India -- History -- 1000-1526 -- Fiction; Man-woman relationships -- Fiction; Reincarnation -- Fiction
Two delicate and dainty love stories woven into one narrative. The plot
turns on the marvellous resemblance between two step-sisters, the one
a royal princess, the other supposedly the daughter of middle-class
people, but really also a “Daughter of Nijo”—Nijo being a prince of
Japan. By an odd fatality each of the sisters loves the man to whom the
other has been betrothed by the relatives. The sisters meet one another
for the first time, and discover this. The happy inspiration occurs to
them to exchange clothes and places; but they are careful not to inform
their respective lovers until after a good many things have happened.
It is a pure romantic story, alive with genuine charm, and written in
excellent English with just a touch of naïve quaintness.
THE BEST NEW NOVEL
THE ADVENTURES OF ELIZABETH IN RÜGEN
_By the author of “Elizabeth and Her German Garden,” etc._
Cloth 12mo $1.50
“Elizabeth in Rügen is well worth the time it takes to read it. Its
optimism, its wholesome outlook, its bubbling merriment, its frank joy
of living—all are so genuine.”—_The Record-Herald_, Chicago.
A LITTLE TRAITOR TO THE SOUTH
A War-time Comedy with a Tragic Interlude
By CYRUS TOWNSEND BRADY
With Illustrations in Colors by A. D. Rahn, and Decorations by C. E.
Hooper
Cloth 12mo $1.50
“A charming story of war-time in Charleston, one in which is breathed
the atmosphere of the quaint old town, and from which is gleaned
an excellent conception of the spirit of her people.”—_Augusta
Herald._
THE SINGULAR MISS SMITH
By FLORENCE MORSE KINGSLEY
_Author of “Titus: A Comrade of the Cross,” etc._
With Illustrations by Will Grefe
Cloth 12mo $1.25
This new story by Mrs. Kingsley is full of human interest. A rich young
orphan endeavors to find out how working women live. So she goes out to
service and has various adventures, during which she meets a foundryman
who seems to be above his station. Finding that she is falling in love
with him, she returns to her own social sphere. Afterwards she meets
him on board ship, and he turns out to be a teacher of sociology in
Harvard; and they begin life together with the joint determination to
spend all of her money in doing good.
THE FAITH OF MEN, AND OTHER STORIES
By JACK LONDON
_Author of “The Call of the Wild,” “The Children of the Frost,”
etc._
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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