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"In this novel, the author introduces us to an interesting family of
girls, who, in default of the appearance of the rightful heir, occupy
an old, aristocratic place at Arrochar. Just as it has reached the
lowest point of dilapidation, through lack of business capacity on the
part of the family, Osborne appears to claim his inheritance, and the
interesting problem presents itself of marrying one of the daughters or
turning the family out. The author thus gives herself a fair field to
display her skill in the painting of character, the management of
incident, and the construction of the dialogue. She has been in a large
degree successful. We feel that we are dealing with real persons; and,
as to the management of the story, it is sufficient praise to say that
the interest is cumulative. The book will add to the author's
reputation."--_School Journal, N.Y._
The Heirs of Bradley House. By AMANDA M. DOUGLAS. Price, $1.50. Popular
edition, $1.00.
"The author has won a most honorable place in the literary world by the
character as well as cleverness of her work. Her books are as clean and
fresh and invigorating as a morning in May. If she is not deep or
profound, she stirs in the heart of her reader the noblest impulses;
and whosoever accomplishes this has not written in vain."--_Chicago
Saturday Evening Herald._
Whom Kathie married. By AMANDA M. DOUGLAS. Price, $1.50. Popular
edition, $1.00.
Miss DOUGLAS wrote a series of juvenile stories in which Kathie
figured; and in this volume the young lady finds her destiny. The
sweetness and purity of her life is reflected in the lives of all about
her, and she is admired and beloved by all. The delicacy and grace with
which Miss DOUGLAS weaves her story, the nobility of her characters,
the absence of everything sensational, all tend to make this book one
specially adapted to young girls.
A Woman's Inheritance. By AMANDA M. DOUGLAS. Price, $1.50.
"Miss DOUGLAS is widely known as a writer of excellent stories, all of
them having a marked family likeness, but all of them bright,
fascinating, and thoroughly entertaining. This romance has to do with
the fortunes of a young woman whose father, dying, left her with what
was supposed to be a large property, but which, under the management of
a rascally trustee, was very near being wrecked, and was only saved by
the self-denying devotion of one who was strictly under no obligation
to exert himself in its behalf. The interest of the story is well
sustained to the very close, and the reader will follow the fortunes of
the various characters with an absorbed fascination."--_New Bedford
Mercury._
Sydnie Adriance. By AMANDA M. DOUGLAS. Price $1.50. Popular edition,
$1.00.
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