Floating Fancies among the Weird and the OccultHolmes, Clara H.
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Floating Fancies among the Weird and the Occult
Holmes, Clara H.
American fiction -- 19th century; Paranormal fiction; Short stories, American
=The Charlatan.= Robert Buchanan and Henry Murray.
=Burkett’s Lock.= M. G. McClelland.
=The Land of Promise.= (Illustrated.) Paul Bourget.
=Hypnotism.= (Illustrated.) Jules Claretie.
=Facing the Flag.= Jules Verne.
=The Fallen Race.= (Illustrated.) Austyn Granville.
=The Disappearance of Mr. Derwent.= Thomas Cobb.
=Sacrificed Love.= (Illustrated.) Alphonse Daudet.
=The One Too Many.= Mrs. E. Lynn Lynton.
=The New Man at Rossmere.= Mrs. J. H. Walworth.
=At Market Value.= Grant Allen.
=A Daughter of the King.= Allen.
=A Monk of Cruta.= (Illustrated.) E. Phillips Oppenheim.
=The Gates of Dawn.= Fergus Hume.
=In Strange Company.= (Illustrated.) Guy Boothby.
=How Women Love.= Max Nordau.
=The Comedy of Sentiment.= Max Nordau.
NEW TITLES WILL BE ADDED RAPIDLY.
THE KING IN YELLOW.
By
Robert W. Chambers.
Author of “In the Quarter.”
Neely’s Prismatic Library.
Gilt Top, 50 Cents.
This book has evidently created an astonishing amount of enthusiasm
among the lovers of the weird and eccentric in literature. On all sides
nothing but praise has been heard, coupling the gifted author’s name
with that of Edgar Allan Poe, and predicting a glorious future for the
man whose pen has the magical power to charm the reading public, ever
eager to seize on that which borders upon the _bizarre_. The odd and
attractive cover appeals to the curiosity of the reader, and once he has
dipped into the contents he finds a feast spread before him that awakens
a desire for further intercourse with the same fertile pen.
EDWARD ELLIS:—“The author is a genius without a living equal, so far as
I am aware, in his peculiar field. It is a masterpiece.... I have read
many portions several times, captivated by the unapproachable tints of
the painting. None but a genius of the highest order could do such
work.”
N. Y. COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER:—“The short prose tale should be a
synthesis; it was the art of Edgar Poe, it is the art of Mr.
Chambers.... His is beyond question a glorious heritage.... I fancy the
book will create a sensation; ... in any case it is the most notable
contribution to literature which has come from an American publisher for
many years; and fine as the accomplishment is, ‘The King in Yellow’ is
large in promise. One has a right to expect a great deal from an author
of this calibre.”
TIMES HERALD:—“The most eccentric little volume of its (little) day ‘The
King in Yellow’ is subtly fascinating, and compels attention for its
style, and its wealth of strange, imaginative force.”
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