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Neptune received that day a mighty tribute which should placate him
toward the children of men through long generations. He accepted it with
a dignified gratitude, which those who carried it to his altar always
remembered in delightful contrast to his wrath when he makes reprisals
upon those who go down to the sea in ships.
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_THE GOLDEN CALF._
A Novel, by H. H. BOYESEN. 12mo, cloth, $1.00; paper, 50 cents.
This story describes how the blight of money-getting in those
questionable forms which are known to modern business falls upon a
young, generous, and naturally upright youth. It is not open disgrace,
which so often in stories attends the wrongdoer, but moral degeneration
that is made the subject of the author’s study. While the book is by no
means of the conventional Sunday-school type, it teaches a lesson sorely
needed in these days of material prosperity and eager pursuit of wealth.
_ALL HE KNEW._
Sixth edition. By JOHN HABBERTON. 12mo, cloth, $1.00; paper, 50
cents.
In the field of fiction Mr. John Habberton’s “All He Knew” gives
evidence that the author of “Helen’s Babies” has deep sympathy with
humanity. The story of a poor cobbler returning from the penitentiary to
his village and living up to all he knew--a simple creed learned from
the prison chaplain--is told in a straightforward, unpretentious fashion
which conceals real art.
_CALLIAS: An Historical Romance._
By A. J. CHURCH. Illustrated, $1.50.
This intensely interesting novel deals with the social and political
life of ancient Athens. The plot is not subordinated to the historical
and biographical matter. The time chosen for the story is the period of
the Peloponnesian War and the final subjection of Athens by Sparta and
the allies.
⁂ _Sent postpaid on receipt of price by the publishers._
FLOOD & VINCENT, MEADVILLE, PA.
_THE FOUR GEORGES._
By WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY. The text is embellished with
decorations, portraits, and vignettes of beautiful design by Mr.
George Wharton Edwards. Printed in two colors. Large 8vo, richly
bound in buff and white vellum, stamped in gold, with wide margins,
flat back, rough edges, and gilt top. $3.00.
Thackeray’s lectures on the Georgian reigns have usually been published
in connection with other of his shorter pieces, and in consequence have
often failed to receive the attention of the general reader. These
pictures of English life in the eighteenth century are so charming,
piquant, and accurate that Messrs. Flood & Vincent determined to give
“The Four Georges” a new and distinctive edition.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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