United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction
"Such a book goes far towards establishing an epoch in fiction, and it
places it beyond a doubt that we have in MR. CABLE a novelist of
positive originality, and of the very first quality."--_The
Boston Journal_.
+The Grandissimes.+ with 12 full-page illustrations and 8 head and tail
pieces by Albert Herter, all reproduced in photogravure, and with an
original cover design by the same artist. 8vo, $6.00.
A Special limited Edition of 204 numbered copies printed on Japan paper,
net, $12.00_.
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OLD CREOLE DAYS
12mo, $1.50.
Cameo Edition with an etching by Percy Moran, $1.25
"These charming stories attract attention and commendation by their
quaint delicacy of style, their faithful delineation of Creole
character, and a marked originality."--_The New Orleans Picayune_.
+Old Creole Days.+ _With 8 full-page illustrations and 14 head and tail
pieces by Albert Herter, all reproduced in photogravure, and with an
original cover design by the same artist. 8vo, $6.00.
A Special Limited Edition of 204 numbered copies printed on Japan paper,
net $12.00_.
BONAVENTURE
A PROSE PASTORAL OF ACADIAN LOUISIANA 12mo, $1.50
"A noble, tender, beautiful tale."--MRS. L. C. MOULTON in _Boston
Herald_.
"MR. CABLE has never produced anything so delightful and so artistic as
"Bonaventure." The charm of the pastoral life of these unlearned,
unsuspicious people in rude homes far away from the stir of modern life
is as novel as it is indescribable."--_North American Review_.
DR. SEVIER 12mo, $1.50
"The story contains a most attractive blending of vivid descriptions of
local scenery, with admirable delineations of personal character."--_The
Congregationalist_.
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STRANGE TRUE STORIES OF LOUISIANA
Illustrated. 12mo, $2.00
"What a field of romance, of color, of incident, of delicate feeling,
and unique social conditions these stories show!"--_Hartford Courant_.
"They are tales whose interest and variety seem inexhaustible.--MR.
CABLE has done lasting service to literature in giving us this
remarkable and delightful collection. In themselves they are memorably
charming."--_Boston Transcript_.
MADAME DELPHINE
16mo, 75 cents
"This is one of the gems of a collection of exquisite stories of the old
Creole days in Louisiana."--_Boston Advertiser_.
Ivory series edition, 16mo, 75c.
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THE CREOLES OF LOUISIANA
ILLUSTRATED FROM DRAWINGS BY FENNEL
Square 12mo, $2.50
"As a history of the Louisiana Creoles, it occupies a field in which it
will not find a competitor. Mr. Cable has given us an exceedingly
attractive piece of work."--_The Nation_.
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THE SILENT SOUTH
Together with the Freedman's Case in Equity and the Convict Lease
System. _Revised and Enlarged Edition_. With portrait.
12mo, $1.00
"Whatever other literature on these themes may arise Mr. Cable's book
must be a permanent influence impossible for writers on either side to
ignore."--_The Critic_.
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