The Baron's Sons: A Romance of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848Jókai, Mór
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The Baron's Sons: A Romance of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848
Jókai, Mór
Hungary -- History -- Uprising of 1848-1849 -- Fiction
"This book is realistic. Some say that it is brutally
so. But the realism is that of Flaubert and not of
Zola. There is no plain speaking for the sake of plain
speaking. Every detail is justified in the fact that it
illuminates either the motives or the actions of the
man and woman who here stand revealed. It is deadly
true. The author holds the mirror up to nature, and the
reader, as he sees his own experiences duplicated in
passage after passage, has something of the same
sensation as all of us know on the first reading of
George Meredith's 'Egoist.' Reading these pages is like
being out in the country on a dark night in a storm.
Suddenly a flash of lightning comes and every detail of
your surroundings is revealed."--_Review of the Triumph
of Death, in the New York Evening Sun._
=Mademoiselle de Berny.=
A Story of Valley Forge. By PAULINE BRADFORD MACKIE.
With five full-page photogravures from drawings by
Frank T. Merrill.
Printed on deckle-edged paper, with gilt top, and
bound in cloth. 272 pages =$1.50=
"The charm of 'Mademoiselle de Berny' lies in its
singular sweetness."--_Boston Herald._
"One of the very few choice American historical
stories."--_Boston Transcript._
"Real romance ... admirably written."--_Washington
Post._
"A stirring romance, full of life and action from start
to finish."--_Toledo Daily Blade._
"Of the many romances in which Washington is made to
figure, this is one of the most fascinating, one of the
best."--_Boston Courier._
=Ye Lyttle Salem Maide.=
A Story of Witchcraft. By PAULINE BRADFORD MACKIE, with
four full-page photogravures from drawings by E. W. D.
Hamilton.
Printed on deckle-edged paper, with gilt top, and
bound in cloth. 321 pages =$1.50=
A tale of the days of the reign of superstition in New
England, and of a brave "lyttle maide," of Salem Town,
whose faith and hope and unyielding adherence to her
word of honor form the basis of a most attractive
story. Several historical characters are introduced,
including the Rev. Cotton Mather and Governor and Lady
Phipps, and a very convincing picture is drawn of
Puritan life during the latter part of the seventeenth
century. An especial interest is added to the book by
the illustrations, reproduced by the photogravure
process from originals by E. W. D. Hamilton.
=In Guiana Wilds.=
A Study of Two Women. By JAMES RODWAY, author of "In
the Guiana Forest," etc. Illustrated.
1 vol., library 12mo, cloth, decorative cover, 250
pages =$1.25=
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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