English fiction -- 19th century; Short stories, English
There is a flavor of Dumas's Musketeers in the life of the redoubtable
Brigadier Gerard, a typical Napoleonic soldier, more fortunate than many
of his compeers because some of his Homeric exploits were accomplished
under the personal observation of the Emperor. His delightfully romantic
career included an oddly characteristic glimpse of England, and his
adventures ranged from the battlefield to secret service. In picturing
the experiences of his fearless, hard-fighting and hard-drinking hero,
the author of "The White Company" has given us a book which absorbs the
interest and quickens the pulse of every reader.
_THE STARK MUNRO LETTERS._ Being a Series of Twelve Letters
written by STARK MUNRO, M. B., to his friend and former
fellow-student, Herbert Swanborough, of Lowell, Massachusetts,
during the years 1881-1884. Illustrated. 12mo. Buckram, $1.50.
"Cullingworth, ... a much more interesting creation than Sherlock
Holmes, and I pray Dr. Doyle to give us more of him."--_Richard le
Gallienne, in the London Star._
"Every one who wants a hearty laugh must make acquaintance with Dr.
James Cullingworth."--_Westminster Gazette._
"Every one must read; for not to know Cullingworth should surely argue
one's self to be unknown."--_Pall Mall Gazette._
"One of the freshest figures to be met with in any recent
fiction."--_London Daily News._
"'The Stark Munro Letters' is a bit of real literature.... Its reading
will be an epoch-making event in many a life."--_Philadelphia Evening
Telegraph._
"Positively magnetic, and written with that combined force and grace for
which the author's style is known."--_Boston Budget._
SEVENTH EDITION.
_ROUND THE RED LAMP._ Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life.
12mo. Cloth, $1.50.
"Too much can not be said in praise of these strong productions, that,
to read, keep one's heart leaping to the throat and the mind in a tumult
of anticipation to the end.... No series of short stories in modern
literature can approach them."--_Hartford Times._
"If Mr. A. Conan Doyle had not already placed himself in the front rank
of living English writers by 'The Refugees,' and other of his larger
stories, he would surely do so by these fifteen short tales."--_New York
Mail and Express._
"A strikingly realistic and decidedly original contribution to modern
literature."--_Boston Saturday Evening Gazette._
New York: D. APPLETON & CO., 72 Fifth Avenue.
BY S. R. CROCKETT.
_CLEG KELLY, ARAB OF THE CITY. His Progress and Adventures._
Uniform with "The Lilac Sunbonnet" and "Bog-Myrtle and Peat."
Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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