Winefred: A Story of the Chalk CliffsBaring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
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Winefred: A Story of the Chalk Cliffs
Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
English fiction
"A thrilling historical romance.... It is a well-told tale of mingled
romance and history, and the reader throughout unconsciously joins
in the flight and thrills with the excitement of the dangers and
adventures that befall the fugitives."――_Chicago Tribune._
"'A Gentleman Player' is well conceived and well told."――_Boston
Journal._
=Rose à Charlitte.= (_Eighth Thousand._) AN ACADIEN ROMANCE. By
MARSHALL SAUNDERS.
Author of "Beautiful Joe," etc.
Illustrated by H. De M. Young.
Library 12mo, cloth decorative, 500 pages $1.50
"A very fine novel we unhesitatingly pronounce it ... one of the books
that stamp themselves at once upon the imagination and remain imbedded
in the memory long after the covers are closed."――_Literary World,
Boston._
=Deficient Saints.= A TALE OF MAINE. By MARSHALL SAUNDERS.
Author of "Rose à Charlitte," "Beautiful Joe," etc.
Illustrated by Frank T. Merrill.
Library 12mo, cloth decorative, 400 pages $1.50
"The tale is altogether delightful; it is vitally charming and
expresses a quiet power that sparkles with all sorts of versatile
beauty."――_Boston Ideas._
=Her Sailor.= A NOVEL. By MARSHALL SAUNDERS.
Author of "Rose à Charlitte," "Beautiful Joe," etc.
Library 12mo, cloth decorative, illustrated, 325 pages $1.25
A story of modern life of great charm and pathos, dealing with the love
affairs of an American girl and a naval officer.
"A love story, refreshing and sweet."――_Utica Herald._
"The wayward petulance of the maiden, who half-resents the
matter-of-course wooing and wedding, her graceful coquetry, and final
capitulation are prettily told, making a fine character sketch and an
entertaining story."――_Bookseller, Chicago._
=Pretty Michal.= A ROMANCE OF HUNGARY. By MAURUS JOKAI.
Author of "Black Diamonds," "The Green Book," "Midst the Wild
Carpathians," etc.
Authorized translation by R. Nisbet Bain.
Illustrated with a photogravure frontispiece of the great Magyar
writer.
Library 12mo, cloth decorative, 325 pages $1.50
"It is at once a spirited tale of 'border chivalry,' a charming
love story full of genuine poetry, and a graphic picture of
life in a country and at a period both equally new to English
readers."――_Literary World, London._
=Midst the Wild Carpathians.= By MAURUS JOKAI.
Author of "Black Diamonds," "The Lion of Janina," etc.
Authorized translation by R. Nisbet Bain.
Illustrated by J. W. Kennedy.
Library 12mo, cloth decorative, 300 pages $1.25
"The story is absorbingly interesting and displays all the virility
of Jokai's powers, his genius of description, his keenness of
characterization, his subtlety of humor, and his consummate art
in the progression of the novel from one apparent climax to
another."――_Chicago Evening Post._
=In Kings' Houses.= A ROMANCE OF THE REIGN OF QUEEN ANNE. By JULIA C.
R. DORR.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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