and tender and beautiful as a woman, free and independent, yet not bold—such is 'Hope Loring,' by long odds the subtlest study that has yet been made of the American girl."—Dorothy Dix, in the New York American.
Abroad with the Jimmies
With a portrait, in duogravure, of the author.
Library 12mo, cloth, decorative cover . . . $1.50
"Full of ozone, of snap, of ginger, of swing and momentum."—Chicago Evening Post.
At Home with the Jardines
A companion volume to "Abroad with the Jimmies"
Library 12mo, cloth, decorative cover . . . $1.50
"Bits of gay humor, sunny, whimsical philosophy and keen indubitable insight into the less evident aspects and workings of pure human nature, with a slender thread of a cleverly extraneous love story, keep the interest of the reader fresh."—Chicago Record-Herald.
The Interference of Patricia
With a frontispiece from drawing by Frank T. Merrill.
Small 12mo, cloth, decorative cover . . . $1.50
"There is life and action and brilliancy and dash and cleverness and a keen appreciation of business ways in this story."—Grand Rapids Herald.
"A story full of keen and flashing satire."—Chicago Record-Herald.
A Book of Girls
With a frontispiece.
Small 12mo, cloth, decorative cover . . . $1.25
"The stories are all eventful and have effective humor."—New York Sun.
"Lilian Bell surely understands girls, for she depicts all the variations of girl nature so charmingly."—Chicago Journal.
The above two volumes boxed in special holiday dress, per set, $2.50
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WORKS OF
NATHAN GALLIZIER
The Sorceress of Rome
With four drawings in color by "The Kinneys."
Cloth decorative, illustrated . . . $1.50
The love-story of Otto III., the boy emperor, and Stephania, wife of the Senator Crescentius of Rome, has already been made the basis of various German poems and plays.
Mr. Gallizier has used it for the main theme of "The Sorceress of Rome," the second book of his trilogy of romances on the mediaeval life of Italy. In detail and finish the book is a brilliant piece of work, describing clearly an exciting and strenuous period.
Castel del Monte
With six illustrations by H. C. Edwards.
Library 12mo, cloth decorative . . . $1.50
A powerful romance of the fall of the Hohenstaufen dynasty in Italy and the overthrow of Manfred by Charles of Anjou, the champion of Pope Clement IV.
"There is color; there is sumptuous word painting in these pages; the action is terrific at times; vividness and life are in every part; and brilliant descriptions entertain the reader and give a singular fascination to the tale."—Chicago Record-Herald.
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WORKS OF
MORLEY ROBERTS
Rachel Marr
Library 12mo, cloth decorative . . . $1.50
"A novel of tremendous force, with a style that is sure, luxuriant, compelling, full of color and vital force."—Elia W. Peattie in Chicago Tribune.
"In atmosphere, if nothing else, the story is absolutely perfect."—Boston Transcript.
Lady Penelope
With nine illustrations by Arthur W. Brown.
Library 12mo, cloth decorative . . . $1.50
"A fresh and original bit of comedy as amusing as it is audacious."—Boston Transcript.
The Idlers
With frontispiece in color by John C. Frohn.
Library 12mo, cloth decorative . . . $1.50
"It is absorbing as the devil. Mr. Roberts gives us the antithesis of 'Rachel Marr' in an equally masterful and convincing work."—The New York Sun.
"It is a work of great ethical force."—Professor Charles G. D. Roberts.
The Promotion of the Admiral
Library 12mo, cloth decorative, illustrated . . . $1.50
"If any one writes better sea stories than Mr. Roberts, we don't know who it is; and if there is a better sea story of its kind than this it would be a joy to have the pleasure of reading it."—New York Sun.
"There is a hearty laugh in every one of these stories."—The Reader.
The Flying Cloud
Cloth decorative, with a colored frontispiece . . . $1.50
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WORKS OF
ALICE MacGOWAN AND GRACE MacGOWAN COOKE
Return
A STORY OF THE SEA ISLANDS IN 1739. With six illustrations by C. D. Williams.
Library 12mo, cloth . . . $1.50
"So rich in color is this story, so crowded with figures, it seems like a bit of old Italian wall painting, a piece of modern tapestry, rather than a modern fabric woven deftly from the threads of fact and fancy gathered up in this new and essentially practical country, and therein lies its distinctive value and excellence."—N. Y. Sun.
The Grapple
With 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 so original, so strong, and so finely told that it deserves a large and thoughtful public. It is a book to read with both enjoyment and enlightenment."—N. Y. Times Saturday Review of Books.
The Last Word
Illustrated 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 enthusiasm is apt to come uppermost."—Louisville Post.
Huldah
With illustrations by Fanny Y. Cory.
Library 12mo, cloth decorative . . . $1.50
Here we have the great-hearted, capable woman of the Texas plains dispensing food and genial philosophy to rough-and-ready cowboys. Her sympathy takes the form of happy laughter, and her delightfully funny phrases amuse the fancy and stick in one's memory.
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Richard Elliott, Financier
By GEORGE CARLING.
Library 12mo, cloth decorative, illustrated . . . $1.50
"Clever in plot and effective in style. The author has seized on some of the most sensational features of modern finance and uses them pretty much as Alexandre Dumas did."—N. Y. Post.
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WORKS OF
G. SIDNEY PATERNOSTER
The Motor Pirate
Library 12mo, cloth decorative, with frontispiece . . . $1.50
"Its originality, exciting adventures, into which is woven a charming love theme, and its undercurrent of fun furnish a dashing detective story which a motor-mad world will thoroughly enjoy reading."—Boston Herald.
The Cruise of the Motor-Boat Conqueror
Being the Further Adventures of the Motor Pirate.
Library 12mo, cloth decorative, with a frontispiece by Frank T. Merrill . . . $1.50
"As a land pirate Mannering was a marvel of resource, but as a sea-going buccaneer he is almost a miracle of devilish ingenuity. His exploits are wonderful and plausible, for he avails himself of every modern device and applies recent inventions to the accomplishment of all his pet schemes."—Chicago Evening Post.
The Lady of the Blue Motor
Cloth decorative, with a colored frontispiece by John C. Frohn . . . $1.50
The Lady of the Blue Motor is an audacious heroine who drove her mysterious car at breakneck speed. Her plea for assistance in an adventure promising more than a spice of danger could not of course be disregarded by any gallant fellow motorist. Across France they tore and across the English Channel. There, the escapade past, he lost her. Mr. Paternoster, however, allows the reader to follow their separate adventures until the Lady of the Blue Motor is found again and properly vindicated of all save womanly courage and affection. A unique romance, one continuous exciting series of adventure.
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The Treasure Trail. By FRANK L. POLLOCK.
Library 12mo, cloth decorative, with a frontispiece by Louis D. Cowing . . . $1.25
A clever story, which describes a series of highly exciting adventures of a bold lot of rascals."—Boston Transcript.
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WORKS OF
T. JENKINS HAINS
The Black Barque
With five illustrations by W. Herbert Dunton.
Library 12mo, cloth . . . $1.50
According to a high naval authority, whose name must be withheld, this is one of the best sea stories ever offered to the public. "The Black Barque" is a story of slavery and piracy upon the high seas about 1815, and is written with a thorough knowledge of deep-water sailing.
The Windjammers
Library 12mo, cloth . . . $1.50
"A collection of short sea stories unmatched for interest."—New York Sun.
The Voyage of the Arrow
With six illustrations by H. C. Edwards.
Library 12mo, cloth . . . $1.50
"A capital story, full of sensation and excitement, and a rollicking sea story of the good old-fashioned sort. The reader who begins this exciting voyage will sail on at the rate of twelve knots an hour until it is finished."—Boston Transcript.
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WORKS OF
REGINALD WRIGHT KAUFFMAN
Miss Frances Baird, Detective
A PASSAGE FROM HER MEMOIRS.
Library 12mo, cloth decorative, with a frontispiece by W. F. Kirkpatrick . . . $1.25
"Miss Baird ravels and unravels circumstantial evidence in her search for the murderer in a most bewildering and thoroughly feminine fashion.... The story is brimful of excitement, and no little ingenuity is displayed in its construction."—Boston Herald.
Jarvis of Harvard
Illustrated by Robert Edwards.
Library 12mo, cloth decorative . . . $1.50
A strong and well written novel, dealing with the life of a young man in a modern college. Studies, athletics, social life, and the outside influences surrounding the youth of a college town are clearly depicted.
"Mr. Kauffman's treatment of his subject is dignified, restrained, sincere, and in admirable good taste throughout."—New York Mail and Express.
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WORKS OF
ARTHUR MORRISON
The Green Diamond
Library 12mo, cloth decorative, with six illustrations . . . $1.50
"A detective story of unusual ingenuity and intrigue."—Brooklyn Eagle.
The Red Triangle
Being some further chronicles of Martin Hewitt, investigator.
Library 12mo, cloth decorative . . . $1.50
"Better than Sherlock Holmes."—New York Tribune.
"The reader who has a grain of fancy or imagination may be defied to lay this book down, once he has begun it, until the last word has been reached."—Philadelphia North American.
The Chronicles of Martin Hewitt
Library 12mo, cloth decorative, with six illustrations by W. Kirkpatrick . . . $1.50
"Will appeal strongly to every lover of the best detective fiction."—N. Y. Sun.
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WORKS OF
STEPHEN CONRAD
The Second Mrs. Jim
With a frontispiece by Ernest Fosbery.
Large l6mo, cloth decorative . . . $1.00
"Here is a character as original and witty as 'Mr. Dooley' or 'the self-made merchant.' The realm of humorous fiction is now invaded by the stepmother. It is an exceptionally clever piece of work."—Boston Transcript.
Mrs. Jim and Mrs. Jimmie
With a frontispiece in colors by Arthur W. Brown.
Library 12mo, cloth decorative . . . $1.50
This book is in a sense a sequel to "The Second Mrs. Jim," since it gives further glimpses of that delightful stepmother and her philosophy.
"Plenty of fun and humor in this book. Plenty of simple pathos and quietly keen depiction of human nature afford contrast, and every chapter is worth reading."—Chicago Record-Herald.